In Tel Aviv, I stayed at a hotel whose history begins in 1866 - more than 150 years ago, when neither Israel nor Tel Aviv existed, and the first luxury hotel for wealthy immigrants staying in the American colony of Jaffa already existed. That year, 42 families of colonists arrived from America in Jaffa full of noble ideas.
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In Tel Aviv, I stayed at a hotel whose history begins in 1866 - more than 150 years ago, when neither Israel nor Tel Aviv existed, and the first luxury hotel for wealthy immigrants staying in the American colony of Jaffa already existed.
That year, 42 families of colonists arrived from America in Jaffa full of noble ideas. Brothers John and George Drisco wisely decided not to farm in the risky farming zone, but built the first prestigious 42-room hotel in the holy land and called it The Jerusalem.
Colonial style, wooden panels, grand staircases, tubs with ficuses, flights of stairs in marble, today, 150 years later, are diluted with designer furniture and accessories, high-quality cosmetics and noble aromas. Gastronomic food, the highest level of service, a modernly equipped spa under the stone vaults of an old building were added to the design, and the result was a unique combination of old-world elegance and new-world comfort. The number of rooms is still the same - 42
Israel is a very Mediterranean country - 230 km of Mediterranean coast. The Drisco Hotel Tel Aviv is also very Mediterranean in atmosphere. There is a nice, nice courtyard where breakfast is served and where you can sit during the day.
Why I fell in love with The Drisco Hotel Tel Aviv - for the history, for the service, for the atmosphere, for the location in a quiet cozy lane at the very approaches to old Jaffa, the legendary Tel Aviv embankment and a whole scattering of restaurants, galleries and fashion stores of Israeli designers - in the real historical center.
That year, 42 families of colonists arrived from America in Jaffa full of noble ideas. Brothers John and George Drisco wisely decided not to farm in the risky farming zone, but built the first prestigious 42-room hotel in the holy land and called it The Jerusalem.
Colonial style, wooden panels, grand staircases, tubs with ficuses, flights of stairs in marble, today, 150 years later, are diluted with designer furniture and accessories, high-quality cosmetics and noble aromas. Gastronomic food, the highest level of service, a modernly equipped spa under the stone vaults of an old building were added to the design, and the result was a unique combination of old-world elegance and new-world comfort. The number of rooms is still the same - 42
Israel is a very Mediterranean country - 230 km of Mediterranean coast. The Drisco Hotel Tel Aviv is also very Mediterranean in atmosphere. There is a nice, nice courtyard where breakfast is served and where you can sit during the day.
Why I fell in love with The Drisco Hotel Tel Aviv - for the history, for the service, for the atmosphere, for the location in a quiet cozy lane at the very approaches to old Jaffa, the legendary Tel Aviv embankment and a whole scattering of restaurants, galleries and fashion stores of Israeli designers - in the real historical center.
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