After spending time in Beirut, we drove north and found the
Ruins of Nahr el-Kalb

This wonderful city would still be the Paris of the Middle East if it weren’t for the greed of outsiders. It has suffered for thousands of years, and it still continues today.

The ruins were in a park.

We continued north to Byblos

After lunch, we were off to Tripoli

Spices, nuts and fruits

Byblos had a really nice harbor

Byblos had its share of Roman and Mamluk ruins

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Nahr el-Kalb has over 3,000 years of Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Roman, and Ottoman history. Also called “the stone history of Lebanon.”

Mseilna Fort was built as a watchtower in the 17th century by a Druze Emir

Tripoli, also on the coast, was packed with markets and restaurants

A car store with everything you would need