Baalbek phoenician Ruins in Tripoli

Majestic place. I drove to there from Beirut. It is safe to go there. No security permission needed. You basically have two temples in one complex: Jupiter Temple and Bacchus Temple. The area is around 20,000 m^2. Take 40-50 minutes to see all of it.

No words to describe the majesty of this place. One has to come and experience it first-hand. You will feel transported back in time as you walk and inspect the details of all the ruins. Being there around sunset adds even more richness as the colors will be breathtaking.

🏛🤯 this is a must see site in Lebanon. Hire a driver, book a tour but you can’t miss this.

Capturing the sun between the temples is the most satisfying thing I have ever had.

Its worth visiting the place amazing structure and rich of history

Real must see when you visit Lebanon. The masterpiece of Roman sacred structures!

If you go to one place in Lebanon please visit the Baalbek sites. The best Roman ruins I have ever seen. Glorious

I go to this place every time I visit Lebanon. Great feeling being surrounded by the Roman ruins and temples.

Amazing place the history and details in every single structure are amazing. The different temples are still well preserved and you can feel the history. We also went during the baalbeck festival which was amazing and very professional. Seeing the ruins at night with the lights was truly a unique experience.

Always lovely to visit Baalbek! Family loved it and when we visited it was a public holiday so it was free entry!Would defiantly recommend visiting the Baalbek ruins if you are in Lebanon, a lot of history to take in. Unfortunately the museum was closed but we will return back some day!Also make sure to stop at Lakkis farm Baalbek since your close by, the food is delicious and would also return there!

The temples and ruins are much more beautiful than the photos! Its huge and you can spend a whole day there looking at the different pieces of history. The place is safe inside but the surrounding is not that much safe.

One of the most conserved archeological roman aite in the world. Every step to the visit worth it. I would return if possible.

Fantastic Roman ruins in Baalbek. Rich in history and incredibly impressive excavation work. Highly suggest getting one of the guides as there are alot of history to the site You cannot get otherwise.

Put on your hats, ladies and gentlemen, it is the The city of Sun. Very few places on earth can make you feel History, and such a place is a simple proof, majestically. Its gigantic constructions were built over 200 years. It is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage and is considered one of the most and still preserved famous sanctuaries of the Roman world and a model of Imperial Roman architecture. Always that same strange feeling when I visit this place.

Spectacular place, it takes you back centuries ago.

I come here every time I’m in Lebanon and every time I’m impressed how people could build this

Well, its all good, but make sure not to buy any souvenirs or scarfs from people because they will super overprice everything. People standing inside the toilets saying they work there while no one hired them basically.

This is the best preserved Roman-era site...

Excellent site to visit. Beautiful 2000+ years old ruines where romans, Phoenician, and Arabs contributed to it. People are lovely. Please take a 2 bours tour guide to benefit from all the info they will provide.

we really enjoyed spending the day in Baalbeck!

A magical place. Go there: you feel happy. Such a beauty. A unique experience.

A multi-ara place from time of phoenicians to romans to different islamic ages, our guid Ghofran was knowledgeable and give us a lot of informations

Gorgeous... No other words could express...SHOULD be visited

One of the best preserved Roman ruins in the world. The pillars are massive, even when compared to other such sites around the world. The complex itself is quite large. A lot can be done to preserve it better and restore some of the ruins or offer more explanations and guidance throughout the visit.

Baalbek ruins, the biggest roman temples. Great place to visit and touch the actual ruins. It is extremely cheap to enter (still in old Lebanese Pounds). Definitely a must see in Lebanon

This is the only place in the world where you can find the ruins of the old Rome next to the ones of the Islamic ancient state. It is a most see if you are in Lebanon !

Beautiful city with Bunch of theifs, trying to take all your money

The most magnificent Roman ruins I’ve ever been. The sheer size of the site and the condition of the architectures are just breathtaking. If you go with a guide, he/she will tell you the Roman cultures and traditions and their influence in the modern day Levine & Middle East. It is also not as touristy as the ones in Rome or Turkey so you can pretty much have the whole ruins to yourself and imagine its original form in its time with awe.

One of the most majestic places on earth. This UNESCO world heritage site is home to two of the largest Roman temples ruins in the world. A must do if visiting Lebanon. Highly recommend watching a concert there as well if you have the chance to visit during the Baalbek festival.

Mesmerizing, breathtaking. The most well-preserved and complete of Roman ruins anywhere in the world.By far superior to Greeces Parthenon.A must see for any traveler !

Full of history. Very well kept, with still intact details of the time.

Well worth a visit. Exceptionally well preserved.

Excellent day, clear and sunny, amazing historical Roman temples and city you want forget.

Its a most historical place to see the Romanian ruling

An amazing walk through history. You will wonder at the capability of ancient civilizations that built such a magnificent structure. Loved the hospitality of the people.

The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek temple complex located in Lebanon.The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.This monument to Bacchus is one of the best preserved and grandest Roman temple ruins; its age is unknown, but its fine ornamentation can be dated to the second century CE. Wonderful place.

