Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem

The new Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem reopened the doors of a twentieth century legend in late 2013. Minutes from Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate—at the intersection of King David Road and Agron Street—the former Palace Hotel’s 1929 design bears witness to the brilliance of Turkish architect Nahas Bey, who expressed the city’s age-old multicultural history in everything from the exterior’s Greco-Roman columns and engraved verses from the Koran to the reception lobby’s art deco fixtures and high octagonal skylight.

Waldorf Astoria infused interiors with the twenty-first century’s ultimate level of hotel comfort and convenience. Guests choose from 226 guest rooms and suites: Classic and Deluxe Guest Rooms on the first to third floors of the original landmark and Grand Deluxe Guest Rooms in a ten-story addition. They meet for business and pleasure in eight digitally advanced function rooms for groups of 6 to 50 members and the Grand Ballroom, a pillarless wonder that seats up to 778 under a dozen glittering chandeliers.

In addition to the pleasures of a fitness center, delegates’ leisure hours can include the pleasures of fresh, Mediterranean-style food and beverage at the King’s Court Lounge Bar, Balcony Bar, and Palace Restaurant. At the latter, diners often opt for alfresco seating on the hotel’s plaza, an ideal spot to savor the surrounding mix of timeless splendor and twenty-first-century luxury.