HotelChatter - Tag: Lisbon Hotels

Lisbon: Once Again, Gwyneth Paltrow is Gooping Out Hotel Recommendations

Heidi Atwal — 2012-01-27T13:00:01-05:00

Where does Gwyneth Paltrow rest her head when she heads to Lisbon? Subscribers to Paltrow's weekly ~~guide to detoxes and cleansing~~ lifestyle newsletter found out when a guide to Lisbon hit their Inboxes on Thursday. As you might expect, the hotels which received the G.P. Stamp of Approval are grand in stature, with the requisite clean living retreat included in the roundup.

Lisboa: Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon Has Odd Bathrooms But We Kinda Like Them

EricRosen — 2011-10-11T11:09:35-05:00

During a recent visit to Portugal’s capital city, we stayed at the iconic Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon and got a chance to check out its fancy all-marble bathrooms, which sort of blew our minds on a couple levels.

Green in the City :: The Independent Rounds Up "Best Urban Garden Hotels"

amandak — 2008-10-08T16:27:33-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Pestana_Palace.jpg" class="imgborder"> A city stay usually means you're not getting too much in the way of trees and flowers, and we often think that's a shame. Which is why the UK Independent list of <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/five-urban-garden-hotels-950198.html">urban garden hotels</a> got us especially interested.We like the sound of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Roccoforte+De+Russie/ian/171178">Hotel de Russie</a> in Rome: eat dinner on the terrace and you're surrounded by trees: palm, pine, cypress, magnolia, lemon and orange, apparently.A place we're surprised to hear about greenery is Tokyo, but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+New+Otani+Tokyo/ian/112853">Hotel New Otani Tokyo</a> is actually situated in 10 acres of gardens that belonged to some feudal lord 400 years back, and naturally the obligatory ponds full of bright orange carp are there.And finally, in Portuguese

Lisbon: Are Developers Turning Lisbon Into the New Manhattan?

jennm — 2008-06-12T13:35:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/lisbon.jpg"class="imgborder">Um, not quite. But the Portuguese capital is in the midst of massive hotel development, with 37 new hotels debuting in Lisbon and its surrounding area through 2011. Four- and five-star hotels are popping up in cities outside Lisbon like Sintra, Óbidos and Estoril. In the nearby Algarve region, 10 projects are underway, including the five-hotel, 17,500-bed property Vilamoura XXI and the five-star hotel and Jack Nicklaus golf resort, <a href="http://www.monte-rei.com/">Monte Rei</a>. If you're booking a trip to Portugal next year, you might want to check into one of several new hotels set to open throughout 2009, like the Pousada do Porto - Palácio do Freixo, in Porto; the CS Oporto Vintage Hotel, a converted port warehouse in

Lisbon: A Hotel Finally Manages to Satisfy Ms. Monica Guy

femmefatale — 2007-11-27T13:32:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a>, our own younger, blonder, more attractive but still curmudgeonly version of Andy Rooney has returned to us once more. This time, she's giving us the lowdown on the Lisbon hotel scene. Also, we left her bolded words in place to show how frustrated she gets. Enjoy. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelaviz.jpg" class="imgborder"> Here's an award we sorely need: the hotel that does what a hotel ought to do without making an almighty fuss.The 4-star <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Aviz/ian/235432">Hotel Aviz</a>, Lisbon, wins at least a runner-up prize in that. We stayed there after turning up our noses at the booby hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/23/225421/82/hotels/Bairro_Alto_Hotel">Bairro Alto</a>.Clean, comfy beds, plenty of room, nice quilt. Good shower, bath, a few useful toiletries, a small buffet of nice