Scots Hotel

The Scots Hotel is a hotel in Tiberias, formerly the Scots Mission Hospital, also known as the Scottish Compound. The hospital was originally founded in 1894 by the Scottish doctor and minister David Watt Torrance, who had first arrived in Tiberias in 1884, as the head of the Church of Scotland mission, to serve the rapidly expanding population.[1] The hospital accepted patients of all races and religions. In 1894, it moved to the current, 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]

Scots Hotel
General information
LocationTiberias, Israel
OwnerChurch of Scotland
Other information
Number of rooms69
Number of restaurants1
Website
Scots Hotel
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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.


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