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Metn, Mount Lebanon · 1,150 m
A balcony table looking out through the pines over the Metn at dusk
The lobby salon, timber beams and lamplight

Since 1930 Grand Hôtel
Bois de Boulogne

Beirut is thirty-five minutes away and eleven degrees warmer. Twenty-four thousand square metres of pine, and a balcony to watch the light go off the Metn.

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1,150 mAltitude
35 minFrom Beirut
24,000 m²Private pine domain
1930Open ever since

The name

The village is named after the hotel.

Not the other way around. In 1930 Youssef Ghostine applied to build a hotel among the pines of the Metn. The French mandate officer who signed the permit looked at the forest, thought of Paris, and said so out loud.

The name stuck to the hotel, then to the road, then to the village itself – Ghabat Boulonia. Three generations of the same family have run it since. It has never changed hands, and through occupation and seventeen years of war, it never closed.

Surprised by the pines, the officer compared the place to the Bois de Boulogne. The village has answered to that name ever since. On the founding of the hotel, 1930
A guest corridor, with painted panels and antique chairs

Ninety-six years

A short account of staying open.

Most of Lebanon's grand mountain hotels of this era are gone, or shells. This one is still taking bookings.

1930
Youssef Ghostine breaks ground on a three-storey hotel in the pine forest above Dhour Choueir. It takes two years to build.
1930s–60s
The summer season runs from June to September and guests book by the month. Land from neighbouring Khanshara and Mrouj is redrawn into a new village, named for the hotel.
1975–1990
The doors stay open for all seventeen years. To protect the building, the family simply moves in and lives there for the duration.
Since
Renovation in stages rather than all at once – rooms rebuilt a floor at a time, so the hotel never has to shut. Wood floors, marble bathrooms, the original salons left alone.
2026
Still family-run. Still the same fireplace.

Stay

Seventy-five ways to sleep in a pine forest.

Every room has been rebuilt a floor at a time – no two are decorated quite alike. Three private bungalows sit apart in the trees for anyone who wants their own front door.

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A renovated room with a painted mural wall

60 rooms

The rooms

Renovated a floor at a time. Wood floors, marble bathrooms, and a balcony that faces the trees rather than the road.

  • Balcony
  • Wi-Fi
  • Minibar
A suite sitting room with floral curtains and a red armchair

12 suites

The suites

A separate sitting room, and enough space that nobody has to negotiate over the sofa. Built for families who arrive together and stay a while.

  • Sitting room
  • Sleeps 4
A family room with bunk beds and patterned wallpaper

For families

The family rooms

A double and a bunk in one room, so nobody is negotiating over who sleeps where. Papered wall to wall, and the playground is two floors down.

  • Sleeps 4
  • Bunk beds
An apartment living room with rustic sliding doors

Long stays

The apartments

Large and small, in the annexe next door. Cook for yourself, work from the balcony, book by the week or the season.

  • Weekly rate
  • Desk

The table

Sunday is not a meal here. It's an appointment.

Mezze, hot dishes, salads, and a dessert table that people have been driving up the mountain for since before most of them were born. Laid outside under the pines in summer, and beside the fireplace when it turns.

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The bar and the lobby salons stay open late, and the fireplace does most of the talking.

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The dining room, set for service

Gather

Room for the whole family, and then some.

Weddings & parties

The garden and the terraces

Twenty-four thousand square metres of private grounds, and a family that has been running wedding dinners here for three generations.

Up to 150 people

The conference room

Seminars, offsites and art workshops, an hour from the city and entirely out of earshot of it. Full presentation kit, and rooms upstairs for everyone.

Indoors, all weather

The playground

A covered playground with slides big enough to keep children busy for an entire afternoon, and a dedicated room for birthdays. It is the reason a lot of families come back.

Getting here

Closer than you think.

Bois de Boulogne sits on the main road, in the Metn, above Dhour Choueir. Parking is on site and free. Tell us your arrival time and someone will be at the door.

Reservations

Book direct. You'll get the family.

No booking fee, and the best rate we can offer. Send this and we'll come back to you the same day with availability and a price.

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