Beirut In Your Pocket

Mashrou’ Leila will perform an intimate gig in Beirut, as part of an Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds project- Give a Home. Enter to win tickets to see them yourself:

Watch Mashrou’ Leila in Beirut on 20 September! 1000 musicians. 300 homes. 60 countries. 1 act of welcome you don't want to miss

The Independent naming In Your Pocket as one of the world's 50 best travel websites is as good a reason as any to end our six month hiatus on Facebook. From their travel experts:

"On a trip to Johannesburg last year, this was the only guide I could find that was up-to-date and informative about the city.... Everything else I saw skirted around what there was to offer...but this really got under the skin. I’ve been a fan of In Your Pocket since then. Whatever the city, they really know their stuff."

The 50 best travel websites around the world Whether you want to know where to go, how to get there, the finest places to stay or what to avoid at all costs, this list is a treasure trove of information for the trip of a lifetime.

We probably overuse superlatives, but this is very likely the best Christmas song ever recorded.....

The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video) The Pogues 30 Years Boxset is out 16th Dec - Order here - http://po.st/Pogues30 The perfect Xmas gift for any Pogues fan! Download the track from iTunes here...

We don't want to ruin the surprise, but looks like some lucky person somewhere will be getting a goat for Christmas this year! Of course, that's assuming that LibanPost had no qualms about shipping it :)

Our boarding pass says that we have a direct flight to Dubai, but the inflight map doesn't seem to agree :)

We've never seen a Harry Potter movie, so we'll just have to take StepFeed's word on this :)

This magical Lebanese town feels like something out of Harry Potter We’re fairly certain that an Arab version of Harry Potter would be shot here.

This will never get old on a Sunday morning......

Velvet Underground-"Sunday Morning" from "Velvet Underground and Nico" LP The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by The Velvet Underground and vocal collaborator Nico. It was originally released in March 1967 by Verve Rec...

Some cool stuff going on at the Beirut Art Residency in Gemmayze this evening! See BAR | Open Studios for more info - open till 10pm!

We don't necessarily agree that Beirut is a travel destination for everyone, and they probably could've shown a few more of our shiny new buildings to balance all the war-torn ones, but overall this a pretty great intro to the city from the folks at Attaché (and Banque du Liban Accelerate and Taste Lebanon تذوق لبنان). What do you think?

Beirut Travel Guide Our Beirut Travel Guide! Friends, I am incredibly proud of this one. It took months of planning and prep to put together our Beirut episode but I hope you'll...

Given how sh*t the weather's been today, we're going to count this as a pretty half decent sunset - just a shame that it's already getting dark at 415pm :)

The folks at Bananapook have done a fine job of compiling some great Christmas shots from around Lebanon, which saves us the trouble of having to do so ;)

The incredible magic of a Lebanese Christmas [2016] Welcome to Lebanon, land of the spectacular Christmas decorations. No city disappoints this time of year!

Sure it's only 18°, but it's still just about warm enough to take a quick dip in the sea in Sour, like we did a couple of days ago - and on the plus side you've got the whole beach to yourself! ;)