Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque · photo: NicolasGaron, CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-guided walking tour of Beirut

26 sights · Lebanon · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Beirut, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• Architecture (13)
• History (7)
• Museums (2)
• Squares & streets (2)
• Parks & green (2)
• Art & sculpture (1)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Beirut

9 stops · 3.4 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: Rachel Ricci, CC BY 2.0
   🚶 1 min walkBerytus
2. Photo: Lebnen18, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 1 min walkMaronite Cathedral of Saint George, Beirut
3. Photo: NicolasGaron, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 2 min walkMohammad Al-Amin Mosque
4. Photo: Jari Kurittu, CC BY 2.0
   🚶 4 min walkSt. Elie and St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Cathedral
5. Photo: No machine-readable author provided, CC BY 2.5
   🚶 14 min walkSursock Museum
6. Photo: Karan Jain, CC BY-SA 2.0
   🚶 16 min walkMartyrs' Square
7. Photo: Elie plus, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 3 min walkEmir Assaf Mosque
8. Photo: Aboluay, Public domain
   🚶 1 min walkAl-Omari Grand Mosque
9. Photo: RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 2 min walkSaint Elias Greek Catholic Cathedral

More well-known sights in Beirut

1. St. Louis Cathedral
2. Horsh Beirut
3. Baabda Palace
4. Hadath
5. Robert Mouawad Private Museum
6. Emir Munzer Mosque
7. Roman Baths, Beirut
8. Al-Majidiyyeh Mosque
9. Sursock House
10. National Evangelical Church of Beirut
11. The Egg, Beirut