Perched on an isolated peak of an ancient volcanic caldera on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, the Hotel Monte Palace is the skeleton of a once beautiful five-star hotel, it's design is that of a Brutalist Pagoda with grand terraces, a massive sunlit indoor court yard, and a beautiful spiral staircase the hotel commanded a view that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland twin-lagoons of Azul and Verde (named for their own respective colors).
But for all of it's beauty the hotel only seemed to operate for a couple of years before simply being abandoned.
These are some of my photos from my last two trips to the islands.
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