http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T17:31:10Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Lisbon%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/221224/450 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Pestana_Palace.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>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 <i>Independent</i> 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.<p>We like the sound of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Roccoforte+De+Russie/ian/171178"><b>Hotel de Russie</b></a> in Rome: eat dinner on the terrace and you're surrounded by trees: palm, pine, cypress, magnolia, lemon and orange, apparently.<p>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"><b>Hotel New Otani Tokyo</b></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.<p>And finally, in Portuguese amandak 2008-10-08T16:27:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/12/11127/1809 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/lisbon.jpg"class="imgborder"><p>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.<p> Four- and five-star hotels are popping up in cities outside Lisbon like Sintra, &#211;bidos and Estoril. In the nearby Algarve region, 10 projects are underway, including the five-hotel, 17,500-bed property <b>Vilamoura XXI</b> and the five-star hotel and Jack Nicklaus golf resort, <a href="http://www.monte-rei.com/">Monte Rei</a>. <p> 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 <b>Pousada do Porto - Pal&#225;cio do Freixo</b>, in Porto; the <b>CS Oporto Vintage Hotel</b>, a converted port warehouse in jennm 2008-06-12T13:35:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/23/23023/392 <![CDATA[<p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></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. </i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelaviz.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Here's an award we sorely need: the hotel that <b>does what a hotel ought to do</b> without making an <b>almighty fuss</b>.<p>The 4-star <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Aviz/ian/235432">Hotel Aviz</a></b>, 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"><b>Bairro Alto</b></a>.<p>Clean, comfy beds, plenty of room, nice quilt. Good shower, bath, a few useful toiletries, a small buffet of nice femmefatale 2007-11-27T13:32:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/23/225421/82 <![CDATA[<p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></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. </i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bairroaltoHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We should set up a new prize - the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Worst%20Five-Star%20Hotels"><b>Worst 5-star Hotel in the World</b></a>. A booby prize for the hotel where you pay the most money for the poorest facilities, worst food and rudest service.<p> <p>Here's a candidate: the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bairro+Alto/ian/237513">Bairro Alto Hotel</a></b>, Lisbon, Portugal. A 5-star, 5-floor joke of a boutique hotel. <p>The website claims it's in a <em>"privileged location"</em> at the <em>"junction of 2 emblematic femmefatale 2007-11-26T10:12:51-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/