Lebanon

A vast Roman sacred complex in the Beqaa Valley at 1,150 m elevation, built from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE, centred on the Temple of Jupiter—one of the largest Roman temples surviving anywhere in the world.

An ancient Phoenician port city on the Mediterranean coast, continuously inhabited for over 7,000 years and the presumed origin of the Phoenician alphabet—the ancestor of nearly all modern alphabets—now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A small ancient grove of Cedrus libani (Lebanon cedar) in the Bsharri highlands at approximately 2,000 metres elevation, with trees some of which are estimated to be over 1,000 years old; a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Lebanon's most potent national symbol.

A twin-level limestone cave system in the Nahr al-Kalb valley, 18 km north of Beirut, with an underground lake navigated by boat and spectacular stalactite-stalagmite formations among the finest in the Middle East.

Two massive sea stacks called the Pigeon Rocks rising from the Mediterranean at Beirut's westernmost edge, with a broad promenade and breakwater providing close views of the natural arch and the coastal landscape.

An ancient Phoenician city on a Mediterranean promontory in southern Lebanon, famous for its purple Tyrian dye, its Hippodrome—the best-preserved Roman chariot-racing stadium surviving—and its large UNESCO-listed archaeological park.