Chateau Kefraya
I wrote this a few months ago, but never published it.
Today was one of those days where I felt like a little kid again. ...
I visited Chateau Kefraya a few weeks ago during one of those crazy weather days when it suddenly starts raining on your sunglasses. The road to Kefraya is spectacular. Once you take a right from Chtaura, it's a 20 minutes drive, with trees aligned on the both sides of the road. Basically you're driving between the beautiful chain of east and west mountains of Lebanon, in a green land.
We took a few wrong turns first, before reaching the chateau - not that I'm complaining, everything was beautiful - and eventually reached the place. After parking and checking the tours, we took the two tours they have.
One of them was a "train" tour in the vineyards, which was kind of long with no one explaining anything. We stopped at some point to see the old Roman graves, but it started to rain so we had to run back in the train (which was leaking). The colors of autumn were so amazing though.
The other one was a tour of the wine cellars they have. First we watched a short boring documentary, then we had someone touring us explaining how the different wines are made and the whole process it takes. Apparently it takes 2 whole years for red wine to be made, that's why the most recent red wine found on the market now is 2010!
Then we went to the wine tasting area and we got a bottle of my new favorite red wine! The staff were very helpful and friendly. We had lunch there and I love the food they have. The restaurant is really cozy with a great view outside, good food and reasonable prices.
Overall, you can plan a whole day trip there, make sure it's not rainy though. You'll feel like a tourist.
Today was one of those days where I felt like a little kid again. ...
I visited Chateau Kefraya a few weeks ago during one of those crazy weather days when it suddenly starts raining on your sunglasses. The road to Kefraya is spectacular. Once you take a right from Chtaura, it's a 20 minutes drive, with trees aligned on the both sides of the road. Basically you're driving between the beautiful chain of east and west mountains of Lebanon, in a green land.
We took a few wrong turns first, before reaching the chateau - not that I'm complaining, everything was beautiful - and eventually reached the place. After parking and checking the tours, we took the two tours they have.
One of them was a "train" tour in the vineyards, which was kind of long with no one explaining anything. We stopped at some point to see the old Roman graves, but it started to rain so we had to run back in the train (which was leaking). The colors of autumn were so amazing though.
The other one was a tour of the wine cellars they have. First we watched a short boring documentary, then we had someone touring us explaining how the different wines are made and the whole process it takes. Apparently it takes 2 whole years for red wine to be made, that's why the most recent red wine found on the market now is 2010!
Then we went to the wine tasting area and we got a bottle of my new favorite red wine! The staff were very helpful and friendly. We had lunch there and I love the food they have. The restaurant is really cozy with a great view outside, good food and reasonable prices.
Overall, you can plan a whole day trip there, make sure it's not rainy though. You'll feel like a tourist.
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