Find a Hotel in Beirut

Ask this first

“Do you have 24-hour generator backup?”

Lebanon’s state electricity grid supplies a few hours a day. Everything runs on private generators. A hotel without full cover means no lift, no air conditioning and no hot water for large parts of the day.

Any decent place answers this clearly. If the answer is vague, book somewhere else.

Then ask about water and hot water, for the same reason.

The districts

Hamra — the best all-round choice. A real neighbourhood, walkable, bookshops and cheap food, ten minutes from the Corniche. Worn, and cheaper.

Achrafieh — the smartest district, on the hill, with the better hotels and the old houses. Quiet and expensive.

Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhael — the best streets and the nightlife. Loud at weekends, and still repairing after 2020.

Badaro — a real neighbourhood with a good restaurant street, near the National Museum. Better value.

Downtown — the chains, and an empty district with nowhere to eat. The least interesting choice.

The full comparison is in where to stay in Beirut.

Before you pay

Confirm the property is open. Listings sites carry hotels that closed during the crisis.

Confirm what payment they take. Many want US dollars in cash on arrival, in clean notes — see how much Beirut costs.

Message them directly. A WhatsApp exchange is entirely normal here and tells you more than any review page.

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