In case you haven’t heard yet, Beirut’s biggest rock festival will be held starting tomorrow, Sept 2. This raging two-day event has an all-star line-up of rock musicians hailing from all over the world. If you haven’t made it the the last two, here’s your chance to get in on the third annual Beirut Rock Festival.

The venue is none other than the Roman Amphitheater in the town of Zouk Mikael near Mount Lebanon, just outside of Beirut. While you’re in Zouk, you can also check out its ancient Ottoman architecture and pleasant pedestrian markets and shops before the rock festivities begin. The Roman Amphitheater is a jewel of the town, serving as the venue for a whole series of major summer concerts.

Friday nights headliner is Serj Tankian, the Armenian-American singer best known as the voice of System of a Down. Little known fact: Tankian is ranked 26th in the Hit Parade’s Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. He’ll be performing with the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra.

Opening acts on Friday night will be Lebanon’s own singer-songwriter Eileen Khatchadourian and the Lebanese rock group epiSode. Also, Serj Tankian’s father Khatchadour Tankian will be performing, which will be a fascinating glimpse at family and musical roots.

Saturday’s headliners will be Portugal’s Moonspell and Sweden’s Katatonia. Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Katatonia  is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm. Opening for these heavy metal heavy hitters will be some regional rock performances by The Hourglass (from Syria), Kimaera (from Lebanon), and Weeping Willow (also from Lebanon). To round it off, France’s Sex Assets and Waste Management will also be performing.

Find your inner rock star and lose it again in at the Beirut Rock Festival 2011. Tickets start at $45 for each night. And be sure to check out our Lebanon hotels special deals for an ultimate Lebanon experience.

You never thought you’d get a taste of Andalusia in Beirut, but we at Lebhotels.com are always psyched to bringing you closer to cultural and musical events besides offering the best deals for hotels in Lebanon of course .

Embark on a journey of passion to the breathtaking performance of Josele Miranda which will arise your senses to an aphrodisiac level. While you’re at it discover the beautiful city of Zouk Mikael and stay at one of these hotels in Jounieh:

*Almond Blooms Guesthouse Jounieh with rooms at $59/night.
*Portemilio Hotel and Resort Jounieh with rooms at $141/night including breakfast.
*Portaluna Hotel with rooms at $118/night including breakfast.
*Bel Azur Hotel Jounieh with rooms at $91/night including breakfast.

Besides our constant strive to bringing you the largest selection of hotels in Lebanon, let it be in Beirut or in all major cities across the Lebanese territory, we at Lebhotels.com like to enrich our guests’ experience and make it a bit more personal and thus shed the light on local cultural and historical aspects of a certain destination. Today, we’re going to take you to Zouk Mikael, UNESCO’s “City of Peace” for 1999.

Many have wandered the streets of  Zouk Mikael, shopped in its souks, attended its renowned festivals, stayed at its guesthouses and celebrated with their families and friends in a convivial ambiance throughout the seasons. Besides these festive and historical traits, the city prides itself in yet another department, deeply routed in the city’s philosophy and manifested in Lebanon’s most prominent cultural establishments: the youth and culture center.

Part of its weekly cine-club, the youth and cultural center hosts this Wednesday highly acclaimed Romanian movie and Plame d’or winner: Tales from the Golden Age. Composed of 6 short funny stories, the movie takes its audience back to the late communist period in Romania during Ceauşescu’s regime.

Finally, should you wish to spend the night, we suggest you check the Almond Blooms Guesthouse in Zouk with rooms starting $59/night.

Remember remember, the first of November? Best new deals of Lebanon hotels, not a plot! Daily excursions to the hottest historical sites, competitive packages in top notch hotels only found on Lebhotels; this shouldn’t be forgot! That been theatrically said, there’s quite an interesting event happening this week, in a charming town at only 14 km drive from Beirut city: Welcome to Zouk Mikael.

Awarded by UNESCO the prize of peace of the Arab cities in 1999/2000, Zouk Mikael is one of the few lebanese towns to have preserved their traditional esthetics. The old pedestrian souk and Roman amphitheater  have become a touristic hot spot, hosting major festivals, exhibitions and cultural; the latest on the agenda is the Pecha Kucha night.

What first started as a showcase event in Tokyo, has now spread over 363 cities, landing in Zouk Mikael this upcoming wednesday. Designers, architects, movie makers, all are gathering with their latest innovations for few minutes of fame in the youth cultural centre.

Afterwards, we suggest you discover this beautiful town with its stone houses and natural parks, in the vicinity of Jounieh hotels and the famous Kaslik district.

You may have never visited the ancient Phoenician region, you may have never feast your eyes with the magnificence it has to offer, and you also may have lived in Lebanon your whole life and not known of a charming place surrounded by good energy, livelihood, yet still possessing that nature’s feel! Did you know that you could be living in a little batch of forest in the middle of a shopping center and coffee places hangout?

Well, thanks to LebHotels, you do now. An exquisite and modest establishment known as Almond Blooms opens its doors to new guests everyday, with the positively attractive word of mouth it has transferred, more people are now curious to have the Almond Blooms hospitable family at their service for some time, and enjoy an exotic almond-filled time.

Why Almond Blooms? Because it flourishes amongst an Almond tree forest in Zouk Mikael’s souk, where you can spend fun afternoons and evenings, eating fine food and shopping for Lebanese crafts and delights. A guesthouse that offers you a strange feel of being in the buzz of the city, yet in a nature’s loom both at once.