Monte Gordo is to change for ever. The tender for the eastern Algarve city’s redevelopment will be issued in November in a €200 million project that aims to propel the resort from a largely unplanned mixture of beach installations, hotels, camping facilities and bars into a wonder to behold, if the publicity can be believed.
The new plan will be tied together by a two kilometre long boardwalk with lighting, green spaces, shops and restaurants, but this is just the starting point for “dozens of interventions that will be carried out during 2017, including construction of a luxurious high-end properties and the creation of new leisure and restaurant facilities," according to Vila Real de Santo António mayor, Luís Gomes.