ancient ruins
Tyre (Sour)
A UNESCO-listed ancient Phoenician port city with one of the best-preserved Roman hippodromes in the world and extensive archaeological remains.
11 km · about 20 min drive
AsiaLebanonSouth Governorate
Qâna
South Governorate, Lebanon · Asia
About Qâna
Qâna is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Tebnine, 22km from Rosh HaNikra Grottoes.
Qâna is in South Governorate, Lebanon, with about 10,000 people. The nearest town is Tebnine, about 10 km away.
Qana (Arabic: قانا, romanized: Qānā), also spelled Cana, Canna or Kana, is a municipality in southern Lebanon located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the city of Tyre and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the border with Israel. It is revered by Lebanese Christians and Muslims alike. The municipality is also knownRead more
for the two massacres of civilian committed by the Israel Defense Forces during military operations in Lebanon.
The 10,000 residents of Qana are primarily Shia although there is also a Melkite (Greek Catholic) Christian community in the village.
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What is there to see near Qâna?
Within an hour or so of Qâna: Tyre (Sour) (11 km), Rosh HaNikra Grottoes (22 km), Akko (Acre) (38 km), Sidon Sea Castle (40 km).
Where is Qâna?
Qâna is in South Governorate, Lebanon, about 10 km from Tebnine.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,000
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Lebanon
- Region
- South Governorate
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
- Coordinates
- 33.2089, 35.2994
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Worth the detour from Qâna
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Rosh HaNikra Grottoes
Sea-carved tunnels running 200m through white chalk cliffs on the Lebanese border, reached by a cable car advertised as the world's steepest at a 60-degree gradient. The water inside glows electric blue.
22 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
38 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Sidon Sea 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Mount Arbel
A cliff dropping 380m to the Sea of Galilee, with fortified caves cut into its face by Jewish rebels and a lookout taking in the whole lake to the Golan. Israel's only base-jumping mountain.
47 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Sea of Galilee
The largest freshwater lake in Israel, central to Christian scripture and surrounded by important biblical sites including Capernaum and the Mount of Beatitudes.
50 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Qâna
- 47 kmMount ArbelA cliff dropping 380m to the Sea of Galilee, with fortified caves cut into its face by Jewish rebels and a lookout taking in the whole lake to the Golan. Israel's only base-jumping mountain.
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