Located next to the Arade Congress Centre, construction work on the new hotel is expected to begin in 2025, with the hotel's opening scheduled for 2027, according to Publituris.
The future four-star hotel will emerge from the renovation of a former canning factory, whose main building will house the hotel's reception, bar, and restaurant. Another newly constructed building, to the east of the main building, will house the hotel's 169 accommodation units, including five suites.
Between the two buildings, a central open-air courtyard with gardens and a swimming pool will be built, while the hotel's other facilities will include a gym, spa, and indoor parking.
In a press release, Bruno Canhoto, commercial director of the Água Hotels chain, states that “the proximity to the Arade Congress Centre, one of the largest in the Algarve, with an auditorium with 1,100 seats, makes the hotel an ideal choice for corporate events and business meetings”, noting that this project is “the group's largest in terms of the number of rooms”.
The Água Hotels group currently has in its portfolio the following hotels: Água Hotels Riverside (Parchal), Água Hotels Alvor Jardim, Água Hotels Vila Branca (Lagos), Água Hotels Mondim de Basto and Água Hotels Sal Vila Verde (Cape Verde). It also has two other hotel units under construction in Bragança and Lagos.
More hotels.. where are all those people going to eat? It's already impossible to get a table at a restaurant in Portimão. Where are they going to park? It's a dire question of infrastructure.
Last week, my sisters' car broke down in Portimão. They had to go fetch a car in Faro. Aparently, there were no cars in Portimão. That's how stretched the whole infrastructure is. Add another large hotel, a few thousand more tourists.. what will the quality of their stay be? What will the impact of MY CITY be?
By Rui Duarte from Algarve on 06 Aug 2024, 21:54
It’s frustrating to me that there is a water supply crisis in the Algarve and yet development continues full speed ahead. Short-term profit trumps everything else.
By Roger from Algarve on 07 Aug 2024, 09:27
It's a real shame that the initial investment isn't about returning the vandalised Congress centre into part of the hotel complex, it was a white elephant from its original completion !
By Simon from UK on 08 Aug 2024, 07:01