| Lebanon Promised Land of Tourism | |||||
| Lebanon is the ideal country of those who
desire to enjoy their holidays surrounded by a gay nature that welcomes them,
between kind and hospitable people in the solemn scenery of mountains or
on the shores of blue mediterranean. It is also an ideal country for those who want to pass their holidays in picturesque cities, staying in tourisitc localities where feasts and manifestations of all kinds are held . A spiritually prepared voyage to Lebanon, can multiply the capacity of seeing, understanding and appreciating, thus giving the richest and deepest experience. Indeed this "spiritual" preparation will be a Joy that will add to voyage, a way for tasting it in advance and reliving it later, when it will have been accomplished. It is certain that the splendid views with their pastel clor was the cause of the enthusiasm of travellers, like Alphonse de Lamartine, Pierre Loti, Renan, etc... It is also its beaches of fine sand, its immunerable vestiges since the egyptian, phoenician, greek, roman and mediavel epochs. It's BAALBECK and its gigantic temples. It's JBEIL which is said to be oldest in the world. It's SAIDA, the Antique SIDON where Jesus preached. It's TYRE - the ancient capital of Phoenicia- founder of Carthage to whom the name associates itself to the processes of the first great navigators: these are the citadels, the churches dating from the time of the Crusaders. These are the CEDARS, the famous Cedars of Lebanon, whom Salomon supplied himself so as to edify his famous temple. |
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