International hotel consultant Jacques Levy-Bonvin once wrote: “The history of hotels is intimately connected to that of civilisations. Or rather, it is a part of that history. Facilities offering guests hospitality have been in evidence since early biblical times... Around 1200, staging posts for travellers and stations for couriers were set up in China and Mongolia. In Europe, or more precisely in Belgium, l’ Auberge Cour Saint Georges opened in Gant, while the Angel Inn was built at Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. In France, at the beginning of the 15th century, the law required that hotels keep a register. English law also introduced rules for inns at that time. The industrial revolution, which started in the 1760s, facilitated the construction of hotels everywhere, in mainland Europe, in England and in America.”
CHATEAU ABBADIA
www. chateau-abbadia.fr
Route De La Corniche, 64700 Hendaye, France
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