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Walks · Ain el Mraysseh to Raouche
A walk on the Corniche (with snacks)
18 June 2026
This is not a secret spot. This is THE spot. But I have a route, and a route is a secret.
The route
Start at the Manara lighthouse. Walk towards Raouche with the sea on your right. Stop at the corn guy (you know which one). Then the ka3ek cart. Then sit on the railing and watch the old men fish and never catch anything.
The rule
No headphones. The Corniche has its own soundtrack: waves, bike bells, someone’s radio, a man selling coffee by clicking his cups.
End at the Pigeon Rocks exactly at sunset. Every time I think I’m used to it. Every time I’m wrong.
Half of my Beirut posters were born on this walk, if you ask me.
