The old stone façade of the guesthouse with a bare vine trained across it, a pair of French doors, and a bench set outside in the morning sun

Two hundred years a monastery,now a guesthouse

SaQi is a restored monastery guesthouse in the mountains of Lebanon. Two hundred years old, it sits among pine and garden, with a spring that still runs and a table long enough for everyone.

Come switch off.
A bedroom with deep ochre walls, an arched stone window recess and an antique wooden wardrobe, the bed covered in an embroidered floral quilt
Idea 01Wake up inside the old stone.
A village land survey drawn by hand in blue ink generations ago, showing the terraced plots

A map of the village, drawn by handTake a closer look

A breakfast table laid with fried eggs, tomato and cucumber salad, bread and blue ceramic bowls
Idea 02Eat what the garden gave this morning.
The long outdoor table set for a group, seen from the side, with the stone building behind
Idea 03Sit down at one very long table.
Pine-covered hillsides at dusk, the ridgeline dark against a pale sky
Idea 04Walk straight into the pines.

  • We came for two nights and rearranged the rest of the trip to stay four.

    Léa, 2024

  • The children have not asked for a screen since we arrived.

    Karim, 2024

  • I have never eaten a breakfast that tasted so much of the place it came from.

    Sophie, 2023

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  • Pink and white peonies flowering in the garden
  • Three fried eggs dusted with sumac on a hammered copper tray, served with potatoes, tomato and herbs
  • A stone basin set into the wall of the Rosemary room beneath a small wooden mirror, with dried grasses hanging alongside
  • A large rosemary bush in full pale blue flower in the garden
  • Two jars of homemade preserves labelled by hand, tomato sauce and vine leaves, standing on a stone wall
  • The resident dog stretched out asleep on an antique wooden bench against a stone wall

Come switch off

My name isand there will beof us.

You can reach me at

Telephone
+961 81 064460
Email
hello@saqiguesthouse.com
Instagram
@saqiguesthouse
Where
Saqi Rechmaiya, Byblos District
20 minutes from Byblos