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The district's capital, also Rachaiya al Wadi, not to be confused with Rachaiya al Foukhar in South Lebanon, is famous for its old renovated souk and what is known as the castle of independence in which Lebanon's pre-independence leaders were held by French troops before being released in 1943. The southern section of the district is inhabited ...
Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain (Arabic: دير قانون رأس العين) (Lit.Fountain-head; The head of the Spring [1]) is a place abounding with immense fountains, with reservoirs and aqueducts 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) south of Tyre, and ca. 77 kilometers (48 mi) south of Beirut, in the South Governorate (Liban-Sud), in the municipality of Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain.
Baissour or Bayssour, (Arabic: بيصور) is a village located in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon. It is 850 metres (2,790 ft) above sea level [1] and shares a border with Aley, Kaifoun, Kabr Shmoon, Majdlaya, and Ainab. Baissour River (Naher Baissour, نهر بيصور) is home to many restaurants and resorts.
If you’re thinking about buying a desert house to rent out, Stassi said this can serve as a regular source of income. “In Las Vegas, for example, renting a room costs approximately $1,500 a ...
El Ain (Arabic: العين), Al Ain, or Ain is a village at an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is famous for agriculture and trade, located on the highway connecting Syrian borders and the Hermel area with Chtaura and Beirut.
The Litani River (Arabic: نهر الليطاني, romanized: Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes (Ancient Greek: Λεόντης, romanized: Leóntes, lit. 'lion river'), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of Baalbek, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre.
It rarely rains and temperatures can reach 120 F, but that hasn’t stopped Abu Dhabi building a white water rapids in the middle of the desert.
The development activity near the village, consequent to land area the Qaraoun village transferred for building of the El Qaraoun Dam in the middle reaches of the Litani River, which created an artificial lake with water spread area of 1190 ha (the largest body of freshwater in Lebanon). The dam, which created the artificial lake or reservoir ...