Explorer & Own this City

Cyclosport is Beirut’s most popular bike shop. Here you can rent bikes by the hour and spend an afternoon cycling the city streets, or you can purchase your very own, shiny new city or mountain bike. You'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for you.

Provides boat rentals and fishing lessons to all levels, with all boats fully equipped. They also offer boating lessons and experienced, professional skippers who will pilot the boat if you're not up for learning yourself. Also contact for diving, cruising and night time trips.

All sorts of entertaining and exciting recreational activities, be they on land, in the air or under water. Through DASC you can take classes in scuba diving, water rescue, and swimming, or participate in activities including hiking, snorkelling, fishing, cliff diving, kayaking, surfing, rafting, cycling, caving and camping.

A variety of luxurious yachts available for rent or sale, and includes maintenance services and a marine store. They also organise luxury boat parties for up to 300 people, incorporating catering, crew and entertainment.

Every Tuesday, farmers and merchants gather in this small alleyway to sell their homemade goods and fresh produce. Jars of honey and jam stand alongside fresh fruits and veggies, all cluttering the colourful tabletops of the friendly vendors. There’s even a delicious selection of wholegrain saj that shouldn’t be missed.

A sustainable, eco-friendly resort. Rent a tent or a cottage and spend the days taking part in organised activities like pottery making, painting, and rock climbing. They also offer courses in relaxation such as yoga and Tai Chi, swimming in a natural lagoon, and hours of hiking through the Chouf. Reservation is a must.

Don your designer bikini and stilettos for one of Lebanon’s big-name plush affairs. Eddé has bags of everything: beach, infinity pools, restaurants, bars, shops, private cabanas and a VIP pool, all set in tropical, well-manicured grounds. Try to make it there on a weekday when the crowds aren’t as large, nor the music so loud, for a sense of secluded luxury.

Catering for both private clients and corporate events, Eden Yachting supplies yachts for week long and day charter, private parties, events, diving, fishing, photography shoots, corporate hospitality and team building. Activities include Cruising, Sailing, Fishing and Diving.

Educom have a worthy day job organising educational programs overseas, but they also like to let their hair down with summer rafting camps between June and September. The programs on the Assi river in Hermel include tours, insurance, training, meals, accommodation and entertainment.

Open anytime as long as there is reser¬vation. A full Western-styled activity centre up in beautiful Ghodras, with animals galore, farming and camping, along with horseback riding. You can even experience the Wild West at the Indian Village.

Fouad Chehab Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Jounieh. It is currently used mainly for football matches and basketball and serves as the home for is the Lebanese football team Racing Beirut. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.

This garden makes for a pleasant splash of green in the centre of Downtown Beirut. Named for the famed Lebanese American poet, artist and writer, Gibran Khalil Gibran, this beautiful outdoor space features a bubbling fountain and two circular lawns, and a bust of Khalil Gibran himself.

The museum is dedicated to the life of the Lebanese writer, poet and painter Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) and exhibits a collection of manuscripts, photos, paintings and a selection of furniture that belonged to the philosopher. You’ll find his books for sale at the gift shop. Also hosts events.

A traditional Lebanese house filled with over 400 fossilised marine species, which are over 100 million years old. Passionate Rizakallah Nohra founded this museum in 1991, and the collection contains some of the rarest specimens.

It's not a wax statue – it's silicone! It’s not Madame Tussaud’s but the Hall of Fame in Zouk Mosbeh, which houses 50 statues of world-famous people from political, artistic and cultural spheres, and uses mechanics to make some of them move, talk or sing. Come pose with your favourites!

Unleash your inner athlete 24/7 at Hoops Club, where adults and children can rent full basketball, football, badminton, ping-pong and tennis courts or take lessons. For the more artistic and creative, this fitness club also has trained guitar, painting and dance teachers giving private and group classes.

Far and away the best kept of all the gardens in Beirut, Horch Tabet Garden is an immaculate modern space filled with decorative pools and clean-cut lawns – perfect for an afternoon picnic.

This massive, Beirut park covers close to 40,000 square meters and is packed with pine trees. With a playground for children, tennis courts, basketball courts, football fields, picnic tables and lots of open green space to run and play, the Pine Forest, as it is alternatively called, is filled with acres of outdoor entertainment.

Not your average museum. Former fire fighter and diver, Ibrahim Najem has been collecting knick-knacks for over 25 years now, and he has them all on display at his home. Wonders from the sea and land decorate his walls and shelves in a delightfully disordered style. Listening to Mr. Najem's stories are half the fun of any visit to this eclectic, kooky museum.

Wide variety of courses in Spanish language. They also organise a number of cultural activities, and the library at the institute houses a collection of over 11,000 books, videos, DVDs, cassettes and CDs. Access to all of their facilities are free and students and alumni alike are granted access to all of their services. Call for class schedule.