🇱🇧 Lebanon
10 best places in Beirut
Beirut is a battered but fiercely alive Mediterranean city, where the Raouché rocks plunge into the sea and by night the streets of Mar Mikhael and Gemmayze hum with bars, galleries and some of the region's best mezze.
Pigeon Rocks (Raouché)
Two natural rock arches rising straight out of the sea at the city's western tip, Beirut's defining landmark.
Beirut Corniche
The seaside promenade where the whole city gathers at sunset among joggers, fishermen and cart coffee vendors.
National Museum of Beirut
The country's leading archaeology museum, with Phoenician sarcophagi and mosaics that survived the civil war hidden in its basement vault.
Sursock Museum
A modern art museum housed in a restored 19th-century mansion in the Achrafieh district.
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
A blue four-minaret mosque in the city centre, standing beside Roman bath ruins and a Maronite cathedral.
Beirut Souks
A rebuilt downtown shopping quarter of boutiques and street cafés on the site of the old market.
Gemmayze & Mar Mikhael
Neighbouring bohemian districts packed with bars, street art and some of the best nightlife in the Middle East.
Le Chef
A legendary Gemmayze diner serving home-style Lebanese food since 1967.
Tawlet
A farm-to-table Lebanese restaurant where a different home cook from a different region takes over the kitchen each day.
Café Younes
The city's oldest coffee roastery, roasting since 1935, an institution for a morning espresso.
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