Aley
Aley is a major city in central Lebanon.
Aley is a major city in central Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon.
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Worth seeing in and around Aley
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lebanese University
The Lebanese University is the only state-funded public university in Lebanon. It was established in 1951.
7.8 km · Lebanese public university · Wikipedia - 02Bsous Silk Museum
Bsous Silk Museum is a silk museum in the town of Bsous near Wadi Chahrour in Lebanon, located around 15 kilometres east of Beirut.
3.2 km · sheer fabrics museum in Lebanon · Wikipedia - 03Amin Abdelnour Stadium
Amin Abdelnour Stadium, also known as Bhamdoun Municipal Stadium, is a football field located in Bhamdoun, Lebanon. With a total capacity of 3,500, it is the home stadium of Akhaa Ahli Aley.
5.2 km · stadium in Bhamdoun, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 04Aley Synagogue
The Aley Synagogue also known as the Ohel Jacob Synagogue, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Aley, in the Aley district of Lebanon. The synagogue was completed in 1895.
800 m · synagogue in Aley, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 05Seraglio of Baabda
The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in Baabda, Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate.
6.6 km · historic site in Baabda, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 06Hope for Peace Monument
The Hope for Peace Monument is a monument in Yarze, Lebanon, made to celebrate the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. It was designed by the French-born American artist Armand Fernandez.
5.9 km · monument commemorating the end of the Lebanese civil war · Wikipedia - 07Al Ahed Stadium
Al Ahed Stadium is a football field located in the Al-Ouzai area of Bourj el-Barajneh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. The stadium can accommodate about 2,000 spectators, and is owned by Al Ahed FC, which uses it as a training ground.
8.7 km · Football stadium in Lebanon · Wikipedia - 08Al Bustan Hotel
Al Bustan Hotel is a hotel located in Beit Mery, Lebanon which opened in 1967.
6.8 km · building in Lebanon · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aley
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 11 km · Damascus (DAM), 95 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 206 km
- Damascus → Aley72 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · $8–11
- Amman → Aley208 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · JD11–15
- Tel Aviv → Aley206 km · quickest by road, 6h 22m · ₪135–180
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No local-transport research exists yet for Aley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPublic transport There are regular public minivans (usually every five-ten minutes) that go to the Downtown area and to the Charles Helou Station from the airport.
- Get aroundService [ser-vee-s] are shared-taxis, the same taxis as above but shared between four or more people.
- Get aroundThe OCFTC that operates a fleet of blue and white city-buses, and the LCC with a fleet of red and white minibuses; Bus fares cost either LL500 (OCFTC bus 24) or LL1000.
From Wikivoyage: Beirut, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Aley
Aley is 14 km from Beirut, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Baabdacity in Lebanon6.4 km
- Baabda Districtdistrict of Lebanon6.6 km
- Aley Districtdistrict of Lebanon700 m
- Brummanahuman settlement in Lebanon9.5 km
- Bhamdountown in Lebanon5.2 km
- Haret Hreikhuman settlement in Lebanon9.5 km