the town overlooks a cliff of 40 meters high. at its sides, there are café houses and restaurants overlooking the landscape of wadi jezzine, which in turn overlooks green fields. in the center of the town there is the municipal palace, which was built according to the ottoman style in 1898 during the reign of sultan abd el hamid and the "qaim maqam" of the district, saleem bey aammoun, at the expense of the municipality.