Hôtel El Djazaïr

Algiers, Algeria. Located in Algiers, with many rooms overlooking the bay.

Hôtel El DjazaïrAlgiers, Algeria

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287 rooms and 26 suites, 100 of them with views over the Bay of Algiers.
Taous (French and Algerian cuisine), La Pagode de Jade (Chinese) and Sqifa for musical evenings; ceramic panels by Mohamed Berdjani adorn the walls.
Swimming pool, a 7,000 m² botanical garden with over 350 species, and six reception rooms.
Located in Algiers, with many rooms overlooking the bay.

9 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1514
A residence for the ruler of Ottoman Algiers is built on the site.
1840
After the French conquest of Algiers, the mansion becomes a girls’ boarding school.
1889
The building is converted into the Hôtel Saint-George, soon a favourite of British visitors.
Famous guests
Guests include Edward VII and Alexandra, Baron de Rothschild, Winston Churchill, Édith Piaf, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
10 November 1942
Requisitioned by the US military, the hotel sees Admiral Darlan sign the ceasefire in its Salon des Ambassadeurs after the Allied landings.
1942 – 1943
General Eisenhower runs Allied Force Headquarters from room 141, preserved to this day; the invasion of Sicily is planned here.
1948
Badly damaged by German bombing, the hotel reopens after repairs.
1974 – 1982
The hotel closes for remodelling; architect Fernand Pouillon adds two new wings.
23 August 1982
It reopens as the Hôtel El Djazaïr, the Arabic name of both Algiers and Algeria.