Traditional Lebanon

For the past 15 years, archeologists with the British Museum have been digging in Sidon and uncovering never before-seen treasures in Lebanon. We, at Lebanon Traveler, dug our own way into the site.…

Basket making is rooted in Lebanese tradition. We discover more with the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism.

Since Phoenician times, olive trees have been an integral part of Lebanese life. They grew in the wild until the Phoenicians began exporting them throughout the Mediterranean thus giving way to…

Despite these extraordinarily challenging times, Lebanese NGO Beit El Baraka has remained committed to serving vulnerable Lebanese citizens, proving what can be achieved when we come together as a community and work toward positive change.

Kassem Abu Ruslan has been working with wicker his whole life. His specialty? Chairs. We go back to the source to discover this dying handcraft that is slowly being replaced by…

Religious anthropologist, researcher and founder of NEOS Tourism consultancy Nour Farra-Haddad delves into the tradition of visiting seven churches on Maundy Thursday by taking us on a tour around seven churches in and around Akoura.

If these temple walls could speak, they would tell a million stories. We go on another adventure with biodiversity conservationist Elsa Sattout.

Can the first coffee of the day really ‘tell’ what will happen to you for the rest of that day and well beyond into your future? Coffee reading has been around…

Photography enthusiast Rawad Mansour shows us how five hidden gems in Lebanon have barely changed despite the passing of time.

Born in Beirut in 1971, Gregory Buchakjian has spent years researching the heritage homes of the capital. Here, he talks candidly about the terrible aftermath of the Beirut explosion, the challenges being faced and shares his personal thoughts about the tragedy.