Travel

Lebanon
Baakline
Beirut (Best Eats)
Beit Mery
Byblos
Deir el Harf
Tripoli
Europe
Athens (Greece, 2019)
Costa Navarino (Greece, 2015)
Cyprus (2016)
Dubrovnik (Croatia, 2015)
Florence (Italy, 2014)
Halkidiki (Greece, 2016)
Livorno, Tuscany & Perugia (Italy, 2014)
Rome (Italy, 2014)
United States
Boston (2012, 2015)
Southern California (2015)
Elsewhere
Dubai, UAE (2015)
Hotel Reviews

Lebanon
Byblos Sur Mer, Byblos
Gefinor Rotana, Hamra, Beirut
Hotel Wakim, Beit Mery
Le Gray, Beirut Central District
O Monot Boutique Hotel, Monot, Beirut
Pineland, Deir el Harf, Ras el Matn
Radisson Blu Martinez, Ain Mreisseh, Beirut (1,2)
Via Mina Boutique Hotel, Tripoli


Greece
Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort, Halkidiki
Sani Resort, Halkidiki
The Westin, Costa Navarino


Cyprus
Grecian Bay, Agia Napa


Croatia
Valamar Dubrovnik President Hotel



Spa Review

Le Gray PureGray Spa & Health Club, Beirut, Lebanon
Grand Hills Hotel & Spa, Broumana, Lebanon

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