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Your
heart will fall down after your visit
to Bekaa Deir Al Ahmar, with its
raging streams, green pastures and
Phoenician vestiges. The Al Yammouna
Lake (small lake according to the
Syriac Etymology) is probably the most
beautiful of all the archeological
sites.
It is located on the curvature of
Mount Al Mounaytra, at overlooks the
Bekaa plateau.
Set at the bottom of an abyss nested
by high cliffs, its northeastern side
is a fell that plays the role of a dam
in the face of water preventing it,
therefore, from flowing away. The
length of the pond is 2 kilometers odd
and its width around 1000m. The
northern part of the pond on the
mountain slope that overlooks it,
is a spring whose waters are
purer than tears. The waterfall of Al
Yammouna is around 500m high and the
ruins of the fences and pillars on its
bank intimate the existence of an
ancient Roman temple.
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Major
Cities - Dei Al Ahmar
