Fornos de Algodres to get new inn

Thursday, 11 March 2010 00:00

The county of Fornos de Algodres, in the wine region of mountainous Centro, will get a new Estrela à Vista Inn with 4-stars. The investment of  8.5 million euros is a private-public partnership. The Estrela à Vista will offer  130 rooms with  a spa and heated pool. And, the hotel will aim to attract soccer clubs looking for a training hotel, as well. Ground has been broken, and eh in will open in 2011.  Fornos de Algodres has a fine 16th-century pillory, an 18th-century manor-house which was once the Town Hall, the Misericodia Church (also from the 18th century) and many charming wine estates with manor homes.