Monte Palace: The Abandoned Hotel With A Million Dollar View

In 1990, the brand new Monte Palace Hotel won an award for Best Hotel Of The Year. Within a few months, it closed down and never reopened. What happened? I went to explore the story behind one of the world’s most extraordinary abandoned buildings... THIS VIDEO IS HUGELY INDEBTED TO THE FOLLOWING: This beautifully-written blog about the history of the hotel: Jorge Loures’ superb 2011 YouTube documentary about the hotel - this is where I got all the old photos and news clippings from: The spectacular drone shots are from this video by Irmãos Brother: And finally thanks to Atlas Obscura, the website where I found out about the hotel in the first place!