Lebanon Beirut Hotels Le Marly Hamra at Hotels in Lebanon Website
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Best Gourmet Destinations?
They probably never went out of the US Continent :) http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Food
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Hotels in Beirut Prices Comparison
Compare the prices of Hotels in Lebanon across multiple reservation engines at Hotels in Lebanon Search Engine
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Interesting: List of countries getting the most income from tourists!
Which countries wring the most cash from each tourist? Surprise Lebanon is in position 2
1 day in Lebanon - Things to do
Suggestions for a one day stay in Lebanon Things to do in Lebanon during one day
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Lebanon Cities – Beirut between the past and the present
Lebanon Cities - Beirut between the past and the present
Lebanon Cities - Beirut throughout History...
Among the most important Lebanon Spots, Beirut is the capital and greatest urban center of Lebanon with a population starting from some 1 million to more than 2 million as of 2007. Positioned on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's seacoast with the Mediterranean sea, it functions as the state's primary and chief seaport, and at the same time forms the Beirut City Region, which involves the metropolis and its suburbs. The earliest reference to this urban center is noticed in the early Egyptian Tell el Amarna notes, dating to the 15th century B . C ., and the urban center has been steadily inhabited ever since.
Lebanon Cities - Beirut at present times...
Beirut has Lebanon's seat of state, and works a foremost place in the Lebanese country's economy with its area heart, Hamra, Verdun, and Ashrafieh-established commercial enterprises and banking companies. The urban center is the center of attention of the community's societal existence, known for its media, cinemas, societal recreation, and nightlife.
Lebanon Cities - Beirut recent highlights...
Subsequent to the damaging Lebanese civil war, Beirut experienced primary renovation, and the renovated old city heart, marina, discos and nightlife zones have one more time made it a travellers magnet. Beirut was branded the top rated destination to head to in 2009 by The New York Times. It was basically at the same time ranked as 1 of the 10 liveliest places in the entire world by Lonely Planet in 2009.
In 2011, MasterCard Directory mentioned that Beirut has the 2nd largest visiting paying values in the Middle East and Africa. Dubai emerged in first with $7. 8 billion, followed by Beirut with $6. 5 billion, Tel Aviv with $3. 8 billion, Cairo at $3. 7 billion and Johannesburg with $3. 3 billion. In addition it was mentioned as the 9th most frequented and so it's still thought of as a "high-end" vacation spot.
Lebanon Cities - Beirut Origins...
Beirut's heritage dates back a lot more than 5000 years. Based on the Britannica Encyclopedia, the antiquity of Beirut is pointed by its label, taken from the Canaanite label of Be'erot (water wells), with reference to the subterranean waters platform which remains utilized by the native locals for broad usage. Excavations in the town center section have unearthed tiers of Phoenician, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Arabic, Crusader and Ottoman remains. The earliest past reference to Beirut dates from the fourteenth century B . C ., when it is stated in the tablets of the "Amarna notes ". Ammunira of Biruta (Beirut) posted two to three letters to the pharaoh of Egypt. Biruta is moreover referenced in the letters from Rib-Hadda of Byblos. The most early settlement was first on an island in the water that slowly silted up. The place was referred to in antiquity as Berytus, this label was used in 1934 for the archaeological publication produced by the School of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Things to do in Lebanon in 3 days
Things to do do in Lebanon in 3 Days
Lebanon is a little state, still it has a significant number of details to supply to its tourists. That is not a revelation in itself considering the the past of Lebanon, 1000's of years old, the point that tens of cultures passed through the Lebanon Spots and Territories. It is believed that every single sq meter of the Lebanon terrain carries a lot of historical past, a lot of artifacts, and numerous memories.
As to the Lebanon vacationer who basically has 3 days and nights to pass in Lebanon, and who desires to experience an understanding of the place, and afterward get out of the nation having a unique experience, and the awareness that he has personally seen much of Lebanon, we would suggest the next tracks, applied from natives and recent sightseers feedback and ideas.
