LEBANON

Lebanon is one of the most amazing parts created by nature. Only here is possible to ski on the mountain and then down to the valley, sunbathe and swim in the sea. Summer season runs from June to mid-September and the winter from December to April. Lebanon Nature is surprisingly picturesque. Mountain Slopes, that face the sea, are densely wooded with oak, maple Syrian, Lavra, wild olive trees. Plains are drown in greens of orange groves and banana plantations. In spring the air is filled with fascinating flavours of flowering peach-trees, apricots, cherries and oranges growing up along the roads.

Cedar is the possessions of the country. Until very recent time Lebanon exported it, and today remained only two pine groves, which are very carefully treated. Due to its geographical position, Lebanon has become the world's most important trade center. Several thousands of years ago on the territory of modern Lebanon lived Phoenicians, actively involved in trading. Five cities located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Beirut, Sidon, Tripoli, Byblos and Tir - have become major trading bases of the Middle East. Lebanese shops always attract tourists by the diversity and abundance of goods delivered from all corners of the world.

Lebanon is the only Arab state in which eastern European colouring is combined with European freedom: only here everywhere and at any time there are alcoholic beverages sold, working clubs, discotheques and casinos. Nightlife in Lebanon is known worldwide. Lebanese cuisine will not leave anyone indifferent. It boasts incredible number of unusual salads, fine wines and true eastern sweets. Rest in Lebanon gives incomparable touch to history to the tourists. It is here where you can see the place described in the Bible, for example, the ancient city of Sidon, Tire. In any of the cities, you can not only find Phoenician monuments of culture, but also to become familiar with the heritage of more recent cultures: Byzantine, Crusader, highway, the Ottoman Empire.

Cyprus is the island of contrasts. Cool pine forests in the mountain range and complete change of atmosphere and landscape after golden sand beaches, filled up with the sun. Calmness and untimeliness of the villages is the brightest contrast after a visit to modern cosmopolitan cities. The view of luxury hotels at the sea changes into virgin beauty of nature.