It has a modernist style of great impact and is located at Passeio Alegre square, in Póvoa de Varzim City Center waterfront.

In 1931, Rogério de Azevedo had substituted the early architect responsible for the project, José Coelho.

Rogério de Azevedo was influenced by his master José Marques da Silva, and by the French and Flemish Renaissance while studying in Paris.

It was bought by Grupo Elpo Hotéis in late 2000s, that changed the name back to Grande Hotel da Póvoa.

[2] Grande Hotel da Póvoa was listed by IGESPAR, the Portuguese national monuments institute, along with other buildings in Passeio Alegre as an urban site of public importance in 1977.