Beirut
The vibe and the overall atmosphere of Beirut make it a pretty captivating city, and it’d even make a great weekend break. Large parts of the city look and feel European, with its European architecture and sidewalk cafes, but are fused with Middle Eastern culture and there’s amazing food everywhere. Beirut is also the nightlife capital of the Middle East, and the streets and bars are packed at night.
Lebanon’s not a large country, so you can easily just base yourself in Beirut for the length of your stay and see the rest of the country doing day trips.
Byblos and Harissa
Ancient Phoenician city of Byblos.
The pilgrimage site in Harissa, Notre Dame du Liban, with great views up and down the Lebanese coast.
Baalbek and Anjar
A trip through the Beqaa Valley along the Syrian border.
Anjar contains ruins from the Umayyad Caliphate, while Baalbek has some of the greatest Roman ruins anywhere in the world. Baalbek also lies inside a Hezbollah area, so the souvenir stalls that line the road outside of the temple complex sell not only all the usual fridge magnets or scarves, but also Hezbollah-themed T-shirts.
Anjar ruins 
It’s already Syria on the other side of those hills 
Temple of Jupiter 
Tyre
One of the oldest cities in the world with its convoluted history going back some 5,000 years. At different times, it was be a part of Egyptian, Phoenician, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and several others empires. It used to be an island fortress until Alexander the Great showed up. Unable to invade an island, he just built a kilometer-long land bridge connecting it to the mainland instead. Tyre has remained a peninsula ever since.
While the history of the place is fascinating, there isn’t that much tangible evidence of it remaining – mainly the Necropolis and the ruins of the old Roman hippodrome.
