Friday, June 11, 2010

Avenida Palace


Lisbon, 1892
(Shame on the plastic cover...)

21 comments:

Leif Hagen said...

Looks like a fancy place with great architectural details! I'm curious about how the lobby looks ...
bon weekend

brattcat said...

I would love to spend a night here.

Unknown said...

Leif, there are one or two photos of the lobby on the hotel site: http://www.hotelavenidapalace.pt/PT/index.html

Stefan Jansson said...

Looks like a classy place.

joo said...

Beautiful building - I love the huge window with all the ornaments.

Sharon said...

Is the plastic cover temporary? It is a beautiful building.

Lois said...

It certainly is grand! I was wondering about that plastic cover.

Joan Elizabeth said...

Better a plastic cover that matches than some ugly thing. I would not have noticed it if you had not pointed it out.

Cezar and Léia said...

Parece ser um hotel que já viveu altos momentos de gloria e continua lindo com os detalhes da façada.Eu espero que o plastico seja mesmo algo temporario.
Abraços
Léia
SOLLLLLLLLLLL aqui um lindo dia de sol ( espero que também no final de semana) hoje eu pretendo caminhar pelo menos uns 8 km! wowwwww

T. Becque said...

1892 - that's quite young compared to other buildings there, isn't it?! I love older hotels like that.

James said...

It looks like a nice place. I hope the plastic is temporary.

Lowell said...

Plastic cover or no, it appears to be a nice place to stay. A vintage vacation!

VP said...

I do hope it is temporary!

Photo Cache said...

are they renovating or cleaning? i've seen quite a few of those in barcelona last year :(

Dina said...

Did the roof spring a leak?
At least the cover is nicely fitted.

Hilda said...

Gorgeous details!
I wouldn't have noticed the plastic cover if you didn't point it out. At least it matches the color of the roof tiles.

Small City Scenes said...

Hmmmmm.....I didn't know they had plastic covers in 1892.
Otherwise very beautiful and classy. MB

Anonymous said...

The detailing is exquisite. I love the gargoyles.

BlossomFlowerGirl said...

Wonderful architecture, reminds me of Kalgoorlie.
Cheers.
Melbourne Daily Photo

Wolynski said...

Great old hotel - looks like it might be full of old folk.

Marie-Noyale said...

I had to enlarge to make sure!!!
Hope it's temporary!!!