BONJOUR! BIENVENUE À BEIRUT, LEBONAN

LA HISTOIRÉ

• The main center of government and finance
• After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, Beirut, along with the rest of Lebanon, was placed under the French Mandate, which is kind of like a colony
• On November 15th, 2015, two suicide bombers let off explosives outside a mosque and inside a bakery, killing 43 people and injuring 200

THE SITES

• Jeita Grotto- longest cave in the Middle East
• One of the worlds most amazing agglomerations of stalactites and stalagmites
• Considered to be the prime of Lebanon

RENÉ MOAWAD GARDEN

• one of the oldest public open-air spaces in the capital
• popular destination for walkers, joggers and children
• Built in 1860 by Moussa Sursock, recognized at the time as one of Beirut's most beautiful town house and today the largest private palace of that period to survive intact, with its surrounding lush gardens, as a family home.

HOTELS

• Four Seasons Hotel Beirut
• Radisson Blu Martinez Hotel, Beirut
• Radisson Blu Martinez Hotel, Beirut

RESTAURANTS

• Mayrig Restaurant- Salad Selection, Manti Or Mante (crispy Beef Dumplings With Yogurt)
• Al Mayass- Lebanese, Armenian and Syrian dishes
• Bagatelle- Lebanese restauran

WORKS CITED

• https://www.timeout.com/beirut/restaurants/the-20-best-beirut-restaurants
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon