Baalbek’s Ancient and Religious Landmarks
Baalbek · Lebanon
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Follow a focused walk through Baalbek’s ruins, archaeological places, mosques, monument, and park. Compare the scale and character of the Bacchus and Jupiter temples, then pause at the quarry and Hajar al-Hibla to consider how the ancient complex was shaped and supplied. The route also brings you to the Umayyad Mosque, the Mosque of Sayyida Khawla, the citadel, and the smaller ceremonial spaces that complete the experience. Allow time to look closely at changes in layout, stonework, and use from one stop to the next.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 12. The rest are in the app.
Temple of Bacchus
A grand second-century Roman temple whose carvings may, or may not, belong to Bacchus.
Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek)
A Roman Jupiter temple built on a foundation of astonishing stones, and still not fully explained.
Stone of the Pregnant Woman
A Roman quarry block weighing about one thousand tonnes, still joined to the bedrock beneath it.
Umayyad Mosque of Baalbek
An early Umayyad mosque built beside Baalbek’s Roman ruins, destroyed by flood and restored in the 1990s.
Baalbeck Quarry
Baalbek Quarry is an archaeological site in Baalbek, Lebanon.
Baalbeck Ruins
A Roman sanctuary built over centuries, then fortified, excavated, and argued over ever since.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 6 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
6 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 12 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.