Travelettes — You can Explore Beirut in the Finest ways!

Holly williams
3 min readApr 7, 2017

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Beirut is one place that proudly excludes chaos, contradictions and collisions. It means that Beirut is a city that is away from high population and has soothing air all across the city. A Clear vision of sights, clean environment and one of the best spot for vacations and travel.

Well, that is true — no matter where you are in Lebanon’s capital, an individual will feel to be in heaven like a place with the glamorous environment, bustling streets and food of course. So, whatever the travelettes plan out for, there are some awesome things to do in Beirut.

This article has come up with some lists of things to do when vacationing in Beirut. From staying at 4-star hotels to having cuisines at hotels and cafes, from a good walk to shopping to the limits, all these things can make a perfect vacation altogether.

It starts with a good breakfast at Hotels

Visiting Lebanon, or say Beirut can be definitely perfect for the ‘food.’ The Lebanese cuisine is meant to be one of the tastiest in the world and people can eat every time. So what could be the best places to first ‘taste’ the city’s cuisine? So, the travelettes can make a stay at various 4 stars hotels in Beirut where all can be served with breakfasts and start the day with some ‘hummus’, ‘fool’ (beans) or optional ‘Manakeesh’ (a dough topped with thyme, cheese & ground meat). And, if the travelettes have a sweet mouth, they must try ‘Knafah’ — a cheese pastry with sugar-based syrup and pistachios.

If the travelettes are looking for some tradition food tasting, they can try for Pancakes and muesli from which is also served in the hotels when required.

A Long Stroll along the Corniche

An essential thing, but nonetheless, a stroll along the Corniche at the sunset time will definitely add fun and a good chance to see the glimpse of the in its glory. The seaside promenade is the place where people can get to see a real glimpse of Beirut life, from fishers to the crew of people working down the road, coffee sellers rapping with cups and food stalls opening up with a new menu of the day.

Try walking down the lane to meet big rocks on Beirut coastline. An individual can also hire a bicycle and ride the roads along with the coastline of Beirut.

Music Hall

Now comes, the Music Hall that is designed in a converted cinema in Downtown’s Starco Centre. The travelettes can book their seats and tables and enjoy the teenage children to a live music and DJs playing music from local hits to jazz and rocking tracks.

Shop & Shop

After a good walk through Beirut coastline and entertaining music, the travelettes can take out some time for shopping. And, the best place could be at Hamra that heads towards city-center. From a distance towards Hamra, there comes Beirut Souks that is known for historic structure and is the proper commercial heart of Beirut. Here, the travelettes can find more than 200 brands with plenty of cafes to eat and drink with friends and other people.

So, the traveletts can now plan for visiting Beirut easily as it has many other things to do and explore.

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Holly williams

I am a very simple girl, and interesting to share some travel posts.