Bourj el-Barajneh
Bourj el-Barajneh is a municipality located in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in Lebanon.
Bourj el-Barajneh is a municipality located in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in Lebanon. The municipality lies between Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and the town of Haret Hreik.
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Worth seeing in and around Bourj el-Barajneh
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Museum of Beirut
The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942.
3.5 km · museum in Lebanon · Wikipedia - 02Lebanese University
The Lebanese University is the only state-funded public university in Lebanon. It was established in 1951.
2.9 km · Lebanese public university · Wikipedia - 03Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium with a capacity of 49,500 seats, located in the Bir Hassan area of Beirut, Lebanon. The stadium, equipped with athletics facilities, is the largest in the country, and is mostly used for football matches.
2.2 km · multi-purpose stadium in Beirut · Wikipedia - 04Beirut Arab University
Beirut Arab University is a Lebanese private university mainly located in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded by the Lebanese Waqf El-Bir wal Ihsan Society in 1960.
2.8 km · institute of higher education based in Beirut, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 05Beirut Municipal Stadium
Beirut Municipal Stadium is an 18,000-capacity multi-purpose stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently mostly used for football matches.
2.9 km · multi-Use Stadium in Lebanon · Wikipedia - 06Horsh Beirut
Horsh Beirut is an urban park in the heart of the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar.
2.3 km · park in Beirut, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 07Mim Museum
The MIM is a private museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The name “mim” is the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
3.7 km · museum of minerals and fossils in Beirut, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 08Safa Stadium
The Safa Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for Safa SC Beirut.
3.1 km · multi-use stadium in Beirut, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 09Seraglio of Baabda
The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in Baabda, Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate.
3.9 km · historic site in Baabda, Lebanon · Wikipedia - 10Palace of Justice
The Justice Palace of Beirut, known as Palais de Justice, is the main judicial complex in Lebanon. Located in Beirut, it serves as the headquarters for Lebanon's judiciary system.
3.6 km · building in Beirut, Lebanon · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bourj el-Barajneh
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 3 km · Damascus (DAM), 106 km · Larnaca (LCA), 207 km
- Stations
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, 3.3 km · Beirut Air Base, 3.3 km
- Damascus → Bourj el-Barajneh82 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · $9–12
- Amman → Bourj el-Barajneh214 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · JD12–15
- Larnaca → Bourj el-Barajneh210 km · quickest by road, 16h 50m · €90–125
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bourj el-Barajneh
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bourj el-Barajneh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPublic transport There are regular public minivans (usually every five-ten minutes) that go to the Downtown area and to the Charles Helou Station from the airport.
- Get aroundService [ser-vee-s] are shared-taxis, the same taxis as above but shared between four or more people.
- Get aroundThe OCFTC that operates a fleet of blue and white city-buses, and the LCC with a fleet of red and white minibuses; Bus fares cost either LL500 (OCFTC bus 24) or LL1000.
From Wikivoyage: Beirut, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bourj el-Barajneh
Bourj el-Barajneh is 5 km from Beirut, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Baabda Districtdistrict of Lebanon3.9 km
- Dahyehsouthern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon600 m
- Haret Hreikhuman settlement in Lebanon1.2 km
- Choueifathuman settlement in Lebanon3.7 km
- Chyahhuman settlement in Lebanon1.8 km
- Sin el Filsuburb east of Beirut, Lebanon3.4 km