Pension Al-Nazih, Cnr. Place des Martyrs and Charles Helou Avenue, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Pension Al-Nazih
Cnr. Place des Martyrs and Charles Helou Avenue, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
+961 3 475136, +961 1 564868
http://www.pension-alnazih.8m.com
Cnr. Place des Martyrs and Charles Helou Avenue, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
+961 3 475136, +961 1 564868
http://www.pension-alnazih.8m.com
General and in-room facilities and services available at Pension Al-Nazih
rooms for non-smokers
laundry/washing services
phone at the reception
located in the center
quiet surroundings
television set in room
internet connection in room
air conditioner in room
ironing facilities in room
tea and coffee making facilities
refrigerator in room
kitchenette in room
en-suite/private bathroom
mixed dorms
Some excerpts from the website of Pension Al-Nazih that might be useful
Free Web Hosting Provider. Budget Hotel Accommodation in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Experience Lebanon and stay in the best budget accommodation. Pension Al-Nazih is a hotel offering the best budget accommodation for all backpackers and other budget travellers in Beirut, Lebanon. Pension Al-Nazih (also known as Hotel Al Nazih, Al Nazih Hotel and Al Nazih Hostel) is a small budget hotel in the heart of Beirut, which has been reconstructed in the original French Colonial style. Only a few minutes' walk from the Charles Helou bus station, Pension Al-Nazih offers clean, quiet and safe accommodation. Michel A. Assali gives a warm welcome to his guests. He is fluent in English and speaks some French, and can provide advice on all your travel needs within Lebanon and throughout the Middle East. Travellers can find Pension Al-Nazih business cards in many budget hotels around the Middle East. En Suite Double Room. All rooms have cable television (90 channels), air conditioning and comfortable beds. There is 24 hour hot water and all-day free internet access. We sell snacks and drinks, and international calls can be made from our phone. We also offer a cheap laundry service, and free doctor service if required. If you arriving in Lebanon by plane, we can arrange a pick-up service from the airport for 22,500LL (15 US$, much cheaper than any taxi service). Please email or telephone us is you require this service. If you are arriving by bus, it is best to catch a bus which terminates at the Charles Helou bus station. If you use a service taxi from another country, make sure you specify this destination. It is only a couple of minutes' walk from Charles Helou bus station to the Hotel Al-Nazih, the best budget accommodation in Lebanon. Walk West from the bus station and take the first street on your left. At the top of the short hill, Al Nazih Pension is across the road, on your right. Address: Bld. 3, Rue 62 Chanty, Secteur 29, Gemmayze (corner of Martyrs' Square and Charles Helou Avenue). Tel (Mob): +961 3 475136. Tel/Fax: +961 1 564868 alnazihpension@yahoo.com oomichel@hotmail.com. Overview of our services: Cheap, clean rooms with A/C and Satellite TV. Free internet access. Hot water 24 hours a day. International phone calls. Snacks, soft drinks, beer and home-cooked Lebanese meals. Close proximity to banks with ATM and bureau de change. Free doctor service if required. View Google translation of this website in: All material Copyright � 2005
Top Tips from our guests. Lebanon is a great (and oft overlooked) choice: really endearing people, few tourists as yet and some fabulous food. The media did a great job of turning Lebanon into a tourist Pariah but unfortunately forgot to resurrect its reputation in latter years. Learn a couple of words of French and Arabic - people warm up very quickly. I would recommend spending AT LEAST a week, more if possible. Many suggest spending time overnight outside Beirut but i think the only instance that truly warrants this is if (when, rather) you travel to Baalbek (try to stay in the Palmyra Hotel and get a view of the ruins) or if you want to stay in the mountains at Bcharre. The reason i say this is because things are pretty quiet at night everywhere except Beirut - it depends on what you're looking for. Assuming you stay a week then make sure you travel on day trips from Beirut to include the following: