A home away from home

Living in Beirut can seem unbearable during the summer months.With the sun blazing, traffic jams and construction noise, one begins to dream of a getaway to a more serene environment. This desire for escape is the driving force behind the rising number of boutique hotels and bed and breakfasts in Lebanon’s mountainside and even in the more quiet areas of Beirut. Across Lebanon, there are around a dozen genuine maison d’hotes or bed and breakfasts — eight of which are profiled on the website L’Hote Libanais — characterized by the owner residing in the house and sharing vacant rooms with guests, offering them homemade breakfast in the package.  Executive also uncovered more than 10 small boutique hotels and guesthouses which have opened their doors in the past year and a half. Promoting their lodgings mainly through social media, owners of these hotels are without complaints this summer. Where larger operators