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Le Chef, Gemmayzeh
A tiny Gouraud Street diner serving Lebanese home cooking off a blackboard of daily specials, open over fifty years and through the civil war. Rebuilt after the 2020 port blast destroyed it.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Mount Lebanon, Lebanon · Asia
Baabda works well as a base: 10 minutes from Aley, 15km from Jeita Grotto.
Baabda is a town located in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. With a population of 9,000, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Baabda sits in Lebanon. It's in the Asia/Beirut time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Baabda to your route.
Baabda (Arabic: بعبدا, romanized: Bʿabdā) is the capital city of Baabda District and Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was also the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon that existed from 1861 to 1918.
Baabda is home to the Italian, Japanese, Jordanian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian,Read more
Indonesian, Spanish and other embassies. It is also home to the Ministry of Defense and other administrative offices.
Baabda is also known for its Seraglio.
In 1956, Baabda Palace was built in Baabda as the official presidential residence, on a hill overlooking Beirut. It remains the residence of the president of Lebanon. The first president to reside there was Charles Helou from 1964 to 1970.
From 1988 to 1990, Lebanon's interim prime minister, Michel Aoun took up residence in the Baabda Palace surrounded by loyal soldiers. During the War of Liberation, Syrian forces attacked it on October 13, 1990, forcing Aoun to seek shelter in the French Embassy in Baabda. Eight days later, Dany Chamoun, son of former President Camille Chamoun, was assassinated with his family in their apartment in the city.
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Baabda is located in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Asia. The coordinates are 33.8339 latitude, 35.5442 longitude.
Baabda has a population of approximately 9,000 people, making it a town in Lebanon.
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restaurant
A tiny Gouraud Street diner serving Lebanese home cooking off a blackboard of daily specials, open over fifty years and through the civil war. Rebuilt after the 2020 port blast destroyed it.
7 km · about 15 min drive
restaurant
A Mar Mikhael kitchen where a different village cook takes over each day, laying out a buffet of her own region's dishes and talking diners through them. Part of the Souk el Tayeb farmers' network.
7 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
A spectacular system of two interconnected limestone caves with the world's longest stalactite, explored by foot and underground boat.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Emir Bashir II's early-19th-century palace in the Chouf, built over thirty years with carved cedar ceilings, inlaid marble and a museum of Byzantine mosaics in the stables. Still the president's official summer residence.
16 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world with Phoenician temples, a Crusader castle, and a charming ancient harbor.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
A 13th-century Crusader fortress built on a small island connected to the Lebanese mainland by a narrow causeway, guarding the ancient port of Sidon.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
An ancient Phoenician coastal town with a natural sea wall, medieval churches, and a vibrant nightlife scene in a charming old quarter.
48 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
A meltwater cascade drops roughly 90m past three stacked natural limestone bridges into a 240m chasm near Tannourine. The bridges are the reason to come, and the falls only run in spring.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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