We have reviewed the best luxury hotels in Jerusalem to help you decide where to stay on your next vacation to this magnificent destination. Our top 10 best luxury hotels in Israel all offer the perfect place for your next getaway, whether its a trip to absorb cultural and historic attractions or you just want to relax and enjoy the laid-back lifestyle. But in this article, we focus on the best luxury hotels in Jerusalem, the best with club lounges in Jerusalem and the best luxury hotels overall.
Explore Jerusalem’s Wohl Rose Garden and absorb the nocturnal light show screened on the Tower of David’s walls.
Jerusalem lacks many luxury hotels like you´d find them in other large cities such as New York, London, or Paris. There is no Four Seasons Jerusalem, in fact, there is no Four Seasons hotel in Israel at all. The best hotels in Jerusalem are the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem and Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem.
1. Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem
Mamilla Hotel, part of the Leading Hotels of the World, is located in the heart of Jerusalem, with magnificent views of the Old City walls and the Tower of David. It can also be found alongside Jerusalem’s shopping experience, Mamilla Avenue.
The sophisticated design of Mamilla Hotel Jerusalem was conceived by renowned architect Piero Lissoni brings superior design and lifestyle hospitality to Jerusalem.
The hotel guests enjoy prestigious accommodations together with exclusive restaurant and bar venues; an award-winning Holistic Wellbeing gym and spa; and banqueting venues, all blending luxurious, modern, international style with the spiritually rich culture of the city.
The Mamilla Hotel rooms and suites mix the best modern comforts with original pieces. The hotel’s ingenious liquid-crystal bathroom walls are a masterpiece of design and space, going from transparent to opaque at the touch of a button, allowing for combined or segmented spaces.
Akasha Wellbeing Center offers a unique wide range of holistic practices, rejuvenation, and beauty treatment experiences. By integrating innovative western and eastern practices with natural healing techniques, Akasha creates a fresh approach to support modern wellbeing needs.
The Gym boasts the most advanced and cutting-edge fitness equipment, Kinesis™ machines, a spacious aerobics room, and a private training room.
The Rooftop Outdoor Lounge & Restaurant is a relaxed, informal brasserie with breathtaking views of Jerusalem’s Old City. Happy Fish Restaurant serves up a variety of Mediterranean fish dishes made with fresh seasonal ingredients and Mirror Bar and Cigar Lounge is popular among both local Jerusalem residents and hotel guests, offering a unique combination of classic drinks, cocktails, and gourmet bar food as well as high-quality sound system, making it one of Jerusalem’s top nightspots.
2. Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
Discover all of Jerusalem’s famed historical sites while enjoying excellent service at the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem. Designed in an elegant, late-1920s style mixed with lavish modern luxury.
Ideally located for discovering Jerusalem’s cultures and religions, the inspirational environment within the hotel lends rich character to one of the world’s most ancient and holy cities. Designed by award-winning Turkish architect Sinan Kafadar, this relaxing retreat offers legendary True Waldorf Service and elegant accommodations, creating unforgettable experiences to last a lifetime.
Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem is a Conde Nast 2017 Best Hotel in Israel (for the third consecutive year) and a 2017 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award recipient. Travel + Leisure’s 2018 Best Awards for the “The 10 Best City Hotels in Africa and the Middle East”.
Experience outstanding service, luxurious rooms, and fine dining. Spin and take in the stunning open-space atrium. Climb the grand staircase and escape to one of 225 luxury guestrooms or suites, the largest in the city. Delicious Mediterranean cuisine in sophisticated surroundings is the order of the day, with a choice of two restaurants. Sophisticated conference and event facilities, including meeting rooms and a magnificent Grand Ballroom.
3. David Citadel Jerusalem
Overlooking Jerusalem’s old city walls, the David Citadel hotel enjoys a stunning location in a city steeped in thousands of years of history, culture, and tradition. The timeless alleyways of the Old City, the Western Wall, and Tower of David, the bustling Machne Yehuda market, the Mamilla Avenue, and an abundance of New City attractions are all within easy walking distance from this landmark hotel.
David Citadel Jerusalem boasts 385 impeccably designed suites and guestrooms, fine cuisine, a modernized gym, and a luxurious spa, a year-round heated pool, and a private executive lounge. The hotel’s design fuses past and future evidenced in the local-limestone walls, and in the curved steel and soaring glass-domed lobby. A highlight is the al-fresco Terrace, which overlooks the ancient city walls and Tower of David.
Diplomats, prime ministers, celebrities, and artists arrive regularly at the hotel and enjoy the luxury, elegance, and comfort the hotel offers to all its guests.
The David Citadel hotel was recently renovated under the skillful hands of world-renowned architect Piero Lissoni. The renewal of the well-established hotel included the redesign of the public spaces, suites, and guest rooms, as well as the lobby, the pool, the spa, the gym, the banqueting spaces, the dining room, and the executive lounge.
4. King David Jerusalem
The King David Hotel Jerusalem, one of the world’s legendary hotels, is a major landmark in a unique city. Blending the past and old-world refinement, the King David Hotel is unquestionably the most famous of all Jerusalem hotels. S
Built in the 1920s at the meeting point of the historic Old City and dynamic New Jerusalem, the King David Hotel delights the eye with stately pink quartz exteriors and exotic public rooms decorated with motifs that recreate a bygone romantic era. Superbly located on an elevated site, the King David Hotel Jerusalem offers incomparable views of the walls, minarets, and domes of the Old City.
Other features of the King David Hotel are the spacious private gardens that enclose green lawns, tennis court, adults’ and children’s swimming pools (heated in the season), as well as a children’s playground and quiet corners for relaxation. The new Fitness Centre offers a unique harmony to the training environment, featuring state-of-the-art training equipment. Adjoining the Fitness Center are the luxurious treatment rooms. Our Spa offers a comprehensive menu of skin and body treatments. Free use of Wi-Fi in the public areas and in the rooms, up to three devices per room.
Guest rooms and suites of the King David Hotel are a harmony of elegance and luxury, distinguished by solicitous attention and devotion to detail. The official venue in Jerusalem for banquets and state occasions, the King David Hotel is the hotel of choice for world leaders and famous personalities.
5. Crowne Plaza Jerusalem
Crowne Plaza Jerusalem is the worst Crowne Plaza hotels in Israel with the worst club lounge in our listing. The hotel is located on a hill at the entrance to Jerusalem. The lobby is spacious with some shops, but the rooms are small and basic and the bathroom amenities are not noteworthy either. The blackout curtains reportedly don’t work with light coming around the edge of them.
The club lounge offers drinks and light snacks but not enough to fill you up, so this hotel does not come highly recommended, even though it does have a club lounge.
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