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(5) Back to Beirut

A travel blog entry by oudmayer

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... 8217;s history, and the wine making process, and most importantly, they presented substantially better wines than Massaya. Still, the impression lingers that the price/quality ratio of Lebanese wines is somewhat skewed, I would say, Lebanese wines being pretty expensive for what you get, not only compared to French or Spanish wines, but especially if compared to, say Australian or Argentinian wines. And I haven’t worked out why, other than to ...

(4) The Mountains and The Valley

A travel blog entry by oudmayer

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... the day, if not more. Unfortunately, when we passed the weather was bad, threatening rain and thunder, and the valley closed in by clouds. The only exposure to the Quadisha Valley we got were the views from the north wall of the valley whenever the sun broke through, and the monastery at the other side of the river, built high up in an anticline, and reached only by a steep set of stairs from the valley floor (and a secret road, with metal ...

Hezbollah & Ruins

A travel blog entry by lisaandluke

... feel safe or scared. The next morning we went out to visit the famous Baalbek ruins. But to be honest we were already starting to get “ruined” out so we didn’t linger too long.

That about covers our Lebanon experience. Luke and I both agreed it was our favorite country so far on the trip. It was most like home and the people always went out of their ways to make us feel ...

The Beautiful Bekaa Valley

A travel blog entry by wareameye

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... one of the best Roman ruins I have seen outside Tunisia!

Lunch is at a restaurant overlooking Baalbeck called Scheherazade. It is advertised in our itinerary as a "light lunch" but we are again groaning at the end of the meal, having been stuffed with all sorts of Lebanese delicacies. The final stop before returning to Beirut is the Ksara vineyard with its extensive system of caves dug by the Romans. The ...

Roman Temples in a Snowstorm

A travel blog entry by alexjasonworld

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... to the ruins and they were worth the wait. The Temple of Jupiter is the largest Roman temple ever built and the six columns that are still standing are truly enormous. The temple is approached through a series a series of increasingly grand collonaded courtyards, and while only portions of the buildings remain you can get a strong sense of what it used to feel like. Off to one side is another temple in amazingly good condition, and while not as big ...

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