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Al Waddan Hotel
Tripoli, Libya · Independent · Near Luxury
Al Waddan is Tripoli's architectural jewel: Florestano Di Fausto's 1935 Streamline Moderne and Moorish waterfront hotel, once called the Waldorf Astoria of Tripoli and the grandest house in 1930s North Africa, with a casino and a 500-seat theatre. A $16 million restoration in 2007–2009 returned the 90-room boutique around a courtyard pool on Sidi Issa Street in Dahra, a short walk from the port. InterContinental managed it for a time after the refit; it now trades independently.
- 90 rooms
- Opened 1935
- Neighborhood: Dahra
- Architect: Florestano Di Fausto
About Al Waddan Hotel
- Di Fausto designed the hotel with Stefano Gatti-Casazza; it opened as the Italian Uaddan Hotel & Casino at the same moment as the lost Hotel del Mehari next door.
- The original programme included a casino and a 500-seat theatre; mid-century guests listed in later accounts include Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Muhammad Ali, and a Sophia Loren suite.
- MAN Enterprise's 2007–2008 fit-out covered about 18,000 m² and 90 rooms, a ballroom, and restaurants, financed in part as a $16 million project-finance facility.
History
Al Waddan opened in 1935–36 as Hotel Casinò Uaddan, designed by Florestano Di Fausto, and was regarded as the grandest hotel in North Africa in the 1930s. It mixes Streamline Moderne with Moorish courtyard planning on the bay, just east of Grand Hotel Tripoli. After decades of wear it was restored in 2007–2009 as a high-end luxury boutique and managed for a number of years by InterContinental Hotels Group. The guest-facing name is Al Waddan Hotel.
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