very nice city for sightseeing, shopping, clubbing, sports and culture. i recommend it to everybody who likes dynamic places.

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Beirut is a great Middle Eastern surprise in a modern coat. It has one of the best nightlifes of the cities I know; though expensive here and there you find anything from jumping clubs, cosy bars and lovely, lovely restaurants. If you have not tried Mezze before in your life, this is the place to do it, with some Lebanese wine. Have a late-afternoon stroll along the corniche to do some people watching and have a chat with the locals. Many of them, after so many years of war, are happy to enjoy the good things in life, and want to have you join in!

Libanon misschien vermijden. Er zit namelijk een groot Hezbollah bolwerk in de buurt van Baalbek!

the best night clubs in beirut are: white, Lbar, BO18 classic, Blush and Crystal

Don't miss the empty heart of Beyrouth, the SOLIDER quarter and then go to Byblos on an afternoon

Media have depicted Beyrouth as dangerous... well it is not! Every time Beurouth is in the news, it is because of an bomb explosion, because of an Israeli attack... Beyrouth is in fact a safe place with no small criminality whatsover, also a safe place for women to walk alone in the streets. I would go there on holiday with my children!

Have a walk on the courniche while watching a beautiful sunset over Rouchi [the pigeon rocks] and the Mediterranean. Later at night, head to the parliament square and business district for nightlife you're sure not to forget.

Of the multitude of beautiful beaches in Lebanon, La Guava is one of the best beach clubs in the country. Located between Saida and Beyrouth just off of the coastal highway, these clubs offer excellent guest services, dining, concerts, and private cabanas for rent. If you visit La Guava it will prove to be a memorable experience.

I know when people hear "Beirut" they automatically think "war" and "terrorism" and all that stereotypic crap. Ok, it's not the safest place to live but despite what you see or here in the news about Lebanon it's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been in my life. First off all that fighting bullshit happens mainly in the Muslim part of town which is near the airport hence why it gets closed down a lot. My family lives in the Christian part of Beirut. Just like any european country its got small roads when you go into the residential areas but they've got large smooth highways to get you to wherever you need. There's this huge like 5 or 6 story mall that has anything you could imagine. The food there is absolutely incredible! I don't even know how to describe it it's just something that needs to be experienced. For people who are smokers you'll love the fact that they don't have any rules about smoking under umbrella's or even indoors! Yes, you could fully walk inside a mall... smoking a cigarette. I loved this when I was there since I was a smoker then. The beaches were just awesome and not to mention the beautiful sunrise over the mountains every morning and the sun setting over water every evening. I haven't even gotten to the best part. The nightlife. I've never ever been to the kind of parties i've been to in Beirut. This one nightclub I recommend to anyone going there is called BO18. It's an afterhours underground sort of place it opens around 3AM and you dance til sunrise. The craziest part is that the roof to the whole club opens and closes occasionally so you literally dance under the sunrise. It's insane! In the summer time they have these big events at this massive beach park and we went there after we left BO18 around 8 in the morning. Went home, changed into our swimsuits and were off to the beach where theres MORE dancing and we stayed there til the sunset again ending off with fireworks... it was literally the most gorgeous site i've seen. Fireworks are big there... you'll see fireworks being done on any night of the week.. For whatever reason.. birthdays, weddings... they take those kinds of celebration seriously. They make a huge deal out of it.. I saw this one wedding going down and the bride was sitting on top of this white car looking absolutely glamorous and super done-up. I was like woah! Take it eeeeasyy! Theres like way more amazing stuff about this country I experienced than I could ever type out in this travel tip thing... but the point I'd like to get across is that it's not the country CNN is trying to make it out to be... It's the country both my parents were born in and I'm proud of it! End.