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Beirut

Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. Wikivoyage

Population 2,421,354 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Lebanon

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Lebanon

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Beirut. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Festival du cinéma francophone

    March – April

    Held between the month of March and April over a period of two weeks, films are in French. Cinéma Métropolis - Masrah Al Madina, Beirut

    Official site

  2. Beirut International Jazz Festival

    July

    Held annually during the month of July over a period of four days, some of the greatest international jazz artists as well as musicians from around Lebanon play some quality music near the Beirut marina

    Official site

  3. Beirut International Film Festival

    October

    Held annually in October, the Beirut Film Festival exhibits films from all over the Middle East, usually in either Arabic or French. The films vary enormously and some can be intensely political

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Beirut); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 31 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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