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Batroun
An ancient Phoenician coastal town with a natural sea wall, medieval churches, and a vibrant nightlife scene in a charming old quarter.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Byblos
Mount Lebanon, Lebanon · Asia
About Byblos
Byblos works well as a base: 30 minutes from Batroûn, 20km from Jeita Grotto.
Byblos is in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, with about 21,000 people. The nearest town is Batroûn, about 15 km away.
Byblos ( BIB-loss; Ancient Greek: Βύβλος), also known as Jbail, Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (Arabic: جُبَيْل, romanized: Jubayl, locally Jbeil [ʒ(ə)beːl]), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabitedRead more
since 5000 BC. During its history, Byblos was part of numerous cultures including Canaanite, Egyptian, Phoenician, Assyrian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Umayyad, Abbasid, Genoese, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman. Urbanisation is thought to have begun during the third millennium BC when it developed into a city, making it one of the oldest cities in the world, if not the oldest. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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What is there to see near Byblos?
Within an hour or so of Byblos: Batroun (15 km), Jeita Grotto (20 km), Baatara Gorge Waterfall (21 km), Tawlet Souk el Tayeb (27 km).
Where is Byblos?
Byblos is in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 15 km from Batroûn.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,784
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Lebanon
- Region
- Mount Lebanon
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
- Coordinates
- 34.1211, 35.6481
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Worth the detour from Byblos
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Jeita Grotto
A spectacular system of two interconnected limestone caves with the world's longest stalactite, explored by foot and underground boat.
20 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Baatara Gorge Waterfall
A meltwater cascade drops roughly 90m past three stacked natural limestone bridges into a 240m chasm near Tannourine. The bridges are the reason to come, and the falls only run in spring.
21 km · about 25 min drive
restaurant
Tawlet Souk el Tayeb
A Mar Mikhael kitchen where a different village cook takes over each day, laying out a buffet of her own region's dishes and talking diners through them. Part of the Souk el Tayeb farmers' network.
27 km · about 30 min drive
restaurant
Le Chef, Gemmayzeh
A tiny Gouraud Street diner serving Lebanese home cooking off a blackboard of daily specials, open over fifty years and through the civil war. Rebuilt after the 2020 port blast destroyed it.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Qadisha Valley (Holy Valley)
A UNESCO deep gorge that sheltered persecuted Christian monastic communities for centuries, with ancient cave monasteries clinging to sheer cliff walls.
33 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Cedars of God
A UNESCO grove of the ancient Lebanon cedars that once covered Mount Lebanon, some trees over 1,000 years old and symbols of the nation.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Beiteddine Palace
Emir Bashir II's early-19th-century palace in the Chouf, built over thirty years with carved cedar ceilings, inlaid marble and a museum of Byzantine mosaics in the stables. Still the president's official summer residence.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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