On the upcoming September 15th, Agatha Christie is born 131 years ago. The queen of detective fiction, Agatha, not only gives full play to the meticulous mind of Virgo, but also often comes to various places to carefully observe. As a result, many of her works were born on the journey and completed in the hotel. It can be said that in addition to the identity of a speculative novelist, Agatha was also a hotel blogger more than 100 years ago.
📍 Aswan, Egypt
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Old Falls Hotel
A new version of the movie "Massacre on the Nile" is about to be released
If you want to choose one of the most famous works in all of Agatha's speculative novels, it is undoubtedly "Massacre on the Nile" - a wealthy newlywed couple celebrating their honeymoon on a luxury cruise ship on the Nile, the wife is found dead in bed late at night by the maid, and the passengers on the cruise ship seem to be suspicious for a while.
The Old Falls Hotel is built along the Nile
The 1937 book, The Massacre on the Nile, was written by Agatha at the Old Falls Hotel in the 1920s while traveling to Aswan, Egypt.
The 1978 version of the film of the same name was filmed in the hotel
Completed in 1899, the hotel is built on a row of pink granite in the Nubian Desert on the Banks of the Nile, across the river from the black-rocked Koh Chang. It occupies a fantastic location and looks out onto the Nile from the balcony of the room. Churchill, Carter, and Princess Diana all stayed here. Today, the room where she once wrote is specially marked, welcoming fans who come on pilgrimage year after year.
The interior of the hotel is exotic
Agatha's fate with the Old Falls Hotel doesn't stop at fiction. The 1978 film of the same name, which is most familiar to the public, was also filmed here - before boarding the ship, Detective Poirot met all the suspects in the subsequent murder on the ship in this hotel, and boarded the "Karnak" cruise ship with them.
The door of the room where Agatha wrote was marked with her name
Later renamed the "Sultan", it is still in operation: the ship provides comfortable rooms and meals, docks at several famous temples along the way, and visitors can disembark briefly, as in the film, as if traveling back to the last century.
📍 Istanbul, Turkey
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Pera Palace Hotel
"Murder on the Orient Express" is also a popular film and television adaptation
Agatha is passionate about creating suspense in a confined space that swims. Murder on the Orient Express, which rivals Massacre on the Nile, is also written on the journey.
Pera Palace Hotel maintains its original appearance
In 1936, Agatha, a travel-loving, got off at Sirkegi Railway Station in Istanbul, Turkey, and boarded a boat to sail through the spectacular Golden Horn before finally staying in Room 411 of the Pera Palace Hotel. Here she rested, adjusted, and completed the first draft of Murder on the Orient Express.
The interior of the hotel is furnished as ever
At the beginning of the 20th century, trains not only brought speed, but also completely changed the way people lived, and meant the metaphor represented by the Industrial Revolution. Perhaps Agatha's experience on the train inspired her, and the Pera Palace Hotel seems to be inextricably linked to the Orient Express.
Room 411 houses Agatha's used typewriter
The hotel was originally built to connect and serve passengers from Dongfang Express. The champagne and silverware used for the opening of the hotel in 1895 were also carried by the Orient Express. It is said that the hotel has never changed the exterior decoration and interior layout, and when people walk into the hotel, they see everything exactly like the scene that caught Agatha's eyes.
Wooden box elevator on site
The current Room 411 is decorated in mysterious purple and black tones, reminiscent of the intrigue atmosphere of Agatha's novels. If you are lucky enough to take the retro wooden box elevator into Room 411, you can see Agatha's vast speculative fiction works on the shelves, and the ancient typewriter is placed on the table, as if waiting for Agatha to press the whimsy herself.
📍 Torquay, UK
The Imperial Hotel
Imperial Hotel
Stills from the movie "The Strange Case of Cliff Hill"
Agatha, who loves to travel, has also traveled all over the UK. The Imperial Hotel in Torquay is a place she frequents. Unlike the two large hotels in Egypt and Turkey, the Imperial Hotel is more like a more casual everyday presence for Agatha. She attends parties, enjoys afternoon tea, and is invited to dinners and dances.
The hotel has over 150 years of history
With over 150 years of completion, this hotel is steeped in history. Over the course of time, it has also accumulated the footprints of celebrities: it is said that it was also the favorite of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and his lover Lily Lanterne. The fashion supermodels of the 1990s, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, also stayed here.
After many rounds of renovations, the appearance of the hotel has changed greatly
Built on a hill facing the sea, the interior of the hotel is based on warm yellows and calm dark blues, and the walls of the lobby are hung with nameplates of Agatha's head, as if she is branded. Similarly, Agatha wrote the Imperial Hotel into her novel. The hotels that appear in Perilat End House, The Body in the Library, and Sleeping Murder are based on the Imperial Hotel.
What remains unchanged is the view of the sea
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