The journey to Bsharre and the Cedars passes through some of Lebanon's most spectacular scenery.

The mountain road winds through the countryside where red-tile roofed houses cling precariously to the cliffs, and a patchwork of vineyards and olive groves stretch out into the lush valleys.

Bsharre (also Bsharre, Bsharri, or Bsharreh), near the resort, is famous in it own right as the birth place of the popular Lebanese poet, artist, philosopher and mystic Gibran Khalil Gibran.

There is also a chapel in the forest itself; the Maronite structure dates to 1843.