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Badaro, Beirut — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Badaro is a residential neighbourhood and business hub in the heart of Beirut, edging the Beirut Hippodrome and Horsh Beirut.
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Where to stay in Badaro
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Badaro reads as a residential and working quarter of Beirut rather than a hotel strip. Beds stay thin here. Most visitors book a room elsewhere in Beirut and come across for the cafés and offices that gather between Pierre Gemayel avenue and Sami el Solh avenue, close to the green edge of Horsh Beirut.
Base yourself near the National Museum of Beirut if you want the district on foot. Mornings by the pine forest run quiet.
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Things to do in and around Beirut
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Museums & Galleries
3- National Museum of Beirut
- Sursock Museum
- Beit Beirut
Churches & Religious Sites
4- Surb Nshan Cathedral Heritage
- St. Hakob church Heritage
- Forty Martyrs church Heritage
- St. Gevorg church Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Berytus
- Martyrs’ Monument, Beirut
- Beirut Castle
Stadiums & Sports
1- Beirut Hippodrome
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Sursock House
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About Badaro
What are the main landmarks in Badaro?
Badaro sits within reach of some of Beirut's best-known sights. The National Museum of Beirut stands at the district's edge, and just west the Beirut Hippodrome keeps its old racing oval alive within the city fabric. Green fills the rest.
Horsh Beirut, a pine forest of roughly 75 acres, runs along the south-eastern edge and gives the neighbourhood its administrative name of Horsh, while the Pine Residence, home of the French ambassador, closes off the parkland the district is built around.
What is the history of Badaro?
Badaro grew as a residential quarter on the parkland edge of Beirut. It took shape around the green. The neighbourhood became the common name for Beirut's Horsh administrative district, the sector that gathers the pine forest of Horsh Beirut, the Beirut Hippodrome and the Pine Residence into one belt of open ground on the city's inner rim.
Building filled the streets between. The National Museum of Beirut anchored the district's northern flank as the surrounding blocks turned from open land into the residential and business grid the area keeps.
Where is Badaro?
Badaro lies in the heart of Beirut, roughly bounded by Pierre Gemayel avenue, the Beirut Hippodrome, Sami el Solh avenue, Horsh Beirut and the Tayyouneh roundabout.
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What is the best area to stay in Badaro?
Badaro: café-and-office days between Pierre Gemayel avenue and Sami el Solh avenue.
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Updated October 2026