???????? Lost in the mountains of Lebanon Kadisha Valley
- We start the journey from Beirut driving towards the Kadisha valley
- We visit a couple sites before arriving at the Cedars of God nature reserve
- We continue the journey to Tripoli
- Horrible experience flying through Abu Dhabi
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453 - QADISHA VALLEY, BECHARRE & TRIPOLI
MEDITERRANEO – La Qadisha, la vallée sainte du Liban
#Mediterraneo Dans les environs de Bécharré, au nord du Liban, la Qadisha ou vallée sainte, est un lieu de tourisme réputé. ???? Place forte de la religion catholique maronite, elle a été délaissée par ses habitants mais la spiritualité y est encore vivace.
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Nouhad Mikhael
Fouad Mikhael
Kaissar Younan
Pierre Younan
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Tripoli to????Qadisha Valley????1300m ????
Day 255. 37km (59258kms)
After taking a few days to slowly familiarise myself with Lebanon I was finally ready to explore. The necessity of bypassing Syria has meant both a big cultural leap and the introduction to a country by way of a big city. Ordinarily overlanding avoids these disjoints, but it’s been an exciting and novel experience nevertheless.
But now it’s time to head into the mountains. Overnight temperatures seem to drop no lower that 7 or 8 degrees just now but Lebanese people perceive this as very cold and consequently express concern. Cycling up is even more unfathomable, but I’ve checked the gradients and it seems reasonable for the most part.
Leaving town I crossed 2 military checkpoints. Car horns are so frequent nobody can possibly know where they’re from or who they’re aimed at! But once out of the city the traffic quickly thinned out. Climbing, the road is 2 lanes wide and in good condition. By staying on the main road I reached 1300m but kept the gradient around 6.5% instead of the back roads at 7.5%
The Qadisha Valley region is very Christian (part of the reason a jersey covered with Turkish flags is unacceptable here) In the absence of mosques I need to find new places to re-fill my water bottles. I’m told not to drink the tap water but I’m usually fine with it.
A supermarket trip came as a shock; in comparison; a portion of cake from a street vendor costs 3000TL, while in the shop a pack of pistachio halva is 75000TL. But I’m not here to scrimp; I’ve brought my usual weekly budget in US dollars to switch into lira (but not all at once as the currency is in free fall) and I want to make sure to spend it all. The very least I can do is inject (an allbeit small) quantity of cash into the local economy.
Once again I reached the top at sunset (16:30 here in Lebanon!) so didn’t have much time to appreciate the valley as I descended 300m to the monastery of St Anthony. I’d left it very late and there are No Flat Bits here! But I was in luck; they gave me permission to camp in their car port, then (having set the tent up ????) invited me inside to sleep in the Salon De Réunion. Here, on a comfy couch I ate my first camping picnic of tinned baba ghanoush and flat bread with a very nice drop of Lebanese red ????
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Hiking in the Kadisha Valley - Lebanon
Hiking in the Kadisha Valley - Lebanon. I left Bcharre by car and parked at the bottom of the valley. From there I hiked to the Qannoubin Monastery and back.
The whole trip took me less than 5 hours but I didn’t do any side trips to the hermitage or cave churches. I only visited Deir Mar Elisha, Deir Qannoubin and the St. Marina Chapel on the route. For me, the hiking was more than enough. I hope you enjoy my video of the Qadisha Valley. Would you go hiking solo?
Cedars of God, Lebanon, shot by drone [1080P]
The Cedars of God (أرز الربّ) are located in Bsharri, Lebanon, and are one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Lebanese cedar that anciently thrived across Mount Lebanon.
The Phoenicians, Israelites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, Arabs, and Turks used their timber. The Egyptians valued their timber for shipbuilding, and in the Ottoman Empire, their timber was used to construct railways.
The Cedars of God is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Cedars of God + Khalil Gibran Museum (Bsharri, Lebanon)
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Today, we managed to see the Cedars of God, the Kahlil Gibran Museum, and the Qadisha Grotto; all of which are located in northern Lebanon near the town of Bsharri.
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On our way we made a brief stop to the birthplace of perhaps the most venerated of all the Lebanese saints — Saint Charbel.
Charbel Makhlouf hailed from a religious family and he dedicated his life to his beliefs, exercising them through his hermetic existence.
After his studies were complete, the saint is said to have lived his final 23 years in almost complete solitude. In fact, it was in this very home he spent the last chapter of his life.
