Shopping in Beirut - authentic goods, best outlets, malls and boutiques

Shopping in Beirut is a dream for thousands of tourists. The choice of places to shop is just huge. The most famous shopping center is Beirut Mall, which offers customers a wide range of clothing of various stylistic trends and price categories. In this shopping center there are many comfortable recreation areas, popular restaurants and cafes. The youngest visitors can enjoy exciting attractions.

ABC Ashrafieh shopping and entertainment complex enjoys well-deserved popularity not only among tourists, but also among local residents. This center has many interesting features. Besides original boutiques, for example, there is an excellent food court under a glass dome on its last floor. The shopping center is always luxuriously decorated. It often hosts interesting recreational activities. It is difficult to imagine a category of goods that cannot be bought here. They sell everything from inexpensive clothes and perfumes to elite designer accessories and jewelry.

Those who want to upgrade a little and, at the same time, save as much as possible should visit Eldorado Shopping Center outlet. It presents pavilions of the world's most popular brands, in which clothes, footwear and accessories are sold with a maximum discount. The outlet offers a wide range of models, so even people with non-standard sizes of clothes and shoes will be able to pick up new things. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Travellers who visit Beirut in May or November will have an opportunity to visit one of the most picturesque eastern markets Suk al-Bargut. This seasonal market is located in the very heart of the capital. The variety of products presented on its shelves is simply amazing. Beautiful clothes and fabrics in national style, popular oriental spices, sweets and original souvenirs - you can stroll around the colourful rows of the market all day long. Many people go there to taste popular national delicacies. Others are attracted by a large choice of inexpensive souvenirs.

Al-Tayeb market runs in Beirut all year round on Saturdays. You can always purchase popular farm products, as well as crafts made by local masters. Market prices will pleasantly surprise you. It's going to be a real catch for independent travelers who need to buy quality and inexpensive products.

Fans of walking around unusual shops in Beirut will have fun as well. Visitors of Liban et d'Orient store are offered a variety of household goods in national style. Here, you can buy everything from small pieces of furniture and home decorations to beautiful hand-made dishes and textiles. Goods are quite expensive in this store, but one-of-a-kind pieces.

Halabi Bookshop is a very nice and unusual store, which sells both new and secondhand books. Besides print media, you can buy interesting old photographs and posters, traditional souvenirs at the best price and even very nice antiquities such as a retro typewriter.

Among the variety of jewelry stores, Khodr Jewelry is worth mentioning. It offers not only a huge choice of goods but also affordable prices. Here, you can buy chic earrings, rings and bracelets much cheaper than in many European countries. The quality of jewelry always remains at high level.

Selim Mouzannar salon is one more nice place to purchase jewelry. Its range of products is sure to please those who love jewelry with an abundance of precious stones. The store is beautifully decorated, many of the presented jewelry are exclusive and are not found in other stores. Prices are quite different. Frugal tourists and wealthy visitors will be able to choose best jewelry pieces for themselves.