“The location is amazing, just by the sea and you have an unblocked view of the lighthouse and the sea, the rooms are big and the bed is one of the most comfortable beds i have ever tried”
“Beit Toureef is a charming boutique guesthouse perfectly located in Gemmayzeh, just a short walk from cafes, art galleries, bars, restaurants. It’s a perfect mix of Lebanese charm with modern comfort. Loved its central location and its authentic atmosphere. The room was comfortable, perfectly clean and very pretty The Staff was kind, attentive, and professional. The Breakfast offered me a true taste of Lebanon: a generous spread of fresh, homemade dishes such as eggs, jams, and keshk.”
“The worth of a hotel is never in the number of stars stitched above its door. I have slept under too many five-star linens, woken in corridors whose silence knew nothing of me. But here, in Hamra, in Beirut, in the villages that lean into the sea, the welcome is not rehearsed. A key pressed into your hand feels less like a routine, more like a secret passed along.
It is always the small things: someone making sure I had a SIM card so I could stay tethered to the world outside; a quiet word about which neighborhoods are safe, which streets fold in on themselves after dark; advice that came precisely when it was needed, never with questions attached. I only learned his name after the third or fourth time he appeared — Aymen — and by then the pattern of his help had already drawn itself, light as water, invisible as air, and just as necessary.
The room itself? Sheets white enough, the window opening to air tinged with salt, the breakfast olives and bread and coffee poured without hurry. Simple, yes, yet heavy with survival. You taste not the butter but the persistence of someone still preparing it.
And still, every wall remembers — fifteen years of civil war, the month in 2006 when airstrikes turned towers into dust, the morning in 2019 when the banks shut and numbers disappeared, the afternoon in 2020 when the port cracked open and the shockwave carried across the city. And September 2024, when pagers and walkie-talkies detonated almost at once, in pockets, in drawers, in shopfronts — the sound of certainty breaking. Families leaving with clothes un-folded, windows left open behind them.
Yet the receptionist still says welcome. The waiter still sets down the tray as though it were the last drop of water in a desert story. The city is broken, and breaking, but it has not learned suspicion. Perhaps everything else has been taken, except this.
If you ask me to rate: the sheets are fine, the hot water works, the Wi-Fi flickers.”
“Everything was perfect. We had arranged this as a gift for a newly married couple. They were welcomed with a love cake upon arrival. The room was excellent, as was the breakfast. We also treated them to a couple’s spa massage, which turned out to be an experience beyond their expectations!”
“Excellent stay! The hotel is calm, very clean, and truly luxurious. The staff is extremely friendly, the ambiance relaxing and elegant, and the pool area is just perfect. Highly recommended!”
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