Rossio
Patio Hostel
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: Rafael Vieira
Lisbon
just recently rose as a top european touristic destination, ignited
both by the sunny weather and also by the quality of life and
affordable prices. Add to that the availability of cheap flights and
the immense quantity of ruined buildings in the city (4600 in the
last account), one can find it a real estate gem. With tourists
pouring to the city and inhabitants flushing to the suburbs, Lisbon
shrunk in its core in more than 1/3 of population, from 800 thousand
em 1981 to some rough 550 thousand in 2011, while hitting the 3
million mark in the Greater Lisbon. So the city is quite the ground
for hostels, hotels and rent-a-day accommodations to flourish, a
market on the rise that have to invest strongly in originality and
quality. Just like Rossio Patio Hostel, one of the most recent in
Lisbon and installed in the Rossio Train Station, just above the
train lines connecting the city centre to the vast suburbs. Placed
around a winter garden kept away from the city noise and placed
inside of a centenary steel building with a neogothic façade, it's
quite the example for sustainable construction and a original
approach to the tourism question and possibility.
Rossio
Patio Hostel : rossiopatio.com