Beirut
Rebuilt more than once and currently doing it again. The food is the best on the eastern Mediterranean, and the sea rocks at Raouché are where the city goes at sunset.
Beirut in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Beirut
Where to stay in Beirut
Beirut in a day, two days, three
- Day 24 stops
- National Museum of Beirut
- Raouché
- Saint George Maronite Cathedral
- Sursock Museum
Landmarks in Beirut
Beirut Souks is a commercial district located in the Beirut Central District. It comprises more than 200 retail outlets, approximately 25 restaurants and cafés, an entertainment center, a 14-screen cinema complex, periodic street markets, and a planned department store. The complex also includes piazzas and other public spaces.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Dec 2025
n.karim · CC BY 2.0
The Corniche Beirut is a seaside promenade in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon. Lined with palm trees, the waterfront esplanade has views of the Mediterranean Sea and the summits of Mount Lebanon to the east. Corniche Beirut has its foundation in the Avenue des Français, which was built during the period of the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon along the seafront that extended from the old town.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jan 2026
Varun Shiv Kapur from Berkeley, United States · CC BY 2.0
Martyrs' Square, historically known as "Al Burj" or "Place des Cannons", is the historical central public square of Beirut, Lebanon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Apr 2026
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni mosque, 72 m high, minarets´ roof of 65 m high and main dome spire of 48 m high and its roof 42 m, is located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
NicolasGaron · CC BY-SA 4.0
On 4 August 2020, a major explosion occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, caused by the ignition of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. The chemical, confiscated in 2014 from the cargo ship MV Rhosus and stored at the Port of Beirut without adequate safety measures for six years, detonated after a fire broke out in a nearby warehouse.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Mahdi Shojaeian · CC BY 4.0
Raouché is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon. It is known for its upscale apartment buildings, numerous restaurants, and cliff-side cafés that line Avenue de Paris, which forms part of the Corniche Beirut.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jan 2026
Oussama Tahmaz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint George Maronite Cathedral is the cathedral of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut, located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Constructed between 1884 and 1894 under Archbishop Joseph Debs, the cathedral stands on the site of an earlier 18th-century church dedicated to Saint George.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Aug 2026
Radosław Botev · CC BY 3.0 pl
The Sursock Museum, officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
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Beirut Souks is a commercial district located in the Beirut Central District. It comprises more than 200 retail outlets, approximately 25 restaurants and cafés, an entertainment center, a 14-screen cinema complex, periodic street markets, and a planned department store. The complex also includes piazzas and other public spaces.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Dec 2025
n.karim · CC BY 2.0
The Corniche Beirut is a seaside promenade in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon. Lined with palm trees, the waterfront esplanade has views of the Mediterranean Sea and the summits of Mount Lebanon to the east. Corniche Beirut has its foundation in the Avenue des Français, which was built during the period of the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon along the seafront that extended from the old town.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jan 2026
Varun Shiv Kapur from Berkeley, United States · CC BY 2.0
Martyrs' Square, historically known as "Al Burj" or "Place des Cannons", is the historical central public square of Beirut, Lebanon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Apr 2026
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni mosque, 72 m high, minarets´ roof of 65 m high and main dome spire of 48 m high and its roof 42 m, is located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
NicolasGaron · CC BY-SA 4.0
On 4 August 2020, a major explosion occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, caused by the ignition of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. The chemical, confiscated in 2014 from the cargo ship MV Rhosus and stored at the Port of Beirut without adequate safety measures for six years, detonated after a fire broke out in a nearby warehouse.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Mahdi Shojaeian · CC BY 4.0
Raouché is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon. It is known for its upscale apartment buildings, numerous restaurants, and cliff-side cafés that line Avenue de Paris, which forms part of the Corniche Beirut.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jan 2026
Oussama Tahmaz · CC BY-SA 4.0