Zahlé Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Minibuses from Beirut to Zahlé (LL3000, 90 minutes) leave from the southwest side of the roundabout at Beirut’s Cola transport hub. Service taxis (LL6000) leave from the same spot. Both minibuses and service taxis will drop you off at the highway turn-off, which is just over 1km from the centre of Zahlé.

If you want to be dropped at the centre of town, you’ll need to get off at nearby Chtaura (LL3000, one hour) and catch a service taxi (LL1500); specify that you want to be dropped in town and not at the highway turn-off.

To get to Baalbek from Zahlé, take a service taxi (LL3000, 30 minutes) from the main taxi stand on a square off Rue Brazil, or walk down to the roundabout at the southern end of town, where the highway begins, and from there take a microbus (LL1500, 45 minutes).