Registration for Hike: Explore Monasteries in the Qadisha Valley

Registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998, it is filled with caves and rock shelters inhabited from the 3rd Millennium B.C. to the Roman period, The valley is scattered with cave chapels, hermitages and monasteries cut from rock. Since the Early Middle Ages, generations of monks, hermits, ascetics and anchorites found asylum here. These religious men, who belonged to the various confessions that grew out of medieval controversies over the nature of Christ, included the Nestorians, Monophysites, Chalcedonians and Monothelites. Even Muslim Soufis were found in this valley. They prayed in many languages: Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopian.

Meeting point: Beirut Car Park, behind Sodeco Square Center

Date: Sunday, August 17

What to bring
ID card, backpack, hiking boots, sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat, a light jacket, water and a camera.

Cost
$25
Including: Transportation, Byblos & Beyond representative and insurance.

For more information or to make a reservation
71.728.165