Beirut Ranked Best International City In The World For Food

Travel & Leisure just ranked Beirut first place under the "Best International Cities for Food" for 2016.

The World's Best Awards is put together following a massive collection of experiences, opinions, and surveys from the readers of Travel & Leisure (~6 million).

This is used to produce a top list of cities, islands, cruise lines, spas, airlines, food, and much more. Readers rated cities for several qualities, including food.

This is the "Best International Cities for Food" list:

#10 Bordeaux, France

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#9 Barcelona, Spain

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#8 Chiang Mai, Thailand

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#7 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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#6 Rome, Italy

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#5 Bologna, Italy

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#4 Florence, Italy

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#3 Paris, France

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#2 San Sebastián, Spain

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#1 Beirut, Lebanon

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This is what they wrote about Beirut: