Hotel Name: | Hotel Dili |
Location: | Avenida dos Direitos Humanos, Dili, East Timor |
Pushpin Map: | East Timor |
Coordinates: | -8.5519°N 125.5828°W |
Opening Date: | 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.[1] 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."[2] The "concrete structures of the Hotel Dili were deemed almost impervious to assault."[3] 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."[4] [5]