Ponta Delgada Travel Forum

Does anyone know the story behind the abandoned Hotel located right along the Sete Cidates hill? it's pretty creepy! I would have thought that this would be a thriving place to put a hotel due to the location.

What I've heard was that the hotel closed down because there was no clients ... and when I recall the times when it happen its probably true. Azores only opened to tourism in reality 10 years ago...

Actually dh brought up a good point that I think may be the reason..its always extreamly foggy up there and the roads are kind of narrow so if your a tourist trying to make your way back up to your hotel at night there is no way you would do it in those conditions :) at least that's what I think might be the reason :)

my parents r from sete cidades, my grandfather helped build the hotel, as i can recall i believe my father said that it cost to much back in the time.bc of that the lost of clients i also think he said that it was a non portuguese person that owned it. my parents do says it was really beautiful inside

It's a shame that it sits there abandoned, it does look like it would be beautiful inside, from the outside though it looks scary. Last time we went there (July04) my brother and I tried to go up the stairs and have a look inside, well there was a big nasty dog chained to the wall that chased us off the property ..man that was so scary! lol won't try that again :) I can't wait to go back to visit, I think about the island every single day *sigh*