The village
Douma, written in stone
High in the Batroun mountains sits one of Lebanon's best-preserved villages — a crescent of red-tiled roofs, sandstone houses and a souk that has been trading since the Ottoman days. In 2023, UN Tourism named it one of the world's Best Tourism Villages.
The old souk
Alleyways that still work for a living
Douma's souk is not a museum. The blacksmith, the baker and the coffee roaster still open their wooden doors each morning, the way their grandparents did.
Step out of Heritage and you're already in it: vaulted shopfronts, cobbled lanes, and the church tower keeping the time. Walk five minutes in any direction and the village gives way to olive terraces and mountain trails.
While the souk below has its rhythm, evenings up on the terraces are for calm — that's the deal the village has kept for generations.
Recognition
One of the world’s Best Tourism Villages
In 2023, UN Tourism (UNWTO) named Douma one of its Best Tourism Villages — chosen from nearly 260 villages worldwide for preserving its architecture, culture and way of life.
It’s official confirmation of what you feel walking the souk: this village has kept its soul. And Heritage’s guest rooms sit right in the heart of it.
While you're here
Days fill themselves
Morning
Manousheh from the souk bakery, coffee on the terrace, and church bells for a soundtrack.
Afternoon
Walk the olive terraces, visit the old serail, or drive twenty minutes down to Batroun's sea.
Evening
Dinner in the village, then thyme-scented air and a sky full of stars — the mountain kind.
Getting here
An hour and a half from Beirut
Douma is roughly 90 minutes from Beirut by car — up the coast to Batroun, then into the mountains. Send us a message before you set off and we'll share directions to the souk and where to park.