Batroun, Lebanon
July 31, 2023
Until fairly recently it might have been a quaint fishing village but Batroun is firmly on map of holiday makers these days. Cookie cutter shops and restaurants line the old stone-paved streets and SUVs brazen their way through narrow lanes with millimeters to spare. Its natural harbor is crowded with sleek sailboats.
This is clearly a vacation spot for the well-heeled and enterprising souls reap the benefits with commendable business acumen. What must have once been a lemonade stand has mushroomed into a popular store for not only lemonades in multiple flavors, but now include a gift shop and a museum of lemonade. Hats off to that business instinct! The beaches charging entry fees are overrun and restaurants boast inflated prices. This is definitely not for the faint-hearted.
The narrow streets and old houses made of sandstone colored blocks have a charm that is mostly lost in the clutter. Batroun’s sole claim to its ancient ties is the broken bit of a Phoenician wall on the edge of the sea.
For that matter Byblos is much the same as is just about every coastal city in Lebanon.
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For some reason, I don’t always get notified when a new post is published on your blog. I noticed you’ve written quite a lot of posts from your recent trip that I missed — catching up on them will be something I’ll do this weekend!
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No worries, Bama! Read whenever you like. As always thanks for reading but no rush, no explanations needed. :). WP had been funky with me too at times, but I cannot fathom any pattern to it or the cause.
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