Baalbek (1 day and overnight) - the MUST DO trip. Bcharre, the Cedars and the Qadisha Valley (1 day, consider overnighting). Sidon and Tyre (1 day, but not a Friday as the souq in Sidon will be closed and it's worth seeing). Jbail (Byblos) (an afternoon) - visit the harbour. Beirut itself is great; visit the National Museum and walk up the old Green Line to the new central district - along the route you'll see the war devastation. Also go to the Pigeon Rocks in Raouche, take a walk along the Corniche in Ain al Mreisse. Personally i would also go to the former security zone but it depends on your level of comfort with that, and your interests. Hizbollah, when you run into them, are generally very friendly (i'm on an irish passport) and have little to gain by hassling you (they are an elected party in government) - don't wander into fields etc. down here; there are minefields which Hizbollah don't know the whereabouts of - the israelis are retaining the maps as bargaining chips. You can get around the south by hiring a driver for the day in Beirut - your hotel can advise you, or take the bus. Visit Beaufort castle and Jezzine; tourists are still a bit of a novelty. Stop by Marjayoun, a christian town, if you have time. It's also well worthwhile getting out into the mountains surrounding Beirut - go to Beit Mery and Broumanna for an evening and watch the sunset over Beirut - if there is any in October. All these trips can be done by bus. Charles Helou station serves the north and trips to Syria, while Cola station serves the south and the Bekaa. Alternately, you can go on an organised tour - again, ask at your hotel. They tend to cost about US-50 per day depending on where you go. I think you'd be crazy to drive - the standard is appallingly low. Lebanon is not a cheap country and to really enjoy the ample nightlife in Beirut you need to bring a fair float of cash. The cheapest hotels are located near the Charles Helou bus station and the newly renovated downtown area - try the Pension Al-Nazih on the Ave. Charles Helou. There are also cheap places to eat in the Hamra area - stroll down Rue Jeanne D'Arc towards the American University; it's a 3 minute walk. Nightlife is fabulous - go to the Ashrafieh area (Rue Monot) to the bars with the beautiful people: try Pacifico, Rai, Gotha, Zinc Bar - the Lebanese don't go out till late and they certainly know how to let their hair down. B018 is another pretty crazy club out on the Jounieh highway. Bring a shirt and shoes so you don't feel like a backpacker - in fact you simply won't get in without looking halfway decent. Of course if you have an israeli stamp you just won't get past the airport. If you have more time then go to Syria - get the bus to Damascus and stay a day or two. As you can tell, i really enjoyed it - hope you do too. For more details please click on the address below to see more information about places you can visit: Tyros International Green Pages
The following links may be of use to anyone planning to visit the Lebanon... Official Lebanon Tourism Site. Cultural riches from the Lebanon. Tripoli Lebanon Budget Hotel Accommodation backpackers, recommended by the Lonely Planet. Online Travel Information Site. Top Travel Deals on the Internet. the Service in the most charming and central Istanbul and Turkey Hotels. Lonely Planet Thorntree. Travellers' Websites. Seamus Kerr's Round The World Trip. Maren Kirk's Tour Around the World 2001 / 2002. communication, and accommodation and useful travel information from the places they have visited. site with 5100 photos,380 000 words in english (1100 pages), and as many in french and spanish. You might enjoy travelling with him by reading his travelogues. Karen and Mark in the Middle East. A good place to register websites for search engine inclusion. Allows submission of a website to 40 different search engines. Gives details website visitor statistics
Add Guestbook Entry. Please feel free to sign our guestbook. We would really like to hear from you. If you would like to contact us for reservations or to organise a taxi from the airport, please email us at or telephone us on +961 1 03475136 to ensure a quick response. If you would like to read our guestbook, please. We are suffering from regular spamming of ouf guestbook at the moment, so we apologise if the guestbook appears messy!
