Adma
Twenty-five kilometres from Beirut, high enough above Jounieh to see the whole bay. The view line is the product, and there is very little of it left.
What it is
Adma sits on the slope above Jounieh, roughly three hundred metres up and twenty-five kilometres north of Beirut. It is close enough to be lived in year-round and high enough to escape the summer on the coast below.
The defining feature is the westward view over the bay. Everything about pricing here follows from whether a parcel has it, and whether anything can later be built to take it away.
The market
This is villa country rather than apartment country, and has been developed steadily for decades. Plots tend to run from a few hundred square metres up to several thousand, with the larger parcels increasingly rare and rarely publicly listed.
Buyers are predominantly diaspora and Beirut families looking for a principal residence rather than a summer house. That makes demand steadier through the year than in the higher villages.
What to check here specifically
- What sits below your parcel and what its zoning permits — the view is only protected if nothing can rise into it.
- The exploitation coefficient, which varies meaningfully across the area.
- Slope and retaining costs, which on this gradient are substantial.
- Registered access from the upper road rather than an informal track.
Why supply is tight
The buildable band with a genuine sea view is narrow, and most of it was taken decades ago. What remains tends to be released privately, within families or through people who already know the area, rather than advertised.
If you are looking here, the useful position is to be known and specific about what you want before something comes up, rather than watching listings.