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American Colony Hotel

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At a Glance

    Pros

  • international atmosphere
  • sparkling pool
  • good English bookstore

    Cons

  • dead neighborhood at night
  • a cab ride from most attractions
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American Colony Hotel Review

Once a pasha's palace, this cool limestone oasis with its flower-filled inner courtyard has been a hotel for more than a century. It's a 10-minute walk from the Damascus Gate, in East Jerusalem, but worlds away from the hubbub of the Old City. A favorite haunt of American and British expats, foreign journalists, and diplomats, the Swiss-run hotel is famous for its ambience: turquoise-and-blue tilework, Damascene wood inlay, potted palms. The best, exceptionally large rooms breathe elegance, with rug-strewn flagstone floors and vaulted or antique painted-wood ceilings. The hotel is being renovated in sections, with most guest rooms redesigned in an antique style.

    Hotel Details

  • 73 rooms, 13 suites.
  • Rate includes breakfast.
  • Credit cards accepted.
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    Not cheap but worth every penny

    We were lucky enough to stay in room 16, right off the Courtyard. I don't know how they got that room so quiet right bank in the middle of everything. The food was great, there was no one at the pool when we were there ( it was a little cold but October can be like that) , and the atmosphere just drips history and charm. we will return, (when I can afford $300 or so per night).The free broadband is a nice touch

    by petekendall, 1/21/07

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