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The journal

The house’s journal

The house’s notebooks: the kitchen, pastry, tea, Ramadan on the roof and the restoration.

Every article

  • New and old cement tiles side by side, ready to be laid.

    The house · 21 September 2026

    Four thousand cement tiles

    Ochre, oxblood, charcoal: the floors of 1912, lifted, cleaned and relaid one by one.

  • A brass teapot, bunches of fresh mint and engraved glasses on a tray.

    Traditions · 30 August 2026

    Tea, poured from high

    Green tea, fresh mint, sugar: three things, one gesture, and the welcome of a whole house.

  • The large Friday couscous dish set in the middle of a family table on the patio.

    Traditions · 7 August 2026

    The Friday couscous

    Seven vegetables, lamb, semolina rolled by hand: the Garden Brasserie’s family lunch.

  • Hands shaping star-shaped arayech on a floured marble bench.

    Pastry · 15 July 2026

    A short guide to Algerian pastry

    Makrout, kalb el louz, dziriette, griwech: what you find on a celebration tray, and why.

  • The Belvedere in Ramadan, the moment the sun touches the sea.

    Ramadan · 2 March 2026

    Ramadan on the roof

    The hour before iftar at the Belvedere: the bay turning pink, the tables laid, the call rising from the city.

  • A wooden scaffold in the lobby during the house’s restoration.

    The house · 20 January 2026

    Giving the house back its light

    Three years of work on a building of 1912: what was kept, what was remade, what was left alone.

A house, a flame, the bay.

Reach us

The heights of El Biar, Algiers
Above the ridge road, facing the bay

023 •• •• 19 12

bonjour.dar-chemaa@exemple.dz

Write on WhatsApp

Masked number and demonstration address. The conversation opens inside the demonstration; nothing is sent.

Hours

  • Front desk open day and night
  • Chemâa: dinner Tuesday to Sunday, 7:30 – 11 pm
  • Events sales: Saturday to Thursday, 9 am – 6 pm

Demonstration Demonstration — fictional hotel, restaurants and data. Designed by Algeria Agency. Dar Chemâa does not exist: the house, its rooms, tables, salons, characters, guests, reviews and documents are invented. Rates are indicative, no number can be called, and nothing is booked, charged or sent.

The people named in this demonstration are invented characters. Fictional character

The house’s identity DEMO

Dar Chemâa Hospitality LLC (DEMO) — Limited liability company — demonstration data. Share capital 50 000 000 DZD. Classification — « Five-star » classification — demonstration decision.

Trade register
DÉMO-16/00-1912000B21
Tax ID (NIF)
DÉMO-001916190012021
Statistics ID (NIS)
DÉMO-091216010019
Tax article
DÉMO-16012191
Tourism licence
DÉMO-LIC-TOUR-2021-0412
Photo credits

The photographs of Algiers and a few details are published under free licences; each is credited here, as its licence asks. The demonstration’s other images were made for it.

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