In the Hasroun region of northern Lebanon, Rony Zibara opened Villa Chamoun in July, a hotel with retro glamor and contemporary creativity.
In 1965, his entrepreneur grandfather had built this house 1.5 hours drive from Beirut, both for his family, friends and professional relations.
After decades of hibernation, this place of exchange and sharing has regained its former glory.
"The whole village got into it, the tiler, the carpenter, the ironworker, seventy people from seventy families to restore the villa"
, boasts Rony, who gave the rooms the names of his uncles and aunts.
On Instagram, the photos magnify the site, the villa, its decoration, its swimming pool, its gastronomy, its guestbook, already as out of time.
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The entrepreneur says that two electric generators were needed during the inauguration, for lack of fuel oil.
He is asked: "
How did you come up with the idea for such an initiative, as the country sank into crisis a
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