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Jerusalem was a constant focus in the hearts and minds of all pilgrims and tourists travelling to the Holy Land in the nineteenth century, but knowing exactly where they might get clean and decent accommodations on arrival was of the utmost importance. This volume is a study of the rise of commercial hotel-keeping in Jerusalem, from the beginnings in the early 1840s, drawing extensively on travel accounts and archives, notably those of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Chapters cover modes of travel and the role of dragomen, the appearance of early guidebooks, and various other aspects of secular tourism, such as the development of travel bureaus in the Levant, notably the Thomas Cook & Son company, and the significant part that freemasonry played amongst tourism vendors.
The book primarily provides readers with a comprehensive account of early hotels, inns and hostels in Jerusalem, and the names and personal histories of their proprietors. Special attention is given to the development of the Mediterranean Hotel which was one of the most important establishments of its kind in nineteenth-century Jerusalem, and the fascinating story of the rediscovery of its second location. Many travellers passed through its doors, notably the writers Herman Melville and Mark Twain, U. S. Grant, the explorer Charles Warren, and members of the Survey of Western Palestine mapping party. This study includes a wide variety of pictorial archival materials, and was made possible through the overall sponsorship of the Shapell Manuscript Foundation.
The book primarily provides readers with a comprehensive account of early hotels, inns and hostels in Jerusalem, and the names and personal histories of their proprietors. Special attention is given to the development of the Mediterranean Hotel which was one of the most important establishments of its kind in nineteenth-century Jerusalem, and the fascinating story of the rediscovery of its second location. Many travellers passed through its doors, notably the writers Herman Melville and Mark Twain, U. S. Grant, the explorer Charles Warren, and members of the Survey of Western Palestine mapping party. This study includes a wide variety of pictorial archival materials, and was made possible through the overall sponsorship of the Shapell Manuscript Foundation.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter One: Tourists and Pilgrims in Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem
Chapter Two: Early Hotels, Inns and Hostels
The Melita Hotel
Hotel Meshullam
The Rosenthal Hotel
Hotel Palmyra
The Damascus Hotel
Hotel De L’europe
Olivet Pension/Hensman’s Hotel
Howard’s Hotel
Feil Hotel
Grand New Hotel
Hotel Kaminitz
Lloyd Hotel/Fast’s Hotel
Hughes Hotel
Chapter Three: The Mediterranean Hotel at the Patriarch’s Pool
Chapter Four: The Mediterranean Hotel on the Hill of Bezetha
Chapter Five: Mark Twain, Rolla Floyd, Thomas Cook & Son, and Freemasonry in Jerusalem
Chapter Six: The Mediterranean Hotel near the Jaffa Gate
Chapter Seven: Secular Tourism in the Nineteenth Century
Appendix I: Early Guidebooks to Jerusalem
Appendix II: Hotels Active in Jerusalem in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Appendix III: An Architectural Appraisal of the Mediterranean Hotel Building at its Second Location
Bibliography
Index I: Travellers, Pilgrims, Explorers, and Residents of Jerusalem
Index II: Places and Buildings in Jerusalem and Palestine
Preface
Chapter One: Tourists and Pilgrims in Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem
Chapter Two: Early Hotels, Inns and Hostels
The Melita Hotel
Hotel Meshullam
The Rosenthal Hotel
Hotel Palmyra
The Damascus Hotel
Hotel De L’europe
Olivet Pension/Hensman’s Hotel
Howard’s Hotel
Feil Hotel
Grand New Hotel
Hotel Kaminitz
Lloyd Hotel/Fast’s Hotel
Hughes Hotel
Chapter Three: The Mediterranean Hotel at the Patriarch’s Pool
Chapter Four: The Mediterranean Hotel on the Hill of Bezetha
Chapter Five: Mark Twain, Rolla Floyd, Thomas Cook & Son, and Freemasonry in Jerusalem
Chapter Six: The Mediterranean Hotel near the Jaffa Gate
Chapter Seven: Secular Tourism in the Nineteenth Century
Appendix I: Early Guidebooks to Jerusalem
Appendix II: Hotels Active in Jerusalem in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Appendix III: An Architectural Appraisal of the Mediterranean Hotel Building at its Second Location
Bibliography
Index I: Travellers, Pilgrims, Explorers, and Residents of Jerusalem
Index II: Places and Buildings in Jerusalem and Palestine