Mayflower Hotel Beirut

Travel Blogs from Beirut

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A travel blog entry by funfun

We left Doha on the 14th of November with our very good friends Heidi, Dave, Alexandra and Johanna. A short flight to Beirut and then to our hotel. Walked along the corniche and tried to find some lunch for the kids - no luck.
Very warm weather for the time of year.

The one with all the naps

A travel blog entry by emilywright

... We were so excited by this so we filled in lots more forms and paid for our stay. Then we were shown to our room, which is in a nearby block and has a central reception room which is so comfy and airy, then our rooms are next to each other off it. The room was still being cleaned but we met the man who had woken us in the cafe and he was really friendly, he's called Francis and I don't think he's Arabic. In our room we settled down and H was quick to unpack and get the place organised. ...

(1) Beirut Today

A travel blog entry by oudmayer

... this quarter also caters for the many students of the American University of Beirut, or AUB as it is known locally, which is situated between the shopping area and the sea, on a fabulous campus, green, sloping down towards the beach. I don’t think they encourage tourists on the campus, but a little bluff does wonders, and we managed to get in. The contrast between the noisy streets of Hamra and the peaceful, serene, oasis-like campus is ...

Lebanon

A travel blog entry by hodizzle

... store. It was all straightforward. I asked her when I would get my containers back but she wouldn't say anything to acknowledge that they had them. She told me to wait and they would probably show up."

"Did you ever get them back?"

"Yeah, they appeared one day. Everything was inside. I'm sure they searched every corner and then held them for awhile longer just to keep me on edge. It was ...

Arrival in Beirut

A travel blog entry by wareameye

... 9 nights). The country is small enough that you can see it all with day-trips out from the Capital city. So I completely unpack my suitcases and hang up all my clothes – something I’m never able to do on a typical tour. Very nice!

There are five of us who have arrived one day before the tour commences, and our local hosts take us out to dinner tonight to a fantastic place called Leila’s. We turn the ordering choices over ...