Galleria Hotel Beirut
St. Elie Khalde Blvd, Jnah District, P.O. Box 333-25 Beirut, Lebanon
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(2) History of the Harbours
... town where Roman ruins can be admired.
South of Beirut, among banana plantations and endless orchards that about every ancient traveler has commented upon, are the towns of Tyre and Saida – Sour and Sidon in antiquity. What those travelers didn’t comment upon was the incredible amount of rubbish along the road, or perhaps this is a recent development. Everywhere is plastic, broken glass, anything that doesn’t ...
(1) Beirut Today
... turned into a pedestrian area, and the upmarket shops – every expensive brand has an outlet here – are not exactly teeming with people. The old Beirut souk received a make-over, too, and has been turned into a modern shopping mall, retaining only the names, but none of the atmosphere of a real souk. It is not very busy when we visit on a Friday afternoon, and it doesn’t seem like turnover is high. But it looks beautiful.
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Lebanon
... the ladies at the camp produced. We made our purchases and the lady escorted us to a place where we could catch a taxi back to the north.
My lingering impression was, yes, they were in awful circumstances. And yes, both the Israelis and factions within Lebanon had done them wrong in awful ways. I felt sympathetic. I also thought the refusal to accept a compromised definition of Palestinian borders only ...
Welcome festivities in Beirut
... by side with the most modern and gorgeous stores. This is truly a city of dramatic contrasts, and we can see how it has earned the label "Paris of the Middle East." The new mosque is stunning! The new “Beirut Souk” rivals the Galleria in Milan. There are high fashion stores everywhere that you see only in the leading cities of the world. Then in the middle of everything you see the ruins of the ancient Roman Baths!
We walk for miles, and ...
The lure of Lebanon
... reality is they couldn't have been less interested. I was through immigration and customs in no time, in fact, I was in my hotel room within an hour from landing. The trip from any airport to town is always interesting. I saw my first protest - outside the UN complex, but overall my first impression was that the city, and the country for that matter are far more together and progressed than I ever could have imagined. So day 1 of my trip was pretty uneventful. The hotel was in a ...



