Blue waves below, whistling winds above, and you floating amidst a Mediterranean horizon; no you aren't dead, in fact you're having the time of your life! With today's deal rise above it all with 51% off a 3 person parasailing adventure courtesy of Beirut Aqua Sport!

 

Skyward Bound

Also known as "parascending," paragliding is a sport where a person is towed behind a vehicle, in your case a boat, while attached via tow rope to a specially designed parachute known as a parasail. You'll have little to no control over your chute but why would you want to anyway? All your attention should be focused on enjoying every moment you spend floating out in the ether! So bring two friends and head on over to Movenpick for an unforgettable day of paragliding!

 

Floating Through History

The word "parachute" comes from the French para, meaning "to prepare for" or "to protect against," originally from the Latin parare, and chute, the French word for "fall," and it was originally coined, as a hybrid word which meant literally "that which protects against a fall," by the French aeronaut François Blanchard (1753-1809) in 1785. Credit for the invention of the first practical parachute frequently goes to Sebastien Lenormand who demonstrated the parachute principle in 1783. However, parachutes had been imagined and sketched by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) centuries earlier.