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Consecrated to vines from the Phoenician era, and already celebrated by the time of the Phoenicians and then the Romans in the temples of Bacchus, the domain of Ksara was bought in 1857 by the Jesuit fathers. In 1972 the Vatican II asked fathers to get rid of this property whose commercial exploitation is now guaranteed by wine professionals. The main shareholders are the Chaoui, Kassar, Sara and Sayegh families.

Dug in the hills, sheltered under a limestone rock, the castle cellars have a prestigious wine line. These are valued in Lebanon and throughout the world. The Ksara Castle, the first Lebanese winery with its size and seniority, has been awarded several times, together with wines from different fields: Ksara is grown in a clay-clay soil of varieties such as sauvignon, chardonnay, Grenache, cabernet sauvignon which give concentrated and aromatic wines; tanaïl which includes cinsault, Muscat and white ugni (among others); Vignes vines and finally the Kanafar where varieties of sémillon, chardonnay, clairette, syrah and many others are found. Guided tours and tastings are arranged daily upon reservation. The castle also has a restaurant and a shop.

Adjacent to the Marina du Saint-Georges, Zaitunay Bay is a residential and tourist complex that includes some twenty restaurants and cafés. Inaugurated at the end of 2011, it was built on the former Normandy embankment, named after the Normandy hotel that was once nearby. During the civil war, this region was a vast dump site housing more than 5 million ^{m3 of} garbage and debris. After years of treatment and cleaning, 18 hectares have been developed by Solidere, the company responsible for rebuilding the city centre. Today, Zaitunay Bay offers a pleasant pedestrian walk, a very good selection of restaurants and cafés, as well as a very high-end hotel, the Beirut Yatch Club.