Monte Mare Hotel

We hired the entire hotel for a week for a wedding party and so pretty much had free reign of the hotel and its facilities. Depending on the time of day and racing credentials of the local taxi driver fleet, it's a 20 minute (4am with Kimmi Raikkonen) or 1 hour plus (evening rush hour with Captain Slow) transfer from the airport. If its your first time in Lebanon, hold on for dear life and enjoy the ride, but this transfer time seems pretty normal, as is the demolition derby driving style that somehow avoids major incident. Anyway, back to the hotel. The staff are lovely and attentive at all hours of the day and certainly went the extra mile for our party. Breakfast was fine, but we cannot comment on dinner as we never dined there. The rooms are fairly well appointed with very nice shower enclosures in particular and very essential air conditioning.