Tag: “Mount Lebanon”

18 places found.

  1. Zouk Mikael, Lebanon

    Zouk Mikael is a town in in the Keserwan District of Mount Lebanon. The town is famous for its Ottoman era old souk, which was renovated and restored in 1995.

  2. Mount Juliet

    Mount Juliet Estate is a wonderful estate in Kilkenny, Ireland. The main house dates from the 1750's.

  3. Snow Lake

    Snow Lake is a 2.5 mile, or about a two hour hike from the off-road car park. It is easy to moderate, with a series of slight ridges to cross, ascending and descending into meadows and glacial lakes reaching Bench Lake after ¾ mile, then continuing another ½ mile to Snow Lake.

  4. Hood River Lavender Farms

    A certified organic farm in the Columbia River Gorge that grows its own lavender and manufactures own bath and beauty products.

  5. Parc du Mont-Royal

    Parc du Mont-Royal (or Mount Royal Park) is a city park on a mountain just north of downtown Montreal, and it is from which the city derived its name. Jacques Cartier scaled the mountain in 1535 and named it Mount Royal, which in the 18th century replaced the former name of the city, Ville-Marie.

  6. Beirut, Lebanon

    Everyone says, dreamily, "it's the Paris of the Middle East." It's not. Beirut is its own funky animal: tense, beautiful, cracking with growth, assaulted by civil strife, graffitied with advertising for Starbucks and Applebees and perfumes from Paris, but without jobs for women, without futures for the young people bristling with university degrees.

  7. Harissa, Lebanon

    Harissa (Arabic حريصا) is an important Lebanese pilgrimage site high above Jounieh, located at 650 meters altitude from the coast and 20 km distance from Beirut the capital city; the site is accessible either by a steep winding road or a nine-minute journey by a gondola lift, known as the "Téléférique". It attracts both pilgrims and tourists who want to enjoy views of Jounieh.

    The main site is a huge 15-ton bronze (and painted white) statue of Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Lebanon or Notre Dame du Liban/Harissa or Our Virgin of Lebanon, with her arms outstretched.

  8. Tripoli, Lebanon

    Tripoli ("Ṭrāblos," in Arabic) is the second-largest city and second-largest port in Lebanon, with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, mainly Sunni Muslims, along with small communities of Christians and Alawite Muslims. Tripoli is located 85 km north of the capital, Beirut.

    Tripoli borders the city of El Mina which is the port outlet of Tripoli district.

  9. Qartaba, Lebanon

    Qartaba (aka 'Kartaba'), Lebanon is a beautiful, tranquil mountain village. At 54 km distance from Beirut, Qartaba sits on the mountains above *Byblos, one of the oldest cities in the world (*worth a visit for the old souq, countless fossils--20% of the world's supply is from here!, and ancient seaport).

    At an altitude of 1250m, Qartaba is recognized with having a healthy climate and beautiful scenery.

  10. Casino du Liban

    Casino Du Liban is a casino located in Maameltein, Jounieh in Lebanon and is 22 km north of Beirut.

    With an area of 34,000 square meters, the casino has around 400 slot machines and 60 gaming tables. It has a showroom, night club, theater, banquet facility and five restaurants.