Rabieh
Rabieh is a suburban area on the northern edge of Greater Beirut, Lebanon, about 13 kilometers driving distance from Beirut.
Rabieh is a suburban area on the northern edge of Greater Beirut, Lebanon, about 13 kilometers driving distance from Beirut. It is located in the foothills of Mount Lebanon, on the road to Bikfaya. Rabieh saw its population increase sharply in the late 1980s, following the Lebanese civil war. Rabieh is famous for its biodiversity and ecological richness.
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Getting to Rabieh
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 15 km · Damascus (DAM), 102 km · Larnaca (LCA), 210 km
- Damascus → Rabieh78 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · $10–13
- Amman → Rabieh221 km · quickest by road, 4h 41m · JD12–16
- Larnaca → Rabieh213 km · quickest by road, 16h 41m · €90–125
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Rabieh
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 Rabieh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inReaching Lebanon by ferry is quite a challenge, the only regular passenger ferry is a twice-weekly service from Tasucu, just outside Mersin, Turkey to the northern city of Tripoli by the Lebanese company MedStar.
- Get inApart from that single passenger ferry, the only way of reaching Lebanon by sea is by cruise ship or — for the more adventurous traveller — freighter travel or a private yacht.
- Get aroundSome mountain villages don't have public transport links between them hence hitchhiking is a way to get around.
- Get aroundThe hitchhiking concept is well understood among the people and locals are keen to pick up travellers even if they don't speak any foreign languages.
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Next door to Rabieh
Rabieh is 10 km from Beirut, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.