Afqa Castle Tour
Distinguished for its colossal grotto, Afqa is a rectangular-prism-shaped breach within a 200-meter-high cliffside. From a distance, the cave appears like a mouth opening in the face of a giant moss-covered boulder. The cave’s mouth bursts forth with a gushing waterfall that feeds into Nahr Ibrahim (Adonis River) and coalesces into Lake Yammoune.
In Greek mythology, the site marks where Adonis, the legendary demi-god of beauty and desire, is believed to have died at the foot of the falls. Afqa is also a venerated site honoring the goddess Venus, mother and paramour of the young demi-god.
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Distinguished for its colossal grotto, Afqa is a rectangular-prism-shaped breach within a 200-meter-high cliffside. From a distance, the cave appears like a mouth opening in the face of a giant moss-covered boulder. The cave’s mouth bursts forth with a gushing waterfall that feeds into Nahr Ibrahim (Adonis River) and coalesces into Lake Yammoune.
In Greek mythology, the site marks where Adonis, the legendary demi-god of beauty and desire, is believed to have died at the foot of the falls. Afqa is also a venerated site honoring the goddess Venus, mother and paramour of the young demi-god.
