View American Colony Hotel Jerusalem Pictures. Conveniently located restaurants include sarwa street kitchen, american colony hotel arabesque restaurant, and grill house. For over a hundred years, the american colony hotel in jerusalem has been a home away from home for discerning travelers who recognise quality.
The seeds of the american colony hotel were sown in 1902, when baron ustinov (grandfather of actor sir peter ustinov),needed suitable accommodation in jerusalem to house his visitors.
In the 19th century it became home to a swedish and american 'colony' who were all members of the 'christian utopia society'. After we harvest our olives we take them to an old press next to the latrun monastery, in the hills outside jerusalem, where they are crushed and. Oyster.com secret investigators tell all about the american colony hotel. There is a wonderful atmosphere, the gardens well planted and tended and the service very good.
