A view of the wonderful Bay of Jounieh, fifteen miles
north of Beirut, about which Renan, the illustrious
discoverer of the historic past of Phoenicia, once
declared that it had its place among the most beautiful
bays in the world.
The bay stretches in a wide semi-circle from Ras et-Tair
at Kaslik to the rocky spur of Maameltein below the
last foot-hills of the dominating Lebanese Mountain,
where at an elevation of some 600 metres there stands
the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lebanon at Harissa.
Not so long ago, banana and orange orchards stretched
below the wide covering of oak trees sweeping down
from the heights. The small town extended along the
shore with just one main street, but now it has become
a great urban agglomeration absorbing the earlier
existing localities of Sarba, Ghadir, Haret Saker,
Sahel Alma, Chnanair, Ghazir, Adma and Tabarja, whose
lights in the late evening form a fairy spectacle
that is reflected in the waves. Looking down from
Tabarja or the Casino of Lebanon one has a vision
of an immense galaxy of brilliant stars.
It was in this bay that the men-of-war of France,
the protecting Power, cast anchor before visit was
paid to the Patriarch of the Maronites in his residence
up at Bkerki during the time of the Mutassarifs. Today
this bay is lined with casinos, restaurants and hotels,
offering their clients the pleasures of sea-bathing,
of any number of water sports, and of Lebanese cuisine.
- The bay of Jounieh: >> View
Movie << (2001-12-01)
- The bay of Jounieh: >> View
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- The bay of Jounieh as seen from the sea: >>
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<< (2001-12-01)
- The old souk of Jounieh: >> View
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- The sea road Jounieh : >> View
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