Money, budget and shopping for Lebanon

Money

Currency

• Currency: Lebanese pound (100 piastres or qirsh).

• Banknotes: 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 and 100,000 pounds.

• Coins: 250 and 500 pounds.

• Exchange:

The Lebanese pound is permanently pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate of 1 US$ = 1,507.5 pounds.

Exchange

Which currency to bring

Payment methods

Returning home

Budget

What can be expensive

What can be inexpensive

Price range

• Double room in a "backpacker" hotel:

• Double room in a "tourist" hotel:

• Snacks, local restaurant meal:

• Tourist restaurant meal:

• Budget car rental:

• 100 km by bus:

• Urban taxi:

• Urban bus:

Bargaining and tipping

Shopping and souvenirs

What to bring back