Lebanon in a Picture

“I’ve never seen the grotto at this time of year. Afqa has usually been a... (Afka, Mont-Liban, Lebanon)

“I’ve never seen the grotto at this time of year. Afqa has usually been a... (Afka, Mont-Liban, Lebanon) “I’ve never seen the grotto at this time of year. Afqa has usually been a mid-summer visit; a chance to escape from the heat of the coast, by which time the flow is much less fierce. By late June or July, it’s quite easy to get deep into the grotto and, should the mood take you, walk from this side of Mount Lebanon to the other, where you would emerge in Yammouneh, a pocket valley high above the Beka’a. Whether that's still possible, I don’t know. In the past though, priests walked underground between the temples to Astarte/Aphrodite on either side of the range; the spectacular one here in Afqa, which attracted pilgrims from all over the Ancient World, and the smaller one on an island in the seasonal lake in Yammouneh, as part of their annual celebrations.” Walking Lebanon goes for the flow. To read full story, click link in bio.
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