The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek

Country guide

Lebanon

3 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.

PhotographLodo from Moscow, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0

Find your way through Lebanon.

The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.

Country orientation

Find the shape of your journey.

See how the 3 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.

Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.

  1. Baalbek

    Honourable Mentions · Roman monumental architecture on an overwhelming scale.

  2. Qadisha Valley

    The Wider World · A steep valley with monasteries and rock-cut religious spaces expresses a long relationship between refuge, faith and landscape.

  3. Byblos

    The Wider World · An ancient coastal settlement brings archaeology, maritime connections and later urban life into a compact setting.

Honourable Mentions

101–200 · 1 place in this country

The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek

115 · Lebanon

Baalbek

Roman monumental architecture on an overwhelming scale.

The Wider World

401–500 · 2 places in this country

An aerial view of the Qadisha Valley from Qannoubine Monastery

432 · Lebanon

Qadisha Valley

A steep valley with monasteries and rock-cut religious spaces expresses a long relationship between refuge, faith and landscape.

The historic city of Byblos

439 · Lebanon

Byblos

An ancient coastal settlement brings archaeology, maritime connections and later urban life into a compact setting.

Turn the collection into a journey.

Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.

Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.

For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.