Ain Aata

#40 among destinations in Lebanon

Village, Archaeological site

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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. ()

Alternative names: Area: 22.4 mi²Coordinates: 33°26'11"N, 35°46'46"E

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Ain Aata – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rashaya Citadel, Qasr Chbib, Wadi al-Taym, Aaqbe.

5.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Rashaya Citadel, Aaiha
144 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.
4.3 miE
Archaeological site
Qasr Chbib, Mount Hermon
110 min walk • Qasr Chbib is a complex of two Roman temples situated a few hundred meters from the summit of Mount Hermon. Officially in the Quneitra District of Syria, Web mapping shows the ruins to be in the Hasbaya District of the Nabatieh Governorate in Lebanon.
4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Wadi al-Taym
117 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.
5.3 miNE
Village, Archaeological site
Aaqbe, Aaiha
136 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.
4.5 miNW
Village, Archaeological site
Nebi Safa
114 min walk • 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.
4.5 miNW
Village, Archaeological site
Libbaya
115 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.
3.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Tell Zeitoun
87 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.
5.9 miNE
Town
Rashaya
151 min walk • Rashaya, Rachaya, Rashaiya, Rashayya or Rachaiya, also known as Rashaya al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi, is a town of the Rashaya District in the west of the Beqaa Governorate of Lebanon.