Why this ride
From Nahariyya it runs 91 km to Nahariyya; allow about 1 h 34 of riding. It goes by way of Qalaat Chama’, Tyre and back through Qalaat Chama’. It crosses from Israel into Lebanon - carry ID and check the toll rules.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Junayn Garden and Tyre
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 91 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 34
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Junayn Garden
On the coastal plain of western Galilee, between Nahariya and Akko, a small garden known as Junayn is one of the Bahá'í holy places in Israel. Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, spent his final years in exile in this region in the late nineteenth century, after being banished by the Ottoman authorities from Persia and then from Baghdad, Istanbul and Edirne. Once his confinement in the prison-city of Akko was relaxed, he would visit gardens around the town, and this was one of them. The Bahá'í holy places in Haifa and western Galilee, including the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí and the terraced gardens on Mount Carmel, were listed by UNESCO in 2008. The gardens are tended with remarkable precision by Bahá'í volunteers from around the world, and the atmosphere is serene.
Read the complete Junayn Garden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Junayn Garden is where the day begins. Next is Qalaat Chama’.
2. Qalaat Chama’
Before anything else: this is one of the most sensitive places on any of these routes. Qalaat Chama, or Shamaa castle, stands on a hilltop in southern Lebanon, a few kilometres north of the border with Israel and inland from Naqoura, in an area that has seen repeated conflict, including heavy fighting in recent years, and that many governments advise against visiting under any circumstances. Damage to historic sites in the area has been reported, and conditions may have changed. Do not go without checking current official travel advice, and if in doubt, do not go at all.
Read the complete Qalaat Chama’ write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Qalaat Chama’ comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tyre.
3. Tyre
Tyre was already ancient when Alexander the Great arrived in 332 before Christ. Then it was an island city just off the coast of what is now southern Lebanon, famously rich and famously stubborn, and when its citizens refused to open their gates, Alexander built a causeway out to the island and besieged it for months. Sand piled up against that causeway over the centuries, and the island became the peninsula you see today, with the modern city of Tyre spreading across it and the old harbour still busy with fishing boats.
Read the complete Tyre write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Tyre. Next is back through Qalaat Chama’.
4. back through Qalaat Chama’
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Qalaat Chama’ write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Qalaat Chama’, late in the day. Next is Junayn Garden.
5. Junayn Garden
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Junayn Garden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Junayn Garden. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Junayn Garden to Qalaat Chama’
Junayn Garden → Qalaat Chama’ is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Qalaat Chama’ to Tyre
Qalaat Chama’ → Tyre is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tyre to back through Qalaat Chama’
Tyre → back through Qalaat Chama’ is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Qalaat Chama’ to Junayn Garden
back through Qalaat Chama’ → Junayn Garden is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.