Yet both during his time on earth and after, it is said that Saint Charbel performed miracles, which included healing a partially paralyzed woman through two puncture wounds in her neck, which gave her the ability to walk once again.
His hometown of Bekaa Kafra, possibly the highest village in Lebanon, continues to celebrate his spirit. You are as close to the heavens in this place where the earth and the skies meet. The clouds kiss the mountains in which he was also baptized.
Next we left Saint Charbel’s village for another brief stop at the Qadisha Grotto.
Extending roughly 700 meters into the mountains, the small grotto displays exquisite limestone formations. While it isn’t quite as supreme of a natural wonder as the world famous Jeita Grotto near Beirut, it's worth the visit if you’re near the Cedars of God or the Gibran Museum.
After the Qadisha Grotto, we headed for the Cedars of God, a site so important to Lebanon’s historical and cultural heritage that it inspired the country’s flag.
The ancient accounts of the Lebanese cedars seem to indicate they’re referring to the ones here in Bsharri, but I’m sure you’re wondering what exactly makes these trees so special?
The Phoenicians, who were the first to establish trading routes via the sea and master shipbuilding, used this evergreen timber. But they were hardly the only ones in the region to covet the cedar.
The Israelites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, and Turks all sought Lebanese cedar. The Egyptians used it for shipbuilding and construction and the Ottoman Empire even used it to construct railways.
While a sliver of the once mighty forest remains, the prized natural resource has been greatly destroyed by centuries of deforestation.
However, that doesn’t stop us from appreciating what remains and enjoying the mythology and the stories that were spawned by the Cedars of God.
It was once said that humans and the demigods battled over the divine cedar trees of southern Mesopotamia. The forest, once protected by the Sumerian god Enlil, was ravaged when humans entered the land 4700 years ago, defeating the demigods. This same story also claims that Gilgamesh used cedar to build his great city of Uruk.
In addition to construction, the Egyptians also used cedar resin for the mummification process and the wood itself for some of their first hieroglyph bearing papyrus rolls. In the Bible, King Solomon procured Lebanese cedar to build the Temple in Jerusalem. In fact, Lebanon cedar is mentioned 103 times in the Bible.
Later on, Emperor Hadrian prized the Cedars of God so much that he claimed the forests as imperial domain, temporarily halting their destruction.
The best specimens that remain have reached a height of 115 feet with trunks reaching 39 to 46 feet. There are 18 pockets of cedars remaining in Lebanon, but this particular forest is thought to be the oldest.
We left the Cedars of God UNESCO World Heritage Site and promptly arrived, after a short drive, at the Kahlil Gibran Museum.
This biographical museum 75 miles north of Beirut in Bsharri is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran.
His best-known work “The Prophet,” which is still the top-selling poetry book of all-time (we’ll also provide a link to it in the description below).
The museum was an old cavern where hermits sought refuge since the 7th century.
While the poet was still in New York, he prepared to purchase the hermitage, the monastery, and the adjacent forest to make it his final resting place.
Founded in 1935, the Gibran Museum possesses 440 original paintings and drawings of Gibran and his tomb. It also includes belongings and furniture from his New York City studio as well as his private manuscripts.
You get the sense by the end of the exhibits that this was a man who completed his mission.
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The Kadisha Valley
After watching the 4k drone footage of Kadisha Valley ( ), I was really looking forward to see it with my own eyes! The views are breathtaking and you can enjoy the peace and fresh air of the mountains, about 1h 30 min drive from the coast. The Forest of Cedars of God is also worth the visit, and I also recommend visiting the Khalil Gibran Museum.
Bsharri 2020, Lebanon, shot by drone.
A 2020 film portraying the beautiful village of Bsharri in North of Lebanon.
Bsharri is the town of the only remaining and preserved original Cedars of God (Cedrus libani), and is the birthplace of the famous poet, painter and sculptor Khalil Gibran who now has a museum in the town to honor him.
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Bsharri, cedars of God, La Jetée and Kadisha Grotto Bechare - مغارة قاديشا رحلة إلى بشري، أرز الرب
A trip to Bsharri, cedars of God, La Jetée and Kadisha Grotto Bechare Kaza - رحلة إلى بشري، أرز الرب، لاجيتي، مغارة قاديشا قضاء بشري - Une visite à Bsharri, les cèdres de Dieu, La Jetée et la grotte de Qadicha Becharé Kaza - Lebanon, Liban, لبنان
Ouadi Qadisha and Forest of the Cedars of God
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God, runs through the Valley.
