The Beau Rivage is a four-star luxury hotel on the Ramlet al-Baida beach in Beirut, Lebanon.

Beau Rivage
General information
StatusOperating
LocationBeirut, Lebanon
Opening1876
Technical details
Floor count12
Floor area420 m2 (4,500 sq ft)
Other information
Number of suites317
Number of restaurants3
Parking247
Website
http://beaurivage-beirut.com/

From 1997 until the 2005 Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, the hotel served as the headquarters for Syrian intelligence in Lebanon. Prisoners held there were often tortured; some were "disappeared" and presumably executed. The building was a feared symbol of Syrian power in Lebanon.[1][2]

As of August, 2008, the building again functions as a civilian luxury hotel, and is open for business.[3]

In Film

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Beau Rivage by Claude El Khal is a 2003 short film about the atrocities committed in the hotel during the Syrian occupation.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "ME".
  2. ^ "Syria: Briefing to the Human Rights Committee: 71st session - March 2001".
  3. ^ "People's Daily Online -- Long way expected for recovery of Lebanon's service, commercial business".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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