Lebanon Travel Guide
Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see
Baalbeck ruins
Gigi Dassum
Lebanon is a small country in the Middle East (10 452 km²) its capital is Beirut.
Until mid 70s, it was a very popular destination for both travelers and businessmen. Lebanon was considered as Switzerland of the middle east.
The civil war changed that. Now that the war is over, Lebanon is getting back on its feet. But because of of the 2006 war with Israel and the Hizbollah conflict, Lebanon is one of the most unsafe places to visit. It'll take a long time before the country gets back on its feet.
Baalbek is also on your must see list. The ruins are very impressive. Baalbek can be visited easily from the town of Zahle , which is worth a visit itself (best lebaneese food).
On the coast you'll find several nice places to visit as well, such as Sidon , Tripoli and Tyre. The mountain scenery of Bcharre is great and you should try to find the time to go hiking there.
Don't miss visiting Jeita cave, it's something you would not want to miss.
Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: MSN
Contributors
July 18, 2007 change by bigboy
Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at Wikitravel.org
Page last generated on Mon 00:36
