Verdun

Verdun is in Beirut. Verdun is one of Beirut's most prestigious residential neighborhoods where also some of the most important fashion boutiques are found. All aspects of luxury are readily accessible to the visitor in Verdun where cinemas, coffee shops, shopping, and restaurants are the main attraction. The neighborhood does not offer much in the way of nightlife, however.

Do

Theater

• Planete Concorde (8 theaters), ☏ +961 1 738 440. Concorde Center, Verdun, Beirut, Tickets: LBP 6,500-9,500 
• Empire Dunes (4 theaters), ☏ +961 1 792 123. Verdun, Dunes Shopping Center, Beirut, Tickets: LBP 7,000-10,000 

Spa

• Naïman, Nour Bldg, ☏ +961 1 787858. M-Sa 08:30-19:30. This stylish and relatively new salon offers good manicure and pedicures if you happen to be in the Verdun/Hamra area. You can get a relaxing massage for LL33,000 as well as reflexology, body peeling and facials. 
• Verdun Esthetic Centre, ☏ +961 1 807061. M 09:00-20:00, Su 16:00-20:0]. This large centre in the heart of upmarket Verdun is simple and stylish in decor (in a rather clinical way), but seems to provide absolutely every treatment you have ever heard of – and probably a few that you haven’t. There’s a salon for brushing but the main focus is on beauty treatments. There’s dental whitening, laser hair removal, facials, firming and slimming treatments and chromotherapy (a treatment that treats all sorts of different skin conditions). It’s top to toe, basically. Check out the cute guys that work there too. Open Verdun 732, 1st floor. 

Buy

• Dunes Center, ☏ +961 1 785310. Centre Dunes, Verdun Str. Displaying some of the latest shopping brands, as well as many cafes and a movie theater. 
• Verdun 732. Verdun 732 is a very popular shopping mall that includes starbucks cafe, amoré cafe (offering shisha), in addition to a sushi restaurant (Sushi Ko). 

Eat

• 1 Scoozi, Rashid Karameh Street,, ☏ +961 1 860 882, +961-1 800108. An Italian restaurant facing Mandarine and also offering sushi (conveyor belt style). 

Sleep

• 1 Le Bristol, Mme. Curie Street, ☏ +961 1-351 400, fax: +961 1-351 409, bristo@dm.net.lb. 4 stars. US$150-1000.  
• 2 Radisson Blu Hotel, Beirut Verdun (was Holiday Inn), Dunes Center, Rachid Karame Street, ☏ +961 1 771100, fax: +961 1 771177. 
• 3 Legend Hotel, Verdun, ☏ +961 1-801 062, +961 1-860 660, fax: +961 1-807 238, legend@globesat.com. 4 stars US$110-290. 
• 4 Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun, Boulevard Saeb Salam, ☏ +961 1 803804. Located in the heart of Beirut's most exclusive business and shopping district, it is a boutique hotel.