Who Offers Guided Walking Tours In Beirut?

Update: WalkBeirut is not organizing walks at the moment. One of my favorite things to do in Beirut is walk around and discover new streets, old houses and hidden spots. I always have people ask me about the location of some of the pictures I take while I'm walking around Achrafieh, Mar Mikhael or Gemmayze and I always thought it would be a nice idea to organize walks around Beirut and let tourists and locals…

A “Wasta” Shortcut Road To Cut Through Marina Dbayyeh’s Traffic

I posted back in 2010 about a shortcut road in Dbayyeh that might save you 20 minutes of morning traffic. The road was accessible to everyone back then but they'd close it randomly sometimes. After a while, they closed it for good yet I'd notice army vehicles or convoys using it from time to time, but more and more cars have been using it in the past couple of weeks for some reason. I asked…

Finally A Modern Hospital In Keserwan! The Keserwan Medical Center, An AUBMC Affiliate, Opening Soon

Even though Keserwan is one of the most populated districts in Lebanon, the hospitals there are all average or below average when compared to the ones in Beirut. I've been to most of them and they are all old and badly equipped, not to mention that some of them are dirty. I remember posting once about the unfortunate ski accident that killed Melanie Freiha and how the nearest hospital to Lebanon's most popular ski resorts…

Nara Ya Watan

I didn't want to share this picture before knowing if it's and old or recent one, and it turned out to be an old one according to the ISF who stated that the police officer got reprimanded back then. However, the problem is that such officers are probably still breaking the law and I wouldn't be surprised to see recent pictures of such incompetent policemen. The good news though is that the ISF is listening…
Food

Smoking Bun Mar Mikhael: A Joy To Any Burger Lover

10 years ago
Back when I was in Berlin a couple of years ago, a friend took me to a burger place called Burgermeister located in a tiny street underneath a bridge. The place, previously a public toilet, ...
Information

Lebanon & Kuwait The Only Partly-Free Countries In The Region, Tunisia Ranked Free

10 years ago
Despite everything that’s been happening in the past few years and despite having the worst ranked country in the world in terms of freedom as a neighbor (Syria), Lebanon was still ranked as a partly-free ...
Lebanon

Week25: LiveLoveBeirut’s Best Pictures Of The Week

10 years ago
View From Laqlouq – By Petko_yo You can follow LiveLoveBeirut on Instagram on [Instagram]. I’m also on Instagram and you can follow me [Here] if you like. Beautiful Sawfar home – by AbyHamed Paint the ...
Automotive

What Happens When You Are Wrongly Fined In Lebanon?

10 years ago
via elNashra Update: A friend told me that he faced the same problem once and that they told him that he doesn’t need to pay any fines if the fine is older than the car ...
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