E: 28/02 Win a £200 Hotels.com voucher (email)

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This week’s winner will receive a £200 voucher from Hotels.com, which can be used at more than 200,000 places to stay across the world, from quirky B&Bs and family boltholes to boutique hotels. Hotels.com customers can get a night free for every 10 stayed with its Welcome Rewards scheme.
Email your answer by 28 February to viewfinder@observer.co.uk or send a postcard, with address and phone number, to Viewfinder, The Observer, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
■ Last week’s answer was Agadir, Morocco. The winner was Patricia Porter, from Liverpool.


Answer: Byblos

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Invaded by Alexander the Great, the Romans and Brigitte Bardot

.............Following the trail of Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando and Brigitte Bardot!



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is said to have given its name to a popular book.

...................The name Byblos is Greek; papyrus received its early Greek name (byblos, byblinos) from its being exported to the Aegean through Byblos. Hence the English word Bible is derived from byblos as "the (papyrus) book."[