Jezzine

Jezzine is a mountain town in South Lebanon Governorate, at an average altitude of about 950 m, roughly 22 km from Sidon and about 40 km south of Beirut. Known as the "City of Falls," it is South Lebanon's main summer resort, set among pine-forested valleys and mountain peaks, and home to the Jezzine waterfall — at about 74 m, the tallest in Lebanon. The name is believed to derive from an Aramaic/Syriac word for "depot" or "store," reflecting the town's historic role on the caravan route linking Sidon to the Chouf, the Beqaa Valley, and Syria. Jezzine is also known across Lebanon for its handcrafted cutlery tradition, said to date to the el-Haddad family workshop founded in 1770, with cutlery- and table-service-making becoming a wider local craft from the 1930s onward; Jezzine knives and silverware have long been given as gifts to visiting dignitaries.

By Plane

Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY IATA) ~70 km (1.5 hr).

By Car / Road

Jezzine is reached by road from Beirut via Sidon (about 22 km further inland/uphill from Sidon), on the mountain road into the Jezzine district.

Walkable town center.

• Jezzine Waterfall – At about 74 m, the tallest waterfall in Lebanon, fullest with spring snowmelt and winter rains.

• Jezzine cutlery workshops/shops – The town's historic handcrafted-knife and silverware trade, tracing back to an 18th-century workshop tradition.

• Pine forests – The forested valleys and slopes surrounding the town.

• Browse the cutlery workshops and shops for handcrafted knives and silverware.

• Walk or hike in the surrounding pine forests.

Jezzine cutlery is the town's signature product.

• Sidon (~22 km, on the coast) – Historic port city with the Sea Castle
• Beiteddine Palace – 19th-century Chouf palace
• Maghdouche – Our Lady of Mantara shrine