The Forest of the Cedars of God is located on Mount Makmel,
Ouadi Qadisha Lebanon
Holy Valley of Lebanon
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God, runs through the Valley.
The Forest of the Cedars of God is located on Mount Makmel,
Restoring m'Lords Pleasure Grounds: Cedar of Lebanon
The Pleasure Grounds Restoration Project is a ten year plan to rediscover the parkland gardens around Attingham's mansion.
During Autumn 2015, we invited Skycast Media to fly a drone high above the canopy, giving us unprecedented views of the local landscape.
Capturing normally unseen views, this film will be added to our historical records, helping us chart our progress as the restoration takes place.
This short clip is a bird's eye view of a 250 year old Cedar of Lebanon, loved by thousands of visitors. You can see it in it's woodland setting, close to the River Tern.
From Sun to Snow at Kadisha Valley - Lebanon
Today, I left Tripoli behind and drove to the Kadisha Valley. It started as a sunny day but as I got higher up in the mountains, clouds came drifting in. I even stood in knee deep snow at the Cedars of God National Park. After this, I visited Horsh Ehden National Park where I wanted to do some hiking. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes in, the rain started to become harder to ignore and the clouds made it impossible to see more than 50m. I decided to turn back.
But then I had to drive back down the mountain. If anyone thinks driving in Lebanon is bad, try doing it in the rain with almost zero visibility. Luckily, I made it back to Bcharre where I’ll spend the rest of the afternoon trying to get warm again.
The Long and Winding Road to the Valley of Saints, Lebanon
The road to the Valley of the Saints is not for the faint-hearted...
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THE CEDARS OF GOD (Arabic: أرز الربّ Arz ar-Rabb Cedars of the Lord) located at Bsharri, are one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar that once thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times. Their timber was used by the Phoenicians, Israelites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, and Turks. The wood was prized by Egyptians for shipbuilding; the Ottoman Empire used the cedars in railway construction...
THE GIBRAN MUSEUM, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Beirut. It is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran.
Founded in 1935, the Gibran Museum possesses 440 original paintings and drawings of Gibran and his tomb. It also includes his furniture and belongings from his studio when he lived in New York City and his private manuscripts.
The building which houses the museum and his tomb was bought by his sister in 1931 under Gibran's request, having spiritual significance as a monastery dating back to the 7th century when it was the Mar Sarkis (Saint Serge) hermitage...
In 1975, the Gibran National Committee restored and expanded the monastery to house more exhibits and again expanded it in 1995.
THE JEITA GROTTO is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres (5.6 mi). The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Though inhabited in prehistoric times, the lower cave was not rediscovered until 1836 by Reverend William Thomson; it can only be visited by boat since it channels an underground river that provides fresh drinking water to more than a million Lebanese.
In 1958, Lebanese speleologists discovered the upper galleries 60 metres (200 ft) above the lower cave which have been accommodated with an access tunnel and a series of walkways to enable tourists safe access without disturbing the natural landscape. The upper galleries house the world's largest known stalactite. The galleries are composed of a series of chambers the largest of which peaks at a height of 12 metres (39 ft).
Aside from being a Lebanese national symbol and a top tourist destination, the Jeita grotto plays an important social, economic and cultural role in the country. It was one of top 14 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition...
[Cantonese] Lebanon world heritage Ouadi Qadisha and the Cedars of God 黎巴嫩世界遺產 夸底•夸底沙(圣谷)和神杉林
[ The Qadisha valley is one of the most important early Christian monastic settlements in the world. Its monasteries, many of which are of a great age, stand in dramatic positions in a rugged landscape. Nearby are the remains of the great forest of cedars of Lebanon, highly prized in antiquity for the construction of great religious buildings.
圣谷是基督教早期世界上最重要的修道士聚居地。它的许多修道院年代已十分久远，引人注目地坐落在崎岖不平的地形中，附近是黎巴嫩山林遗址，这里的树木为古代宗教建筑提供了优质的木材。
WHAT IS SO AMAZING IN THE CEDARS OF GOD FOREST?
Our second visit in the Cedars of God here in Lebanon but this time we are able to explore the magnificent cedar forest.
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