Baalbeck, previously known as Heliopolis, is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. It is home to the Baalbek temple complex which includes two of the largest and grandest Roman temple ruins: the Temple of Bacchus and the Temple of Jupiter.

Anjar ruins cover 114,000 square meters and are surrounded by large, fortified stone walls over two meters thick and seven meters high. The rectangular city design is based on Roman city planning and architecture with stonework borrowed from the Byzantines.

Château Ksara is a wine company founded in 1857. It is Lebanon's oldest, largest and most visited winery, attracting some 70,000 visitors per year.