Keil Hotel Ruins

Here are the remains of the Keil Hotel, an imposing five storey Art Deco building. During World War II, the hotel was used as a hospital. The large white painted frontage of the building served as a useful navigational aid to shipping and aircraft, as the outbreak of war had seen the country's lighthouses extinguished as a security measure. Although the lights were normally kept dark, they could still be activated on special occasions in order to guide Atlantic convoys.

After the war, the hotel reopened around 1947, but by 1990 the business had collapsed. The proprietors ripped out the plumbing and electrics and sold them off, leaving large holes in the walls and ceilings. It finally closed in October 1990.