Hôtel el-Aurassi

Algiers


This landmark modernist white box overlooks the city centre. It has ultra comfortable, if bland, rooms aimed squarely at visiting business people. The service probably doesn't match the high price tag. The bar, open to nonguests, has sensational views. Breakfast is an additional DA2200 to DA2500.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Algiers attractions

1. Grande Poste

0.53 MILES

Algiers' beloved main post office is an unmissable piece of living history, a fine example of French-designed, early 20th-century Moorish architecture…

2. Casbah

0.74 MILES

The heart of the city is its ancient Casbah, a steep and narrow maze of streets just west of the Pl des Martyrs. There are several magnificent Ottoman…

3. Djemaa Ketchoua

0.81 MILES

Of all the mosques in central Algiers, the Djemaa Ketchoua has had the most turbulent history. Its date of construction is estimated as being around the…

4. Dar Hassan Pacha

0.82 MILES

Carrying the name of its original owner, Dar Hassan Pacha, this is one of the city's grandest mansions. The building now houses a collection of…

5. Dar Aziza Bent el-Bey

0.83 MILES

Aziza may have been a bent (daughter) of the bey of Constantine, who built the sumptuous Dar Aziza for her. Its whitewashed facade hides one of the most…

6. Djemaa el-Djedid

0.89 MILES

Colonial French town planners cleared many Ottoman buildings when they redesigned the Algiers waterfront and laid out what is now the place des Martyrs,…

7. Museum of Popular Arts & Traditions

0.9 MILES

This museum is the most accessible of the buildings one can visit in the Casbah. It is housed in a fine example of an Ottoman-period town house, the Dar…

8. Djemma Ali Bitchine

0.92 MILES

The Djemma Ali Bitchine, which dates to 1622, is a mosque with an unusual domed design clearly influenced by Italian or Byzantine churches. That it should…