Tripoli

Palm Islands, Tripoli

Covering 5 sq Km and located on the northwest of Tripoli, Sanani, Ramkine and Palm Island together with their surrounding sea make up the Palm Islands Nature Reserve. They are Lebanon’s only true Islands. Several designations have been given to Pa... Read More...

Al Tal square, Tripoli

Al Tal city square is a 19-20th century development with its most historic buildings commissioned by the Ottomans. It has Ottoman and European influenced buildings on account of the Ottoman Empire and subsequent French Colonization. The bustle in th... Read More...

Oriental perfume shop, Tripoli

Perfumed trails takes us away, and the journey leads us to the borders of civilization. The history of perfume is a reflection of humanity: a means of exchange, a protection against disease, a potion with divine virtues, a gallant message... in each ... Read More...

Traditional copper craft, Tripoli

Copper has forged the history of Tripoli since ancient times. Nahassine street (copper street) seems frozen in time, with the rhythm of life marked only by the sounds of hammer and anvil. Tripoli made its name as a major supplier with copperware. Li... Read More...

Hammam al Nouri, Tripoli

The Hammam al-Nouri built around 1333 by the Mamluk governor Nur El-Din, in the vicinity of the Grand Mosque, is still in good condition and in use although its façade is obscured by modern shop fronts. It differs from the baths of Izzedin... Read More...

Dabbousy Moghrabieh, Tripoli

We all know moghrabieh, but did you ever imagine it as a street food and not just any street food, but as a sandwich? in the heart of the old souks of Tripoli, built more than 900 years ago, is a small shop that has been producing this meat-free mog... Read More...