Lebanon's Bekaa Valley is the best place on earth - and we can prove it!

Food, wine, beautiful nature: What else could you want?

While the fighting in Arsal has dominated news from Bekaa Valley over the last year, let's not forget that it's just one corner of the amazing valley

There's so much more to Lebanon's beautiful eastern valley.

From Zahle

To Hermel

Who feels like stopping at a winery? Maybe Ksara

Or Kefraya

Or Qanfar

There's no end to the choice

But don't forget to eat

The Bekaa Valley has some of Lebanon's freshest food. It's where it's grown after all

From fields of greens

to herds of sheep

But as great as the food and wine are, there's so much more to the Bekaa

From the Roman ruins at Baalbek

to the Ummayed ones in Anjar

If you get tired of history, there's sport - you can hike down from the Chouf into the valley

Or go rafting on the Assi River

But - you ask - isn't it too dangerous to visit right now? Well, it wasn't too dangerous for the world-famous Baalbek Festival to return this past August

With amazing acts such as Lebanon's own Marcel Khalife appearing

Along with international acts such as Richard Bona and the Earth Wind & Fire Experience

So ... who wants to go to the Bekaa this weekend?