Amazing place, with three ancient temples to Jupiter(Baal), Venu(Ashtart), and Bacchus.You can only enter to the temples of Jupiter(still holds six columns out of the original 58 onesand Baachus(its almost fully intact). But the temple of Venus which is located outside the complex, to the right, you can only see it from a distance.I highly recommend visiting this place at least once.Prices are very reasonable:10,000 LBP for locals15,000 LBP for foreigners20$ for a guide

This historical site is a must see to appreciate its magnitude and architecture.Its best to hire a guide at the entrance to explain in details the history of Baalbek.

Whenever i visit lebanon baalbek is a must stop for me. Seeing its giant pillars, mezmerizing sculptures and breath taking ancient engineering that stands against time is something that no amount of pictures or words can really describe.In addition to its very cheap intrance fees (10,000 l.l equivelant to 0.40 dollarsfree parking and very hospitable and joyful community suitable for family and indiviuals alike its no surprise that time flys there and memories will last forever.

Extraordinary experience ! The site is well preserved. Hire a guide for 20$ to get more explanation about the structure of the format temples but also the unbelievable size of the stones and the construction method.

Impossible to measure the beauty and history of this place! Amidst the ruins, many stories, which are still preserved and heritage of humanity, impossible not to get excited! Lebanon from the airport, has a whole history, of struggles, like species and rebirth, just like Fenix, always rising from the ashes

A few miles from the swamp from which the Litani (the classical Leontesand the Asi (the upper Orontesflow, Baalbek may be the same as the manbaa al-nahrayn ("Source of the Two Rivers"), the abode of El in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle[8] discovered in the 1920s and a separate serpent incantation.[9][10]Baalbek was called Heliopolis during the Roman Empire, a latinisation of the Greek Hēlioúpolis (Ἡλιούπολιςused during the Hellenistic Period, [11] meaning "Sun City"[12] in reference to the solar cult there. The name is attested under the Seleucids and Ptolemies.[13] However, Ammianus Marcellinus notes that earlier "Assyrian" names of Levantine towns continued to be used alongside the official Greek ones imposed by the Diadochi, who were successors of Alexander the Great.[14] In Greek religion, Helios was both the sun in the sky and its personification as a god. The local Semitic god Baʿal Haddu was more often equated with Zeus or Jupiter or simply called the "Great God of Heliopolis",[15][b] but the name may refer to the Egyptians association of Baʿal with their great god Ra.[13][c] It was sometimes described as Heliopolis in Syria or Coelesyria (Latin: Heliopolis Syriaca or Syriaeto distinguish it from its namesake in Egypt. In Catholicism, its titular see is distinguished as Heliopolis in Phoenicia, from its former Roman province Phoenice. The importance of the solar cult is also attested in the name Biḳāʿ al-ʿAzīz borne by the plateau surrounding Baalbek, as it references an earlier solar deity and not later men, named Aziz. In Greek and Roman antiquity, it was known as Heliopolis. It still possesses some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in Lebanon, including one of the largest temples of the empire. The gods that were worshipped there (Jupiter, Venus, and Bacchuswere equivalents of the Canaanite deities Hadad, Atargatis. Local influences are seen in the planning and layout of the temples, as they vary from the classic Roman design

I was lucky enough to see a snowy Baalbek a few weeks ago, and it was as incredible as so many here have described. Not crowded at all due to current awful crisis, let’s hope that changes asap. Do hire a guide at the gate and be sure to tip generously.

I have been longing to go here for years, and finally, a couple of weeks ago, was able to visit.This is a really spectacular place, and although about one and a half hours drive from Beirut, I would definitely recommend everyone to go. We hired a guide (who had 2 names, one of which was Ali). He was very knowledgeable and reasonably priced ($20 for the visit), spoke good English, and answered my many questions patiently! In addition, he was a wonderful photographer & took some amazing photos of us. Normally the visit would be at least 2 hours, but we didn’t have much time, so took about an hour and a half. Although we went on a Saturday, there was hardly anyone else there, and the weather was beautiful . There is a small museum inside the site, but this was closed. Even if you’re not keen on history, this is an incredibly beautiful place which will leave you dreaming. Flat shoes a must ! Go while you can !(3rd photo shows our guide !)

Marvelous place. I think everyone must visit. Its a historical place. There are guide if someone wants to know the history of this place. The entrance fees also are cheap.

Beautiful, astonishing, colossal.No words can describe how majestic the ruins are.A must see when in the beqaa valley

What you see will defy all sense of logic because it seems impossible that humans could have constructed such massive structures without the benefit of modern technology. We had a guide who was very knowledgeable and I highly recommend. It took us over an hour to go through the entire tour, but I wish our guide had not rushed us.

Baalbek temple is breathtaking, this place is full of history and amazing things, everywhere you look there are beautifully crafted things, amazing ornaments and tall columns, so tall and massive you won’t believe it was built millennia’s ago. You must take a local guide, so you can appreciate everything you see around you, every little stone has a story to tell you!!!

Baalbek is has the best Roman Ruins in the world. I have seen many ruins including ruins in Rome. Some of the stuff youll see is mind boggling in terms of size and weight.

A must visit. A large site with a lot of history. It’s amazing how well preserved the ruins are, better than others around the world, and even more amazing that they haven’t all been discovered yet. The site was clean, safe and well maintained and there was some information at each site about its history. I would definitely go again and definitely recommend.