Algiers · Since 1889
Hôtel El Djazaïr
formerly Saint George
The address
A Dey’s palace turned house of Algiers’ guests
Built upon a former Arab-Ottoman palace and encircled by a lush botanical garden, the hotel stands among the jewels of the national cultural heritage. To stay at the Hôtel El Djazaïr is to relive the splendour of an era while enjoying the ease of contemporary luxury.
From the day it opened, the hotel was the favoured address of the English gentry, drawn by the mild, exotic winters of Algiers.
The botanical garden
7,000 m²
and more than 350 species from five continents
Rooms & Suites
Here, the rooms carry names
Five suites at the Saint-George bear the names of those who slept in them. These are not marketing labels: these men occupied these rooms between November 1942 and December 1943.
287 rooms · 26 suites · 100 overlooking the bay
ISuite El Djazaïr
La plus vaste de la maison : 150 m² ouverts en panorama sur Alger et sa baie.
IISuite El Bahdja
« El Bahdja », surnom d’Alger — la Joyeuse
IIISuite Stromberg
Nom lié à l’épisode allié de 1942-43
IVSuite Eisenhower
Le général Dwight D. Eisenhower logea à l’hôtel durant son commandement des forces alliées en Afrique du Nord
VSuite Clark
Général Mark Wayne Clark, cité par l’hôtel parmi ses hôtes illustres
141
Room 141
Eisenhower set up his office on the top floor, room 141, and commanded the Mediterranean theatre from it until December 1943. The room is described as preserved.
All categories
In every room
What every room holds, from the Single to the presidential suite.
- 01Climatisation
- 02TV écran plat satellite
- 03Minibar
- 04Bar petit-déjeuner
- 05Plateau thé/café
- 06Wi-Fi
- 07Coffre-fort
- 08Fer et planche à repasser
- 09Téléphone
- 10Salle de bains privative
- 11Sèche-cheveux
A day at Hôtel El Djazaïr
The garden opens at nine, Taous serves into the evening, the Sqifa tunes up after dark. Here is the house at the hour it is lived.
- 09 hMorningJardin botaniqueand more than 350 species from five continents
- 12 hMiddayRestaurant TaousFrançaise et algérienne · 120 covers
- 16 hAfternoonPiscine09:00-20:00 in summer · 09:00-22:30 in winter
- 20 hEveningLa Pagode de JadePékinoise et cantonaise · 60 covers
- 21 hNightSqifa by El DjazaïrArtistic evenings · Musical evenings
November 10, 1942
Salon des Ambassadeurs
That day, in a drawing room of this hotel, a ceasefire was signed and the fate of North Africa turned.
Browse the timelineStay at Hôtel El Djazaïr, formerly Saint George
24, avenue Souidani Boudjemaâ, Alger, Algérie
+213 23 48 11 65They signed the register
Kings, generals, writers: since 1889 the house has kept account of those who slept here.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower1942-1943Allied commander-in-chief — office in room 141
- Winston Churchill1943Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Mark Wayne Clark1942-1943General, United States Army
- Édith PiafSinger
- Simone de BeauvoirWriter and philosopher
- Édouard VIIKing of the United Kingdom
- George VKing of the United Kingdom
- Reine AlexandraQueen consort of the United Kingdom
- Rudyard KiplingWriter, Nobel laureate in literature
- André GideWriter, Nobel laureate in literature
- Jean-Paul SartreWriter and philosopher
- Famille RothschildBankers