Jeita Grotto Beirut

20 km north of Beirut, Beirut , Lebanon
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    244 reviews 16 travel blogs 5 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Cavern/cave, Geological formation

    Popularity

    9of 22 attractions in Beirut

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Jeita Grotto Beirut

  • 1

    History, culture, spectacular sights & bad driving

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    The best way to describe Lebanon is with the word ''surprising''. Surprising because of people's hospitality, the countries sights, sounds, culture and history, the good weather and great food. The final description of Lebanon is completed by how surprisingly badly people can drive!

    A three lane highway means you can easily fit five cars …

Related BlogsJeita Grotto Beirut

  • 1

    Dodging trouble in Beirut

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    ... , many of which survived the civil war in tact, due to the forethought of the curators. yesterday i went to the jeita grotto, a really amazing series of caverns - absolutely enormous, with enormous numbers of stalactites and stalagmites. it was really ...

  • 2

    Lebanon

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    ... some sleep. Feeling refreshed the next morning, I decided to see something a bit different. I headed out of Beirut to the Jeita Grotto. The Grotto is a massive set of caves famous for their stalagmites and stalagtites, which are impressive, but I was ...

  • 3

    Jeita Grotto--one of the new 7 wonders?

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    ... ; I thought we lost you".  Ha!  No chance.  I jumped in the car and we were off! We then headed to the Jeita Grotto.  For those of you unfamiliar (as I was), this is a vast cavern discovered in Lebanon about 80-90 years ago.  It ...

  • 4

    History, culture, spectacular sights & bad driving

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    ... .  Antoine's niece (Pierre's daughter) named Tania was a fantastic hostess to Luci and I during our stay in Beirut. We all went to Jeita Grotto ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeita_Grotto ) and Our Lady of Harissa for the day and we were amazed at ...

  • 5

    A beautiful day around Beirut

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    ... (HS English), and me plus Tarek(9th), Hanny(5th) and Liam(10 months) with a car seat.   Our first stop was the Jeita Grotto.  Wow, was this amazing!  It is a stunning series of caverns that has the most amazing stalactites and stalagmites you will ...

  • 6

    Byblos, Harissa and Jeita Grotto

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    ... cheese in the middle and then dipped in Qatr (which is a sugary flavoured syrup that is served hot over the pastries). Jeita Grotto was our first stop and wanting to beat the tourists we headed up the mountain in a cable car.  Unfortunately ...

  • 7

    Beirut in 48 hours

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    ... my travel victim and visited: - The famous Rawcheh rocks - The Jounieh coast and the Beirut cornique (along the Mediterranean). - The Jeita Grotto (see next blog entry) All that was very nice but I really wanted to see ...

  • 8

    Lebanon Trip Recap

    ... "rules" of the road (which essentially meant coming to terms with the fact that there weren't any rules).  We first drove to Jeita Grotto, a short 45 minute drive from our hotel, yet a world away from the "big city." The grotto is divided into two ...

  • 9

    The Jeita Caves of Lebanon

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    The Jeita Grotto (caves) of Beirut, Lebanon. These caves were spectacular and a "must-see" should you ever find yourself in Beirut. After touring Egypt and Jordan, visiting caves was a refreshing change from all the temples, ...

  • 10

    Bouncing around Beirut

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    ... more time walking around than drinking. The next morning we woke early (7.30am, early for us anyway) for a tour to Byblos and Jeita Grotto. Unfortunately 3 people had backed out of the tour and we needed 10 so it was more expensive. We opted for a day ...