Kfarshima
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut.
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut.
The town is populated by Lebanese Christians: mainly Melkite Greek Catholic and Maronites, with smaller communities of Greek Orthodox and Protestant Evangelical Christians. Kfarshima was subject to heavy bombing during the Lebanese civil war since it was a primary fault line.
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Worth seeing in and around Kfarshima
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.
1.7 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.
3.4 km · sheer fabrics museum in Lebanon · Wikipedia - 03Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah
Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah, also written as Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyah, is a Beirut-based publishing house founded in 1971 by Muhammad Ali Baydoun. It is regarded as one of the earliest and most active publishing houses in the Arab and Islamic worlds, specialising in classical Arabic and Islamic heritage works, academic publications, and translations into several international languages.
5.7 km · Lebanese publishing house · 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.
5.9 km · 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.
2.1 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.
3.2 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.
2.8 km · Football stadium in Lebanon · Wikipedia - 08Lebanese Military Museum
The Lebanese Military Museum is part of the Lebanese Armed Forces and dedicated for the preservation of old Lebanese military antiques. The museum is currently located at the Ministry of National Defense, in Yarze.
1.8 km · military museum in Yarze, Baabda District · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kfarshima
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 4 km · Damascus (DAM), 101 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 209 km
- Stations
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, 4.4 km · Beirut Air Base, 4.4 km
- Damascus → Kfarshima78 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · $8–12
- Amman → Kfarshima210 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · JD11–15
- Tel Aviv → Kfarshima205 km · quickest by road, 6h 36m · ₪135–185
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kfarshima
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 Kfarshima. 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.
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Next door to Kfarshima
Kfarshima is 9 km from Beirut, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Baabdacity in Lebanon2 km
- Baabda Districtdistrict of Lebanon2 km
- Dahyehsouthern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon4.4 km
- Haret Hreikhuman settlement in Lebanon4 km
- Ainabhuman settlement in Lebanon5.8 km
- Bourj el-Barajnehhuman settlement in Lebanon4.6 km