The Ones On The Postcards
Landmarks
TODO — what landmarks in Beirut are actually worth the time.
5 placesSeafront
Raouché and the Corniche
Two limestone stacks in the sea and five kilometres of seafront promenade — the one place the whole city shares.
Downtown
Mohammad al-Amin Mosque
A blue-domed mosque of 2008 standing beside a Maronite cathedral, with the grave of the man who built it outside.
Downtown
Martyrs' Square and Downtown
A statue full of bullet holes, and a rebuilt city centre that a great many Beirutis have never forgiven.
Downtown
The Roman Baths and the Cardo
Berytus was a Roman colony with the greatest law school in the empire, and pieces of it are lying in the middle of downtown.
Downtown
Saint George Cathedral and the Crypt
The oldest church in Beirut, with an archaeological museum in the crypt showing a Roman street under a Byzantine church under a Crusader cathedral.