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When the Bents reached Rhodes in February 1885, from Alexandria on the steamer Saturno, there were no hotels for them. Tourists were put up in various pensions in ‘Niohori’, the ‘new town’, as opposed to the famous ‘old town’, in which only Turks and Jews were allowed to stay at night. In his jaunty piece … Continue reading “The Pension of Nicholas Dhascala, Niohori, Rhodes”

The Bents patronised a catalogue of hotels and other establishments during their twenty years of explorations to the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa, from 1880 to 1900 (see the interactive maps on this site for additional info!).     **Coming next!  “Reynolds Hotel”, Karachi The following blog posts investigate just some of those establishments: Among the hotels, … Continue reading “The Bents’ Hotels”