HOTEL PHOENICIA

Nicknamed The Great Lady, the Phoenicia is a Beirut landmark. It is one of the favourite hotels of international personalities passing through. It was built by the American architect Edward Durell Stone. Inaugurated in December 1961, the Phoenicia was expanded in 1965 on an adjacent plot. During the Civil War, the building was abandoned and was at the heart of the "Battle of the Hotels". It reopened in March 2000. Badly damaged by the attack on Rafik Hariri in 2005, Le Phoenicia underwent three months of work before reopening.