Beirut Shopping

You know all that yummy food you ate while you were in Lebanon? Well, the food shops at the airport are stacked with delicious things, so keep a bit of money back and shop there for your home-coming dinner - take a taste of Lebanon home with you.

What to buy: As well as all the beautiful nuts, pastries, sweetmeats, etc, you'll find a wide range of mezze items, za'atar and other spices, olives and olive oil, pomegranate molasses and other condiments, a veritable feast.

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Patchi launched its new series of sugar,honey,biscuits,jam and chocolate bars, a wide range of tasty sweets.

IN HAMRA U CAN BUY CLOTHES SHOES BOOKS AND U CAN SIT IN A CAFES OLD OR NEW ONES.(CAFE` TROTTOIR)

What to buy: U CAN BUY FROM THESE SHOPS:
BODYSHOP
SHOE AVENUE
VEROMODA
U2
GS(GRANDSTORE)
TIMBERLAND
SIT IN STARBUCKS OR WIMPY

What to pay: DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WILL U BUY AND WHAT

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MANY SHOPS ARE FOUND IN MARELIAS STREET
SOME OF THEM SELL FASHIONABLE LADYS SHOES AND SOME SELL FASHIONABLE CLOTHES AND SOME SELL SILVER AND JEWELRY AND GIFTS

What to buy: BUY FROM GS OR MONICA OR PATCHI SABAYA AND MIKATI (FOR BAGS)

What to pay: DEPENDS

Borj Hammoud is an area in east Beirut, just east of Beirut River. There are a lot of clothes shops (not too expensive) around Arax Street and Armenia Street. There are also many shops selling gold.
As many people living in Borj Hammoud are of Armenian origin you will see some shops with signs in Armenian.

These two shopping malls stand face to face on Verdun Street. This area has long been known to have high-end stores and is an area for massive shopping and beauty care (hair, nails, etc.). The malls were named according to their corresponding cadastral number..in any case, you will find many stores here, from: Bershka to Swatch, mothercare to adidas, The Body Shop to Tiffany's, etc.. Also, very close to this area are stores like Mango, Kookai, etc..

There are also coffeeshops and restaurants like: Starbucks and Le Pain Quotidien, ...

What to buy: Whatever your heart desires...I usually go to:
- Pull and Bear
- Bershka
- Massimo Dutti
- Accessorize
- Adidas
- The Body Shop
- Mango (which is very nearby)
- Le Pain Quotidien

This is a mall that opened up recently in the Achrafieh area in Beirut. This mall houses many stores (mid-range to high), restaurants and cafe's, and movie theaters. This is the largest mall in Beirut, and it offers free parking. You can spend a nice day here between shopping for gifts, make-up, clothes, house-supplies and then having a nice lunch, then perhaps going to watch a movie. Or you can simply choose to go there for coffee and just enjoy the passers by..

What to buy: Anything and everything that you like. Some shops I often go to are:
- Vanilian (Furniture and house supplies) - this place is so funky and has original stuff to check out even if you dont want to buy anything.
- Lancel - always great place to buy a gift for a friend.
- Maria Pino - love the shoes!
- The Apple shop - although Lebanon is more expensive than any other place I know when it comes to this lol
- Accessorize - nice accessories and I often get my lil niece gifts from there.
- Aishti - If you want to splurge or spend spend spend on some Dior sunglasses or a Prada place this is the place to be.
..... aaah the list is really endless...

What to pay: No bargaining here...You pay whatever the tag says you should pay ;-)

At this huge store you find different things on different floors. In the basement you find the cameras, computers etc. On the fist floor you have books, magazines, maps and video films and most are in English. On the second floor you have the music department with a lot of CDs by Lebanese artists and from other countries. Around the walls there are many headphones and you can listen to any CD you want. The store is opened until midnight.