Scots Hotel

Scots Hotel
General information
Location Tiberias, Israel
Owner Church of Scotland
Other information
Number of rooms 69
Number of restaurants 1
Website
Scots Hotel
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The Scots Hotel is a hotel in Tiberias, founded in 1885 by the Scottish doctor and minister David Watt Torrance as a mission hospital.[1] that accepted patients of all races and religions. In 1894, it moved to larger premises at Beit abu Shamnel abu Hannah. In 1923 his son, Dr. Herbert Watt Torrance, was appointed head of the hospital. After the establishment of the State of Israel, it became a maternity hospital supervised by the Israeli Department of Health. After its closure in 1959, the building became a guesthouse, known as the Scottish Hospice. In 1999, it was renovated at the cost of around £10,000,000 and reopened as the Scots Hotel.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. "University of Dundee Archive Services | The Main Catalogue". 134.36.1.31. 1923-08-26. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  2. "The Scots Hotel - Tiberias - Galilee". Inisrael.com. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  3. Roxburgh, Angus (2012-10-31). "BBC News - Scots Hotel: Why the Church of Scotland has a Galilee getaway". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-04.

Coordinates: 32°47′20″N 35°32′29″E / 32.7890°N 35.5415°E / 32.7890; 35.5415

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