Nebi Safa

#70 among destinations in Lebanon

Village, Archaeological site

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Nebi Safa, Nabi Safa, Neby Sufa, An Nabi Safa, An Nabi Safa' or En Nabi Safa also known as Mazraet Selsata or Thelthatha is a village in the Kfar Mishki municipality situated 13 kilometres west of Rashaya in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. ()

Local name: النبي صفاCoordinates: 33°29'43"N, 35°44'50"E

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Nebi Safa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Qaraoun, Rashaya Citadel, Baidar ech Chamout, Ain Aata.

6.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Qaraoun
157 min walk • Lake Qaraoun is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. It was created near Qaraoun village in 1959 by building a 61 m-high concrete-faced rockfill dam in the middle reaches of the Litani River.
5.4 miE
Forts and castles
Rashaya Citadel, Aaiha
139 min walk • The Rashaya Citadel or Citadel of Independence is a national monument, in Lebanon. It was built as a palace by the Shihab family in the 18th century, was used by the French Mandate, and is now stationed by the Lebanese Armed Forces. It is a tourist site that can be visited while under the army's surveillance.
5.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Baidar ech Chamout, Niha Chouf
131 min walk • Baidar ech Chamout, Baïdar ech Chamoût or Beidar Chamout is a small village located 3 kilometres northeast of Machgara in the Western Beqaa District of Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
4.5 miSE
Village, Archaeological site
Ain Aata
114 min walk • Ain Aata, Ain Ata, 'Ain 'Ata or Ayn Aata is a village and municipality situated southwest of Rashaya, 99 kilometres south-east of Beirut, in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. The name is thought to mean "gift spring". There is a remarkably cold spring in the area.
4.9 miNW
Dam
Litani River Dam
127 min walk • The Litani River Dam was established in 1959 and created the largest artificial lake in Lebanon, Lake Qaraoun. The area of the lake is about 12 square kilometers, and the capacity the lake is able to hold is about 220 million cubic meters.
5.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Wadi al-Taym
130 min walk • Wadi al-Taym, also transliterated as Wadi el-Taym, is a wadi that forms a large fertile valley in Lebanon, in the districts of Rachaya and Hasbaya on the western slopes of Mount Hermon.
4.3 miE
Village, Archaeological site
Aaqbe, Aaiha
110 min walk • Aaqbe, Akbeh, Aqbe, Akbe, Aaqabet, el-Aaqbe, Akraba, Aaqabet Rashaya or Akabe is a village and municipality situated 3 kilometres west of Rashaya in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
1.6 miSW
Village, Archaeological site
Libbaya
41 min walk • Libbaya is a village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies southeast of Sohmor. During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier.
5.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Aach ed Djâjé
133 min walk • Aach ed Djâjé is a mountain of southwestern Lebanon. It has an elevation of 1,304 metres.
2.1 miS
Archaeological site
Tell Zeitoun
55 min walk • Tell Zeitoun also called Tell Dnaibe, is an archaeological site 8 kilometres southwest of Rashaya in Lebanon at an altitude of 900 metres. It is situated in the valley of the Upper Hasbani on the right bank, north-east of the village of Dnaibe, east of the road. It was first recorded by A.