Even though I live 5 minutes away from the Jeita caves, for some odd reason I hadn’t been to them until yesterday. The caves are currently nominated as one of the new 7 wonders of nature but I’m still undecided if I like the place or not.
The cave are divided into two parts, the lower grotto and the upper grotto. The lower grotto consists of a ride on a little boat through the caves which sounds cool but out of the 7km depth the journey only takes you to the first 450 meters since the path becomes too tight for the boats. So it’s a really short trip that ends a few minutes after it starts.
The upper grotto is a walking path through the caves and I found it much more impressive than the lower grotto. The height of the ceiling is ridiculously high and the whole place is lit up very nicely. But my problem with the upper grotto is again the fact that it ends too quickly. Not as quickly as the lower caves but still, I just wish it was longer. Now this might sound strange but I honestly wished there was a Starbucks at the end of the path inside the cave. I would have loved to chill out on a couch eating my chocolate muffin while checking out and appreciating the caves around me.
If you’re coming to Lebanon I guess the caves are worth visiting, just don’t expect to spend the day there, the whole experience takes an hour or two. Also a point worth mentioning is that cameras and phones are NOT allowed inside the caves. Tickets for adults costs around KD3.5. Here is a link with more info [Link]
9 replies on “Jeita Grotto”
A Starbucks would destroy Jeita Grotto forever!
Costa?
lol
agreed. there’s enough corruption with modern commodities in old cities as is haha. Plus, there are more caves than Jeita that are def worth seeing in Lebanon…that might be more worthwhile for those cavers 🙂 i haven’t been in jeita for a long time and planning to visit soon!
lol i’m never going to vote for you as mayor of Salmiya after reading you want a starbuck at such great historic natural caves 😛
I’ll definitely ck it out when I visit Lebanon 🙂
Everyone was taking photos when I visited – sort of annoyed me, as I’d put my camera in the locker on the way in. The train was hilarious… waited for hit, for the 30 second trip up the hill 😉
Nice caves though.
I love Starbucks, but it’s the last thing I would want to see in a place like this.
I dont know where to start from… the fact that you’ve never been there or the fact that you suggested having a Starbucks in there!