How walkable is Karantina?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Karantina has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Beirut, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
525 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Karantina. The nearest grocery is Midtown Market, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Maison Haykal Supermarket14 min
- Si Market23 min
- Tawlet5 min
- Zaia5 min
- Kettaneh Lebanon2 min
- Sleep Comfort3 min
- Caffè positano8 min
- Tota8 min
- Banque Libano-Française14 min
- Cedrus Bank Dora Branch16 min
- Unnamed park15 min
- حديقة سانت نيكولاس28 min
- Armenian Evangelical Shamilian School16 min
- Lycee Laure Mghaizel18 min
- Hamazkayin Vahe Setian Printing Publishing and Bookstore12 min
- Librairie Orientale30 min
- Fitĥaus8 min
- Flipside Beirut13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Karantina at 33.8998, 35.5322. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 125 street intersections per km², and blocks average 63 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Karantina
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Karantina. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Beirut
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Abu Jamil | 3.1 km | 93 |
| Zuqaq al-Blat | 3.2 km | 95 |
| Ras Beirut | 5.3 km | 94 |
| Dahyeh | 6.5 km | 68 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Beirut page.
Questions about walking in Karantina
Is Karantina walkable?
Yes. Karantina in Beirut has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Karantina more walkable than the rest of Beirut?
Karantina is less walkable than Beirut as a whole: it scores 79, against 86 for the 5 km around Beirut's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Beirut neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Beirut?
Of the 5 Beirut neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Zuqaq al-Blat (95), Ras Beirut (94) and Wadi Abu Jamil (93).
How is the walkability score of Karantina calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Karantina it is the average of 47 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.