Consistent with those assessments, which in reality rely on the moment of the calendar year the visit is done, based upon the age of the vacationer and his or her heritage, and choosing the fall as the benchmark time of year, a 3 days and nights Lebanese Trip could quite possibly comprise:
For the purpose of a enjoyable pathway:
- Just one daytime in Beirut
- A day in Sidon (towards the south)
- A day in Byblos (to the north)
Meant for a less casual pathway:
- A day in Byblos, in addition to a visit to Jeita Grotto
- A day journey to Baalbeck, also a visit to Anjar
- A day to Sidon and Beirut with evening in Beirut
To get a much less used pathway:
- A day in Byblos, also a visit to Jeita Grotto and Batroun and evening out in Beirut
- A day in Sidon (Saida), seeing the sea castle, the temple of Echmoun, visiting the soap manufacturing and walking around the souk, exploring the ancient Mosque, and ending on the new corniche waterfront.
- A day touring Chtaura, Baalbeck, Zahle, Ksara (vineyard)
All the interviewees that delivered the preceding tracks all believed that 3 days and nights are actually a very short length of time for a place such as Lebanon, featuring more than 7 1, 000 years of story and civilization, but a large number of them promised that subsequent to these 3 days visit, any vacationer to Lebanon will possibly come back for an extensive Lebanese feel afterwards, the year following or at some later instance in his or her lifetime.
To get further tips about things to attend to in Lebanon, take a look at the report “Things to do in Lebanon in a summer day” at Things to do in Lebanon, and to get knowledge about Lebanon Terminal Transfer System, check Guide to Beirut Airport Transfers
Monday, August 1, 2011
Travel to Lebanon - 3 days in Lebanon
Beirut Airport
As featured in the article Beirut Airport Transfers
Arrival at Beirut Airport
If you arrive to Lebanon by air, you will certainly arrive at Beirut International Airport (Rafik Hariri International Airport).
Beirut Airport Service
At your arrival, enjoy the rapid service of the Internal Security System, and watch how fast you pass the airport formalities. It’s in the Lebanese blood to be impatient, and you feel the officers waiting to print the “arrival” stamp on your passport more impatient than you are.
Beirut Airport Taxis
If you have booked a taxi agency to pick you up at the airport, they will most certainly be waiting for you with your name outside. If you have rented a car, the car rental agency personnel will be waiting for you in the same fashion. As an alternative, if you are on your own, you can take one of the airport taxis (taxis with airport logo on the side) which are parked next to the terminal at the arrival gate. These are regulated by the airport authorities, and they have a unified official rate. If you want to be completely on your own, and you go out of the airport, tens of taxis will be passing by at each step, waiting for a sign to ask you if you want a ride. If you decide to take one of these, you will most probably have to convene with the taxi driver on the appropriate fare that he will charge you for the ride.
Beirut Airport Taxi Transfer Prices
There are no set prices for taxi transfers that you pick up out of the airport, and there are no taxi meters, so the tariff that you will be charged depends on you and on the taxi driver, thus you have to tell the taxi driver where you are going, and ask him how much he will charge you for the ride, but another alternative is to tell him where you are going and give him the price you expect to pay, and as an alternative in the middle, he can give you a price and you can bargain. As a rough estimate, if you’re going inside Beirut, begin your bargaining with 10$ and reach 15$ as a maximum, and if you’re going within a range of 25km from the capital, begin your bargaining with 20$ and reach 30$ as a maximum.
Taxi Service Alternative
An alternative to taxis is what is called “service” which are shared taxi cars. These charge 1$ per passenger for the ride, but they operate within fixed perimeters, thus if you’re going much farther from your initial departure point, you may have to take 2 or more taxi “service” rides. Service Taxis usually do not operate directly outside of the airport, and you will have to walk a distance of 300 to 500 meters before you can find anyone, or better said, before they can find you. If you’re travelling alone, and if you’re going anywhere inside Beirut, this could be a viable solution for your transfer since they cost much less than taxis, but they do not deposit you exactly where you’re going, and you may have to walk some distance after they deposit you. The way to proceed with service taxis is to first make it clear for the taxi driver that you are not hiring him as a taxi, but as a service. They usually approach you when they see you waiting on the street, and you have to tell them where you’re going, they either ask you to jump in, or they go their way without further looking at you. Another way to make sure that you’re dealing with a service taxi is to make sure there is at least another passenger in the car when they pick you up, and pay him directly when you jump in the car, this way you will avoid unpleasant surprises and discussions at your destination.
Beirut Airport Public Transportation
A final alternative is to take a public transportation bus, but this alternative will be discussed in another article “Public Transportation at your arrival in Lebanon”.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Beirut Airport Transportation
Beirut Airport Transportation
As featured in the Article Beirut Airport Transportation published at Hotels in Lebanon website
Arrival at Beirut Airport
If you arrive to Lebanon by air, you will certainly arrive at Beirut International Airport (Rafik Hariri International Airport).
Beirut Airport Service
At your arrival, enjoy the rapid service of the Internal Security System, and watch how fast you pass the airport formalities. It’s in the Lebanese blood to be impatient, and you feel the officers waiting to print the “arrival” stamp on your passport more impatient than you are.
Beirut Airport Taxis
If you have booked a taxi agency to pick you up at the airport, they will most certainly be waiting for you with your name outside. If you have rented a car, the car rental agency personnel will be waiting for you in the same fashion. As an alternative, if you are on your own, you can take one of the airport taxis (taxis with airport logo on the side) which are parked next to the terminal at the arrival gate. These are regulated by the airport authorities, and they have a unified official rate. If you want to be completely on your own, and you go out of the airport, tens of taxis will be passing by at each step, waiting for a sign to ask you if you want a ride. If you decide to take one of these, you will most probably have to convene with the taxi driver on the appropriate fare that he will charge you for the ride.
Beirut Airport Taxi Transfer Prices
There are no set prices for taxi transfers that you pick up out of the airport, and there are no taxi meters, so the tariff that you will be charged depends on you and on the taxi driver, thus you have to tell the taxi driver where you are going, and ask him how much he will charge you for the ride, but another alternative is to tell him where you are going and give him the price you expect to pay, and as an alternative in the middle, he can give you a price and you can bargain. As a rough estimate, if you’re going inside Beirut, begin your bargaining with 10$ and reach 15$ as a maximum, and if you’re going within a range of 25km from the capital, begin your bargaining with 20$ and reach 30$ as a maximum.
Taxi Service Alternative
An alternative to taxis is what is called “service” which are shared taxi cars. These charge 1$ per passenger for the ride, but they operate within fixed perimeters, thus if you’re going much farther from your initial departure point, you may have to take 2 or more taxi “service” rides. Service Taxis usually do not operate directly outside of the airport, and you will have to walk a distance of 300 to 500 meters before you can find anyone, or better said, before they can find you. If you’re travelling alone, and if you’re going anywhere inside Beirut, this could be a viable solution for your transfer since they cost much less than taxis, but they do not deposit you exactly where you’re going, and you may have to walk some distance after they deposit you. The way to proceed with service taxis is to first make it clear for the taxi driver that you are not hiring him as a taxi, but as a service. They usually approach you when they see you waiting on the street, and you have to tell them where you’re going, they either ask you to jump in, or they go their way without further looking at you. Another way to make sure that you’re dealing with a service taxi is to make sure there is at least another passenger in the car when they pick you up, and pay him directly when you jump in the car, this way you will avoid unpleasant surprises and discussions at your destination.
