Beirut

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Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. Although having something of a reputation as a city destroyed by civil war and terrorist interventions, Beirut is now trying to put the past behind it and recapture something of the glamor it possessed before 1975, when it was described as the "Paris of the Middle East".

	beirut Travel Guide : 1 Shopping 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 3 Sleep 3.1 Budget 3.2 Splurge 4 Clubs and restaurants

Shopping

'Shopping' might seem an incongruous entry to any Wikitravel section for a country but Beirut well deserves it. Tagged synoynmously with shopping and conspicuous spending in the recent Luxury supplement of International Herald Tribune, shopping in Beirut ranges from Aishti- the Lebanese version of Barney's, the Virgin Mall, to traditional arts and crafts.

Get in

By plane

Beirut is served by Lebanon's main airport, Beirut International Airport BEY 1 (http://www.beirutairport.gov.lb), the hub of Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA). International carriers including Airfrance, KLM, Alitalia, Lufthansa and others have daily flights between Beirut and the Major European capitals.

Sleep

Budget

• The Al Nazih Pension, Bld. 3, Rue 62 Chanty, Secteur 29, Gemmayze (on the corner of Martyrs' Square and Charles Hellou Avenue), Tel/Fax +961 3 564868 (mobile: +961 3 475136, email: alnazihpension@yahoo.com) 2 (http://www.pensionalnazih.com/) is a good budget option, and is open 24 hours. The hotel is handily situated two minutes' walk from Downtown and also very close to the Charles Hellou bus station. All rooms have Satellite TV and A/C, and are of a high standard. The hotel offers a free internet service, and is planning to start offering $15 day tours around Lebanon. Dorm beds are 9,000 LL ($6) and double rooms are 22,500 LL ($15) to 37,500 LL ($25). There are also two triple rooms, each at 36,000 LL ($24).

Splurge

• The Phoenicia hotel, Minel el Hosn. 3 (http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/hd/beyha) is a great hotel if you have the money and want to spend it. The location is great, walking distance to the downtown area and the waterfront boulevard.

Clubs and restaurants

Overseas Lebanese restaurants are a curiosity if the chic, glamorous interiors of F&B outlets in Beirut are anything to go by. An Asian fixation manifests itself in the all-glass, see and be seen sushi bar in Achrafieh, with Pravda and a host of chi-chi bars and cafes littered on Solidere. Clubbing insitituions include Bernard Khoury's BO-18, Zinc and Rai.

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