Guide to Al-Quraya Monastery

Deir al Qraiiaa is a monastery or convent site at Qraiaa, the name deir signalling a religious house rather than a parish chapel alone. In the Chouf such foundations organised prayer, land and sometimes a school. Visitors should treat it as a working or historic religious place: look from the public areas, dress modestly and ask before entering cloisters. The surrounding village landscape is the setting, within reach of the mountain roads between the coast and the reserve. It is a specific listing for people searching monasteries in the Chouf beyond the famous names of the north.