Beirut Airport Public Transportation
A final alternative is to take a public transportation bus, but this alternative will be discussed in another article “Public Transportation at your arrival in Lebanon”.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Hotels in Lebanon Website Objectives
Hotels in Lebanon – Website Objectives
Hotels in Lebanon – Overview
Hotels in Lebanon Reputation
Lebanon Coast
Hotels in Lebanon Reviews
Our website will soon be offering reviews about all categories of Lebanese Hotels. These reviews will be independent ones, not intended for advertising purposes or in agreement with the establishments. Of course, we need to take pictures, media materials, and some documentation from the establishments themselves, but the written review will be independent, and based upon our judgment and upon the judgment of previous residents in the hotel.
Hotels in Lebanon Websites
Before engaging in this endeavor, we have scanned Hotels in Lebanon sites to find the above information, and we were unable to find any suitable source of information, except the traditional hotels descriptions provided by the hotels themselves, and the traditional pictures featuring the hotels on their best days. This is not to say that these descriptions or pictures are wrong or inappropriate, but in the end, the objective of any person looking for hotels in Lebanon is to get the real image about the hotel, about its location, advantages and disadvantages, and this information is not available.
Hotels in Lebanon International Sites
We have also scanned international travel and hotels engines, the ones people rely on to choose their hotels when they travel, and the information featured there concerning Lebanon is very poor and it covers only a limited number of Lebanese establishments.
Hotels in Lebanon Website Objective
For all the above reasons, we have decided to create our own blog, where we will be featuring Hotels in Lebanon in a unique way, the way the visitor wants to see them, and because helping the visitor to Lebanon is our main objective, we will be providing him with additional information, not only about Lebanon Hotels, but also about places of interest to visit in Lebanon, possible tracks he can undertake, where he should go, what he should eat, what he should do, etc.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Facts about Lebanon
Facts regarding Lebanon
(Originally published at www.ehotelsinlebanon.com under <a href=http://www.ehotelsinlebanon.com/hotels-in-lebanon-presents-facts-about-lebanon/>Facts about Lebanon</a>)
CAPITAL: Beirut
INHABITANTS: Close to 3. 8 million
LANGUAGES: Arabic (standard), French, English, Armenian
AREA: 10, 452 sq kms
WEATHER FACTORS: Mediterranean weather, with cool, humid winters and warm, dry summers.
ELEVATIONS: Top place - Qornet Es-Saouda (3, 090m). Minimum point - Mediterranean Sea (0m).
FLAG: The Lebanese banner is split into three broad horizontal lines, with red on the top and bottom and a broader white stripe in the middle. In the middle of the white stripe is a green cedar tree, the logo of the nation.
ECONOMY: Lebanon capitalizes on the effort of its individuals and its geographical position to make up for a deficiency of natural assets. Typically, a considerable ratio of the state's source of income derives from remittances provided by the large numbers of Lebanese located abroad. A services-structured economy, its investing, banking, and budgetary facilities, along with its cost-free money market, made Lebanon the region's professional and vacation heart just before the conflict. With calm established and renovation underway, Lebanon is once again serving as the business oriented and holidays capital in the region.
Approximately thirty sevenper cent of the state is using farming, with rice, greens, fruits, tobacco, and olives the primary harvest types. There is substantial animals farming at the same time. Industry ranges from bare cement to materials, outfits, household furniture, processed products, and light metals. Travel and leisure, one of the mainstays of the pre-war country's economy, is getting improved.
To aid tone the economy, the federal government has begun a low income taxation agenda to offer funding benefits, maximize disposable revenue, and broaden the tax base.
MONEY AND BANKING: Circulation of money towards and away from the state and all swap deals are entirely free of any type of management. Gold and silver coins can be freely exchanged, brought in, and exported. The standard money unit is the Lebanese pound released in LL50, LL100, LL250, LL500, LL1, 000, LL5, 000, LL10, 000, LL20, 000, LL50, 000, and LL100, 000 denominations.
