Beirut Travel Guide

Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is a city of visual contrasts where the glitterati rub shoulders with the ghetto. Aptly described by the Ministry of Tourism as “The City that would Not Die”, bombed out Beirut is on the rebuild. Liberally sprinkled with cyber cafes, jazz clubs and opulent shopping districts, it also struggles to fit in the endless stream of refugees befuddled by 17 years of civil war. Perhaps this is why Beirut has grown to be the most liberated and hedonistic city in the Arab world.