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An airport rail link service to the main railway station, Gara de Nord (Bucharest North), runs from the Airport railway station located near the parking lot of the Arrivals hall. [118] As of August 2021, the trains, alternately operated by CFR and TFC depart every 40 minutes, seven days a week.
Hamra Street or Rue Hamra (Arabic: شارع الحمراء) is one of the main streets of the city of Beirut, Lebanon, and one of the main economic and diplomatic hubs of Beirut. It is located in the neighborhood of the same name, Hamra. Its technical name is Rue 31. Due to the numerous sidewalk cafes and theatres, Hamra Street was the centre ...
The "Shoreline Walk" is a proposes sequence of connected spaces which form part of the reconstruction of the Beirut city centre. Following the 1975–91 Lebanese Civil War in Lebanon, the Beirut city centre was left devastated, Avenue des Français and the coastline had become a dumping ground, extending the land by more than 600m to the north. [14]
Nejmeh Square (Arabic: ساحة النجمة) or Place de l'Étoile is the central square in the Downtown area of Beirut, Lebanon. It is home to the Lebanese Parliament and its complementary buildings, two cathedrals, a museum, and several cafes and restaurants. Most notable for its Art Deco architecture, the square has become a recognizable ...
History. Avenue des Français was created out of the widening of the former Rue Minet El Hosn during the period of the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon as part of an urban renewal project planned for the capital. [ 1 ] It was Beirut's first seaside promenade. [ 2 ] The levee along the waterfront was enlarged with the wreckage from the old town ...
Construction. In the 19th century, Trablos Street was used as a carriage station for travelers to and from Tripoli (Trablos in Arabic). The station later moved to Sahat al Bourj. In the first half of the 20th century, newspaper offices began operating on Trablos Street. The opening of the Ajami restaurant in 1920 further transformed this street.
Beirut was chosen in 2012 by Condé Nast Traveller as the best city in the Middle East. [136] In 2013, Condé Nast Traveller ranked Beirut in the top 20 best cities in the world. [181] On 7 December 2014, Beirut was selected to be among the New 7 Wonders of Cities, along with Doha, Durban, La Paz, Havana, Kuala Lumpur and Vigan. [182]
It was constructed on the site of the Hospital St Charles, which had been founded by the German religious order of Saint Charles Borromeo in 1908, but had moved to Baabda, north of Beirut, in 1963.[5] The Holiday Inn opened in 1974, at the height of Beirut's economic boom, when the city was the glamorous tourist center of the Middle East.