Banking is a primary enterprise in Lebanon with rigorous banking secrecy one of its fundamental characteristics. More than 72 banking companies work in the state, and trades are executed competently and at low price.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Lebanon is democratic republic with a parliamentary procedure of administration and a cabinet lead by a prime minister. Its structure is primarily based on the splitting up of executive, legislative, and judicial power, with a president selected for a 6-yr duration. The 128 members of parliament are chosen by universal person of legal age suffrage for a 4-yr duration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PARTITIONS: The Lebanese Republic is split into 6 local administrative zones, or Mohafazaat: Beirut, Mnt Lebanon, Northern Lebanon, Békaa, Southern Lebanon, and Nabatiyé.
EDUCATION AND LEARNING: There is a countrywide system of primary and secondary public institutions, that is supplemented by a number of private academic institutions. Education is offered in a minimum of 2 languages. The typical academic soul of Lebanon looks outwards, at the same time to the East and West. Numerous Lebanese individuals follow higher certification in European countries, the usa, and Arabic states.
At present, Lebanon has 7 leading colleges and several professional universities and faculties:
· St. Joseph College, established and operated by Jesuit Fathers, has for more than a hundred years and a 1 / 4 contributed to the Lebanese and Arab intelligentsia.
· The American University of Beirut, established in 1866, delivers a liberal schooling that has coached many of the region's leaders, tutors, and researchers.
· A Lebanese state university was established in 1967, composed of faculties of law, medicine, arts and sciences, together with a instructor training faculty.
· Later, the Beirut Arab University, with faculties of arts, law, marketing, and engineering was launched.
· The venerable Lebanese American University (formerly Beirut University College) has also had a critical impact.
· In recent yrs, numerous innovative universities and colleges have sprung up across the region, particularly Haigazian University in Beirut; the Holy Spirit University and Notre Dame University, both north of Beirut; University of Balamand, south of Tripoli; the Islamic University in Khaldé; and various others.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Happy Child: Know How
Do you know what the secret to a happy child is?
LISTENING.
And there are two ingredients to real listening: Love and Non-Reaction
Let me explain, love alone is not enough to raise a happy child...
If it was that there would be a lot fewer defiant and disobedient children.
If you're reading this then it's not love you're lacking, but Non-Reaction.
The secret key that parents need to cultivate is "Non-Reaction".
What this means is that you do not "react"?
Webster's dictionary defines reaction as: "resistance or opposition to a force, influence, or movement"
Here's another definition that reminds me of what happens to many parents...
"bodily response to or activity aroused by a stimulus:
an action induced by vital resistance to another action;
...depression or exhaustion due to excessive exertion or stimulation"
Does this last line sound familiar to any mothers and fathers you know?
Reaction is basically what happens when two forces collide.
In this case the two forces are often Parent vs. Child.
The end result is usually an exhausted parent and an unhappy child.
Instead of reacting to your child's defiance - be like water.
Instead of reacting to your child when he or she is suddenly testing you,
STOP and become aware of what's really behind your child's actions.
Once you do, you'll usually see that your child has no malicious intent to bother you,
but instead their actions are due to one of three reasons:
3 Reasons Why Kids Mis-Behave
1) They're lacking information - like a toddler doesn't have the knowledge and
forethought that they should not track muddy boots on the carpet.
2) They have some tension in their body due to some stress - like a child who
gets stressed from being scolded and acts out afterwards by hurting a sibling.
3) They have a genuine need - like they're hungry, tired, or maybe they haven't had
enough physical affection that day.
Cultivate Non-Reaction
Not only will you feel much more peaceful and
less stressed in your life -
but you'll find that you'll have a much more cooperative and happy child,
by listening instead of reacting.
Children don't listen, they model.
Your child will show you the same respect you show your child.If you "tell" them to listen, but don't listen to them yourself, they will defy you.
But if you listen to your child, he or she will if you listen to you too.
This information is taken from the Guide to a Happy Child, for more information or to buy the Happy Child Guide, go to www.childrens-audiobooks.net
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Hotel Occupancy Rate for December 2010
- Lebanon Hotels Occupancy Rate for December 2010 across Lebanon Cities have reached 90 to 100%
- Additional 2000 to 3000 hotel rooms needed for 2011or are there alternate accommodation possibilities?
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