Crowne Plaza Beirut
Hamra Main Street, Taj Tower Building Beirut, 113-7512, Lebanon
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelCrowne Plaza Beirut
Beirut
Somehow I made my way to Beirut! I would like to reiterate my thesis: the main airport is representative of the country's level of development. The Rafiq Hariri International Airport supersedes the Queen Alia Airport of Amman. Although it is significantly smaller, it may even be better than the Istanbul Ataturk Airport. As the plane was ascending, …
Travel Blogs Nearby
(2) History of the Harbours
... attraction in its own right, but here it seems largely forgotten.
Nearby is the village of Deir Al-Qamar, which Colin Thubron, a perpetual travel writer, who came to Lebanon in 1967 - well before the war -, described as dilapidated. Nowadays, as so often in Lebanon, the place has been beautifully restored, and the old town centre now contains a range of attractive historic buildings – khans and ...
(1) Beirut Today
... Cocktails and life music is the minimum expectation. In the late afternoon, on the terrace of trendy Café Paul, coffee will do, accompanied by Amy Whinehouse, who from the bar’s music system competes with the Alluh Akbar from the great mosque.
Above Gemmenzeh, climbing the stairs of St Nicholas is the neighbourhood Archefeye, with a number of old houses in reasonable state of repair. The most impressive one is the Sursock ...
Lebanon
... of warmth on a cold winter night. Palmyra's charm was in its weather worn grandeur, not its creature comforts.
Before we even made it to the ruins Neil was shilling over pounds to the man in the Panama hat selling Hezbollah t-shirts. The man threw his arms behind his back, looking at Neil with satisfaction when he tied the matching Hezbollah scarf over his head and Neil dug in his wallet to pay for the shirt ...
The View of Morocco from Lebanon
... a number of very scary incidents- some in neighboring villages, some in large cities. Outside the bounds of my village, I was a target of what could be intense and prolonged harassment. Every female volunteer was subjected to some sort of harassment throughout the course of her service. Sadly, within the Peace Corps community, many were dismissive of the harassment female volunteers received. Female volunteers who spoke out ...



