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Are Developers Turning Lisbon Into the New Manhattan?

Um, not quite. But the Portuguese capital is in the midst of massive hotel development, with 37 new hotels debuting in Lisbon and its surrounding area through 2011.

Four- and five-star hotels are popping up in cities outside Lisbon like Sintra, Óbidos and Estoril. In the nearby Algarve region, 10 projects are underway, including the five-hotel, 17,500-bed property Vilamoura XXI and the five-star hotel and Jack Nicklaus golf resort, Monte Rei.

If you're booking a trip to Portugal next year, you might want to check into one of several new hotels set to open throughout 2009, like the Pousada do Porto - Palácio do Freixo, in Porto; the CS Oporto Vintage Hotel, a converted port warehouse in Delaforce/Gran Cruz; and finally, the Hotel do Vinho do Porto, currently being built in Gaia amongst Port wine lodges.

Of course, if you do go, let us know about it. It may be a year away, be we're a little Type A and don't mind the advanced notice.  

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