FEPE Congress 2010

51st FEPE Congress in Beirut, 2- 4 June 2010

According to Carole Cadwalladr in the UK Newspaper The Observer, Beirut is back! Yes the Lebanese capital is having a new dawn, she says, and visitors are once again flocking to a city that, at its best, is nothing short of thrilling. The locals are seizing the moment, and the world is taking note: in January, The New York Times nominated Beirut as its number one destination for 2009, while the Lonely Planet named it as one of the worlds ten liveliest cities. The bars are buzzing and new hotels are springing up.

Carole goes on to say that these are just icing on an already “impossibly glamorous” cake: Beirut is the most cosmopolitan city in the Middle East, very sophisticated and alive with a free press, and a sensational nightlife, fabulous food and a sublime setting between mountains and sea.

The restored downtown area is impressive with “street after street of handcarved stonework, beautifully restored mosques and churches, floodlit Roman ruins and designer boutiques bursting forth all over”. Bit to get a full sense of this countries beauty – and it’s astonishing diversity- it’s worth driving out of the city to the spectacular Roman ruins at Baalbek. There are many other natural places of beauty which are too numerous to mention, but a visit to the Lebanon tourist website is worth it!

http://www.lebanon-tourism.gov.lb