Florina's Guest House

Our Story

Florina's Guest House is the 2nd oldest house (about 300 years old) with a large Gated Courtyard in Tyre that has been in the same family for over 150 years. The family has taken pride over this nostalgic home and renovated into 6-”Loft Style” Guest Homes.

CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT TIMES:
Check-in: 2:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM (Noon)
Early Cancellation of Reservations = Non Refundable*

PROPERTY DETAILS:& KEY AMENITIES:
-6 non-smoking furnished “Loft Style” Guest Rooms with a communal courtyard
-Each Guest Room accommodates 3-4 guests
-2 Single Beds furnished with fresh linen and comforters (in the upper loft bedroom)
-1 or 2 large sofas (in the living room)
-Pillows and linen available for sofa‡
-Guest House Courtyard Office located within the courtyard
-Complimentary Wi-Fi Internet Access
-Password needed‡
-Local grocery stores & beaches are less than 1-minute walking distance
-Laundry washer & outdoor laundry drying rack
-Laundry detergent and softer not available
-Purchase at local grocers to support our local business owners
-Flat Screen TV with satellite cable
-Kitchen furnished with breakfast island & stools or table & chairs, refrigerator/freezer combo, microwave, and a gas stovetop including cookware, utensils, plates, flatware (eating utensils)
-Private room Water Heater & Air Conditioning (A/C)

GUEST ROOM SERVICES:
-Guests are responsible for their own laundry & loft cleaning during their stay
-Housekeeping as needed upon request*
-Groceries, restaurants, valet dry-cleaning, local restaurants with delivery services available nearby
-Information located at the Courtyard Office and/or in each Guest Room
-Complementary Bottled Water, Coffee, Tea in-room during check-in

RESTRICTIONS:
-No pets allowed
-No Smoking in Guest Rooms
-Smoking allowed ONLY outside on the patio and/or courtyard

PARKING:
-Self-parking near the Guest House on the Al Kharab/Corniche
-No Valet Parking Available

*Fee applicable
‡ Available Upon Request


About Tyre, Lebanon:

Tyre (also known as Ṣūr or Sour) is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon. Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean and is located about 80 km (50 mi) south of Beirut. The name of the city means "rock" after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. The adjective for Tyre is Tyrian, and the inhabitants are Tyrians.

Tyre was founded around 2750 BC according to Herodotus and was originally built as a walled city upon the mainland. Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Dido (Elissa). Today it is the fourth largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon and houses one of the nation's major ports. Tourism is a major industry. The city has a number of ancient sites, including its Roman Hippodrome which was added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1979.

The Achaemenid Empire conquered the city in 539 BC and kept it under its rule until Alexander the Great laid siege to the city, conquered and razed it in 332 BC. In 315 BC, Alexander's former general Antigonus began his own siege of Tyre, taking the city a year later.

Phoenician merchants from Tyre were the first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters; and they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighboring islands of the Aegean Sea, in Greece, on the northern coast of Africa, at Carthage and other places, in Sicily and Corsica, in Spain at Tartessus and even beyond the Pillars of Hercules at Gadeira (Cádiz).

The city of Tyre was particularly known for the production of a rare and extraordinarily expensive sort of purple dye, produced from the murex shellfish, known as Tyrian purple. The color was, in ancient cultures, reserved for the use of royalty or at least the nobility.