Travel

Prestige issue 124, September 2003
It appears in the distance, this oasis, enjoying the early morning under the protection of the mountains, Jebel Hayyan, Jebel Mazar. The city opens to the desert. A garden of five hundred thousand olive trees, palm trees, pomegranate, girded like a laurel wreath, with the ancient city that seems to stretch to infinity. City of this

Prestige issue 155, April 2006
Federal Capital of the United States and international center of influence, Washington DC (District of Columbia), named after the first president of the US George Washington, shines with the beauty of its green spaces, its administrative buildings and prestigious historic monuments.

Prestige issue 257-258, Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015
Play the Sissi in Vienna, like the late legendary star Romy Schneider who played on the big screen the life of Empress Elisabeth. She liked to take her morning coffee and walk to the Gazebo, part of the Schönbrunn Palace and monumental construction enthroned at the top of the hill. But Vienna is also the cathedral of Saint-Etienne,

Prestige issue 257-258 Dec 20104, Jan. 2015
By advocating austerity, humility, manual work and evangelization, St. Francis of Assisi inspired the current Pope Francis to take his name and preach the same beliefs as those of the Saint.

Prestige issue 257-258, Dec. 2014-Jan.2015
Part of the Historic Centre of Rome, the Pantheon, located at Piazza della Rotonda, was originally a religious building dedicated to all the gods of antiquity, especially to Mars and Venus. Built on the orders of Agrippa in the year 27 BC., whose name is engraved on the entrance portico, it was completely destroyed by two fires in the years 80 and 110 and

Prestige issue 23, April 1995
Cardinal Richelieu founded the French Academy in 1635. Transported, on March 20th, 1805, at the College of Four Nations on decree of Bonaparte, it becomes the Dome and the illustrious institute will jealously keep the secret of its longevity.

Prestige issue 261, April 2015
50 km away from Paris, in the Yvelines department, are the Thoiry Castle dating from the XVIth and XVIIth centuries and its Zoo. Built in 1559 at the request of Raoul Moreau, treasurer of King Henry II, the castle is an architectural work that had the ambition to serve the lifestyle of a noble family, but also to satisfy the passions of his esoteric owner. The residence was designed by architect Philibert de l'Orme and his master mason Olivier Ymbert.

Its name does not inspire joy, this sea that is actually a huge salt lake of more than 800km2, is the delight of thousands of tourists. What attracts so many people to this dream destination? Is it the paradisiacal setting? Is it the luxurious hotels that grow along its shores,

Prestige issue 264-265, July-August 2014-2015
At the kind invitation of the Embassy of South Korea in Lebanon and the Korean Ministry of Culture «Global Culture Promotion Division», Pr. Bassam Lahoud made a trip in the state of East Asia, a majestic entrance in history to the ancient kingdom, to discover the beautiful

Prestige issue 236, March 2013
City of entertainment above all, by day and by night, Rio de Janeiro attracts on its lively beaches and extravagant carnivals thousands of tourists. This town in the south east of Brazil, is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro and one of the most important cities of the American continent.