Byblos is hailed as “the world’s oldest continually inhabited city,” but a quick web search indicates that is the matter of some dispute. But Byblos has been inhabited for at least 5,000 years, that much is clear. There are some nice ruins to visit and an old crusader castle (that apparently was attacked by the Cypriots seven hundred years ago!). I don’t have much more to say about it then that; the crusader castle wasn’t as impressive as what we have in Cyprus (which isn’t as impressive as what’s in Acre, Israel), so I’m just going to leave you with pictures and call it a day:
