The Atlas Obscura Guide To Zouk Mosbeh

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

Updated October 17, 2011

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Unusual Attractions in Zouk Mosbeh

View of the Cable Car from below (Wikimedia Commons)

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

Jounieh Cable Car

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

The animatronic former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf. (Leah Caldwell/Atlas Obscura)

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

Lebanese "Hall of Fame" Museum

Brush shoulders with animatronic Arab leaders made of silicone.

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Stele of Napoleon III overwritten on Assyrian stele

Nahr El Kalb, Lebanon

Stelae of Nahr el-Kalb

In a narrow river valley just north of Beirut, Lebanon, is a chronicle of human history unlike anything else in the world.

0 miles from Zouk Mosbeh

Upper Cave

Jitta, Lebanon

Jeita Grotto

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

1 mile from Zouk Mosbeh

The Egg seen from the northeast corner, showing the peculiar round shape of the theater.

Beirut, Lebanon

The Egg

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

7 miles from Zouk Mosbeh

Yasmine, the first mummy discovered in the ‘Asi-al-Hadath grotto.

Beirut, Lebanon

Maronite Mummies of the Qadisha Valley

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

8 miles from Zouk Mosbeh

Al Ba’sa, or The Grudge, Beirut’s thinnest building.

Beirut, Lebanon

The Grudge (Al Ba’sa)

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

9 miles from Zouk Mosbeh

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