Qasr Noun is a restored heritage estate in Ain Anub, Aley District, 20.6 km by road from Martyrs' Square and 14.0 km from Beirut's airport. On an empty road that is about 17 to 21 minutes from central Beirut's neighbourhoods. It gives a Beirut guest list a mountain evening without a long drive. Weddings begin in summer 2027.
Beirut has wedding venues of its own, and for some weddings they are the right answer. This page is for couples who want the mountain without the long drive: how far Qasr Noun is from where your guests start, how to move them, and what traffic does to the numbers. For the map pin and directions, read where Ain Anub is.
Wedding venues in Beirut, or just above it?
Inside the city, most listed wedding venues are hotels and beach resorts. The first page of Arabia Weddings' Beirut directory runs from the InterContinental Phoenicia and Le Gray to beach clubs along the coast. A few heritage houses open their gardens too, such as Sursock Palace in Achrafieh, built in 1860 according to its listing. A city venue saves the drive, and guests staying in Beirut have only a short ride home.
A mountain venue changes the evening more than the logistics. The night is cooler: in July, Ain Anub averages 20.2 °C after dark, against 24.4 °C in central Beirut, from ten years of reanalysis data in our guide to the best time to get married in Lebanon. The city becomes the view, from above, at sunset. The trade-off is a drive of about 20 minutes on an empty road, which the table below measures.
Listings checked on 19 October 2026.
How far is Qasr Noun from Beirut? Drive times from 14 starting points
| From | Area | Road distance | Free-flow drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baabda | Baabda District | 10.3 km | about 16 min |
| Choueifat | Aley District | 11.3 km | about 12 min |
| Hazmieh | Baabda District | 13.4 km | about 17 min |
| Rafic Hariri International Airport | Southern suburbs | 14.0 km | about 14 min |
| Achrafieh | Beirut | 14.8 km | about 18 min |
| Mar Mikhael | Beirut | 17.3 km | about 21 min |
| Badaro | Beirut | 18.6 km | about 17 min |
| Verdun | Beirut | 19.5 km | about 18 min |
| Martyrs' Square | Beirut | 20.6 km | about 20 min |
| Hamra | Beirut | 22.3 km | about 21 min |
| Dbayeh | Metn coast | 23.5 km | about 27 min |
| Jounieh | Keserwan | 29.2 km | about 30 min |
| Saida | South Lebanon | 38.9 km | about 32 min |
| Byblos | Jbeil | 48.1 km | about 45 min |
Road distances and free-flow drive times are estimates from OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data, measured on 19 October 2026 from each neighbourhood or town centre, as located by OpenStreetMap's Nominatim, to the estate's Google Maps pin (33.7846104, 35.5419981). For the airport, the router starts on the airport road beside the mapped airport area. A different start point in the same neighbourhood moves the figure by a few hundred metres, which is why our 13 October measurements read slightly differently (14.8 km from Achrafieh, 20.6 km from Martyrs' Square). Free-flow means an empty road. Real times on a Saturday evening are longer. Check a live traffic map before you set off. Martyrs' Square, Achrafieh, the airport and Aley town use our 13 October measurement, so every page on this site gives the same four figures.
Distance and time do not line up neatly in a city. Baabda is the nearest start on the list, yet on an empty road it takes longer than the airport, which is 4 km further. From the north, Jounieh is about 30 minutes away and Byblos about 45; from the south, Saida about 32. For drive times from the villages of the district itself, see wedding venues in Aley.
A wedding venue near Beirut airport
Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY) lies in Beirut's southern suburbs, 9 km from the city centre (Wikipedia). From there to the estate is 14.0 km, about 14 minutes on an empty road: quicker than from most of Beirut itself.
For families flying in, that matters. Ask guests to land the day before if they can. Send the location pin before they board, not on the night. And give whoever meets them at arrivals the estate as a Google Maps link, not a description. If much of your guest list lives abroad, read our page on a destination wedding in Lebanon.
Planning a shuttle for wedding guests
A shuttle is the simplest way to take the drive home off your guests' minds. Plan it as part of the wedding, not as an afterthought.
- Count riders, not invitations. Add a line to the RSVP asking who wants a seat, and from where.
- Choose one meeting point per direction. One in central Beirut for the city. Add a stop at Dbayeh or Jounieh if many guests come from Keserwan or Jbeil, and one in Saida if many come from the south.
- Work back from sunset. Our month-by-month guide suggests guests arrive around 18:30 in June and July, when the sun sets near 19:50. The free-flow drive from Martyrs' Square is about 20 minutes. On a summer Saturday, leaving an hour before the arrival time is a safe start.
- Run more than one return. Older guests and families with children leave early. An early return around midnight and a last one when the night ends at 1:30 AM cover most guests.
- Name a shuttle captain. One person with the rider list, the driver's number and the pin, so no one is left at the gate.
- Send the driver the pin in advance. The Google Maps pin goes to the gate, not the village centre.
Shuttles are one of the costs couples tend to forget. See where they sit in our guide to what a wedding costs in Lebanon.
Arrival at the gate
At Qasr Noun, parking is organised at the gate as part of the full package, and there are restrooms for guests. Guests walk in along the lantern lane. Tell us your guest count and how many will drive, and we will plan arrivals with you. For a mountain wedding anywhere, ask the same question: who receives the cars, and where do older guests get out?
Traffic: what the table cannot tell you
OSRM gives the fastest the drive can be. A Saturday evening in July, the peak of the wedding season, is not that. Three habits help. Put the time you want guests to leave home on the invitation, not only the time the evening begins. Check a live traffic map on the day. And plan the zaffe and the first dance knowing that some guests will arrive late. On the way home, never drive after drinking.
Qasr Noun: a mountain estate close to Beirut
Qasr Noun (قصر نون) is a restored heritage estate in Ain Anub (عين عنوب), high above Beirut, with views over the city and the Mediterranean. From the balcony, the sun sets into the sea. A lintel over one doorway is carved “AD. 1895”, and in the autumn of 1907 Canon Joseph T. Parfit restored the neglected estate into a school (Parfit, 1917). Read the story of the school on the hill.
It opens for weddings in summer 2027, and pre-booking for 2027 dates is open now. The day is the couple's until 1:30 AM, with no extra-hour charge. Sound and lighting, a 150 kVA generator, chairs and tables, parking at the gate and guest restrooms are part of the full package: see what a wedding package includes. To compare the mountain districts, read wedding venues in Mount Lebanon, or start at weddings at Qasr Noun.
