Monte Mare Hotel — Hotel in Ghazir

We hired the entire hotel for a week for a wedding party and so pretty much had free reign of the hotel and its facilities.||||Depending on the time of day and racing credentials of the local taxi driver fleet, it's a 20 minute (4am with Kimmi Raikkonen) or 1 hour plus (evening rush hour with Captain Slow) transfer from the airport.||||If its your first time in Lebanon, hold on for dear life and enjoy the ride, but this transfer time seems pretty normal, as is the demolition derby driving style that somehow avoids major incident.||||Anyway, back to the hotel.||The staff are lovely and attentive at all hours of the day and certainly went the extra mile for our party.||||Breakfast was fine, but we cannot comment on dinner as we never dined there.||||The rooms are fairly well appointed with very nice shower enclosures in particular and very essential air...

This is a beautiful hotel with very attentive staff set in a convenient location just outside Beirut. Our room was extremely comfortable with great sea views. The area is still developing ...but this is Beirut not London, Paris or New York....and there are plenty of developing parts to those cities. We really enjoyed our stay and Beirut was a fascinating and educational place to visit....go see Byblos and the Jetta Caves while...

What a beautiful hotel Amazing service that could not be found anywhere else Visited by people from all around the world for its varied services, great setting in the heart of jounieh bay and its fair prices Access to a pool in the hotel alongside the bay Location is remote; close to all areas in Lebanon I really recommend...