Thermal baths in villages for rest developed by the Greeks
• Mansions to provide accommodation for travellers on government business built by the
Romans
• On Middle Eastern routes 'caravanserais’ established as a resting place for caravans
• Monasteries and abbeys offered refuge to travellers
• Religious orders built inns (but they did not yet offer meals), hospices and hospitals for
those travelling
• Numerous refuges for pilgrims and crusaders on their way to the Holy Land
• Inns appeared in most of Europe, eg L'Auberge des Trois Rois in Basle
• About the year 1200, staging posts for travellers and stations for couriers were set up in
China and Mongolia