Top Tips from our guests. Lebanon is a great (and oft overlooked) choice: really endearing people, few tourists as yet and some fabulous food. The media did a great job of turning Lebanon into a tourist Pariah but unfortunately forgot to resurrect its reputation in latter years. Learn a couple of words of French and Arabic - people warm up very quickly. I would recommend spending AT LEAST a week, more if possible. Many suggest spending time overnight outside Beirut but i think the only instance that truly warrants this is if (when, rather) you travel to Baalbek (try to stay in the Palmyra Hotel and get a view of the ruins) or if you want to stay in the mountains at Bcharre. The reason i say this is because things are pretty quiet at night everywhere except Beirut - it depends on what you're looking for. Assuming you stay a week then make sure you travel on day trips from Beirut to include the following: Baalbek (1 day and overnight) - the MUST DO trip. Bcharre, the Cedars and the Qadisha Valley (1 day, consider overnighting). Sidon and Tyre (1 day, but not a Friday as the souq in Sidon will be closed and it's worth seeing). Jbail (Byblos) (an afternoon) - visit the harbour. Beirut itself is great; visit the National Museum and walk up the old Green Line to the new central district - along the route you'll see the war devastation. Also go to the Pigeon Rocks in Raouche, take a walk along the Corniche in Ain al Mreisse. Personally i would also go to the former security zone but it depends on your level of comfort with that, and your interests. Hizbollah, when you run into them, are generally very friendly (i'm on an irish passport) and have little to gain by hassling you (they are an elected party in government) - don't wander into fields etc. down here; there are minefields which Hizbollah don't know the whereabouts of - the israelis are retaining the maps as bargaining chips. You can get around the south by hiring a driver for the day in Beirut - your hotel can advise you, or take the bus. Visit Beaufort castle and Jezzine; tourists are still a bit of a novelty. Stop by Marjayoun, a christian town, if you have time. It's also well worthwhile getting out into the mountains surrounding Beirut - go to Beit Mery and Broumanna for an evening and watch the sunset over Beirut - if there is any in October. All these trips can be done by bus. Charles Helou station serves the north and trips to Syria, while Cola station serves the south and the Bekaa. Alternately, you can go on an organised tour - again, ask at your hotel. They tend to cost about US-50 per day depending on where you go. I think you'd be crazy to drive - the standard is appallingly low. Lebanon is not a cheap country and to really enjoy the ample nightlife in Beirut you need to bring a fair float of cash. The cheapest hotels are located near the Charles Helou bus station and the newly renovated downtown area - try the Pension Al-Nazih on the Ave. Charles Helou. There are also cheap places to eat in the Hamra area - stroll down Rue Jeanne D'Arc towards the American University; it's a 3 minute walk. Nightlife is fabulous - go to the Ashrafieh area (Rue Monot) to the bars with the beautiful people: try Pacifico, Rai, Gotha, Zinc Bar - the Lebanese don't go out till late and they certainly know how to let their hair down. B018 is another pretty crazy club out on the Jounieh highway. Bring a shirt and shoes so you don't feel like a backpacker - in fact you simply won't get in without looking halfway decent. Of course if you have an israeli stamp you just won't get past the airport. If you have more time then go to Syria - get the bus to Damascus and stay a day or two. As you can tell, i really enjoyed it - hope you do too. For more details please click on the address below to see more information about places you can visit: Tyros International Green Pages
The following links may be of use to anyone planning to visit the Lebanon... Official Lebanon Tourism Site. Cultural riches from the Lebanon. Tripoli Lebanon Budget Hotel Accommodation backpackers, recommended by the Lonely Planet. Online Travel Information Site. Top Travel Deals on the Internet. the Service in the most charming and central Istanbul and Turkey Hotels. Lonely Planet Thorntree. Travellers' Websites. Seamus Kerr's Round The World Trip. Maren Kirk's Tour Around the World 2001 / 2002. communication, and accommodation and useful travel information from the places they have visited. site with 5100 photos,380 000 words in english (1100 pages), and as many in french and spanish. You might enjoy travelling with him by reading his travelogues. Karen and Mark in the Middle East. A good place to register websites for search engine inclusion. Allows submission of a website to 40 different search engines. Gives details website visitor statistics
Add Guestbook Entry. Please feel free to sign our guestbook. We would really like to hear from you. If you would like to contact us for reservations or to organise a taxi from the airport, please email us at or telephone us on +961 1 03475136 to ensure a quick response. If you would like to read our guestbook, please. We are suffering from regular spamming of ouf guestbook at the moment, so we apologise if the guestbook appears messy!
