The Grand Sofar Hotel is a former hotel in
Sofar, Lebanon. The hotel was built in 1892 by the Sursock family. The
Arab League
The Arab League ( ar, الجامعة العربية, ' ), formally the League of Arab States ( ar, جامعة الدول العربية, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, E ...
held their first meeting there. The hotel was seriously damaged in the Lebanese civil war. In 2018 the owner,
Roderick Sursock Cochrane, reopened it as a temporary art gallery.
References
External links
*http://www.levantineheritage.com/sofar-grand-hotel.html
Tom Young Art Exhibit in the Grand Sofar Hotel
Hotels in Lebanon
Commercial buildings completed in 1892
Sursock family
Defunct hotels
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