A new hotel is being built - supposedly 9 storeys. It's rather sad as so much history was there, and a 9 storey hotel is totally out of keeping with the city and the environmental vulnerability of the seafront location, due to climate change.

My daughter who is the Country Director for Concern booked a room at the Hotel for my wife and me. We found the service extremely helpful and the rooms etc above expectation. We were particularly taken by the groung floor room with terrace fronting onto the Bay we took on our later visit. Pleasant relaxed garden etc ideal for meeting... More

I have just returned from 4 days at Hotel Turismo, Dili, East Timor. The hotel is OK, but you need some special preparations if you have plan to stay there.. Don't forget to bring your own towel, mosquito repellent, mineral water to drink (they don't give you mineral water, and you can't drink from tap water either). The lastest rate... More

Tourismo on the Harbourfront just on the eastern edge of the main Dili drag is safe, ( even in current rumbles,) great value -good rms with fan & toilet & shower for $25 & Aircon $10 more for singles. Mario has maintained the same "accessible ambience "of the sheltered beer garden that has made Tourismo the place where discerning travellers... More

When I was at the Turismo there were still a lot of UN personnel in East Timor and very few places to stay. The Turismo was a reasonable price, the rooms were good and breakfast was included. The hotel still bore the scars of the unrest in 1999. It is a hotel filled with history, having witnessed lots of turmoil... More