A benchmark hotel for decades, Dom Pedro Vilamoura was reborn this week as a Hyatt Regency. Just steps from the beach, it offers 257 rooms and suites with décor inspired by the 'Algarvian heritage'.
Fifty years on, famed Dom Pedro Vilamoura hotel is reborn as a Hyatt Regency
Tuesday, 3 February 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Local accommodation (alojamento local) means short-term tourist rentals—private apartments, houses or rooms rented for days or weeks—that must be registered and licensed with municipal authorities. Municipalities can suspend or cancel licences (Lisbon cancelled about 6,700 licences in early 2026), so travellers and hosts should check a listing's registration and local rules before booking or offering stays.
