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Beirut, Lebanon
6 places worth your time in Beirut, with what each is actually like and when to go.
Rebuilt after the civil war, with Phoenician sarcophagi and a striking display of war-damaged pieces.
The seafront promenade past Pigeon Rocks, busy from late afternoon with walkers and fishermen.
The reconstructed centre, with Roman baths, the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque and St George's Cathedral side by side.
Ottoman houses and stairways, and the bar and gallery district, largely rebuilt after the 2020 port explosion.
Two hours east, the largest Roman temple complex in the world, with columns twenty metres high.
Limestone caverns and one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns on earth, both a short drive north.
