| Hotel Dili | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Dili | |
  Location within East Timor | |
| General information | |
| Location | Avenida dos Direitos Humanos, Dili, East Timor |
| Coordinates | 8°33′7″S 125°34′58″E / 8.55194°S 125.58278°E / -8.55194; 125.58278 |
| Opening | 1933 |
Hotel Dili is a hotel on the waterfront in Dili, East Timor, established in 1933. It was purchased by Australian Frank Favaro (1935-2000) in 1971. In 1975, Favaro harbored six Australians at the hotel during a battle, part of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, although they were said to "consistently refuse offers of evacuation." The "concrete structures of the Hotel Dili were deemed almost impervious to assault." The hotel had to be evacuated at one point due to an attack. Jane Nicholls describes the hotel as "wacky" and "East Timor's own Fawlty Towers."
References
- Trahair, R. C. S. (2004). Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-31955-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- Jolliffe, Jill (1978). East Timor: nationalism and colonialism. University of Queensland Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-7022-1480-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- Kingsbury, Damien (2009). East Timor: The Price of Liberty (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave MacMillan, Springer. p. 223. doi:10.1057/9780230621718. ISBN 9780230621718.
- Nicholls, Jane (January 1999). Flight 642: Jakarta to Dili. Bruce Sims Books. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-9577800-0-2. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- "Peacekeepers Patrolling Dili Silently Stalk A Small Hotel". The New York Times. October 3, 1999.(subscription required)
External links
- Official site Archived 2016-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
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