Jounieh Téléférique


Dubbed the Terrorifique by those who are nervous of heights, this cable car runs from the waterfront road steeply upwards some 650 vertical metres to the mountaintop statue of Our Lady of Lebanon at Harissa. The views from the summit are spectacular. Note that it doesn't operate in windy weather.


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