It's sometimes been compared to the mountain ranges of Portugal...only much more epic. Located in the Bsharri district of North Lebanon, Wadi Qannoubine is home to some of the earliest Christian communities in the world. It is currently part of a World Heritage Site, which means there is virtually no construction in the area, and the tiny village of Qannoubine must make do with donkeys instead of roads. Qannoubine runs only on hydraulic power. The caves are home to hermits, including one from Columbia and chapels carved out of the mountain rock.