Farms, vineyards and some of Lebanon's finest archaeology, just over the mountains from Beirut.
An unhurried morning among the lakes and orchards of Taanayel, the historic Ksara wine caves, lunch by the Berdawni river and a stroll through Zahlé for coffee and dessert.
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A walk through the lakes and orchards of Taanayel, the Umayyad city of Anjar, a long Lebanese lunch and the historic Ksara wine caves.
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An easy morning in Lebanon's largest freshwater marsh with a local guide: the reed beds, the water buffalo and the bird hide, then a long lunch of West Bekaa home cooking on the slope above. In spring and autumn the great migrations pass overhead.
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The Aammiq wetland in the morning with a local guide, then the Kefraya wine estate down the valley: the little train through the vineyards, a Roman underground tomb, the cellars and the arak stills, and a long lunch among the vines.
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A guided walk of about 8 km from the marsh up onto the wooded slope above the valley: the bird hide, the springs, the pines and the ruins of old Aammiq with its old church, then a long lunch of West Bekaa home cooking.
From $270