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Lisbon: Where to Stay in Lisbon: A Beginner's Guide

femmefatale — 2008-08-22T09:00:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/femmefatale">Monica Guy</a> has been dutifully rounding up the best boutique hotels in Lisbon for the past two weeks. Now, she's telling you where to stay in the city. Like actual neighborhoods. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/lisbon_overview.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/pt/Lisbon">Lisbon</a> is such as spangbankingly excellent place that you're unlikely to spend much time inside your hotel. But it does matter where your hotel is - the city is built over seven hills and if you choose a hotel on the wrong side of one, you'll have a long, hard, trek home. A hotel's location also matters in Lisbon because each area has its own personality. If you're a hardcore clubber, you'll want to crawl (a short way) back to your bed in the early

Lisbon: Lisbon Hotel Guide :: Lisboa Tejo Attempts a Design Hotel

femmefatale — 2008-08-21T09:00:14-05:00

Okay, so Lisbon ain't yet the place to find a whole load of design hotels. The first one was Jerónimos 8, right outside the city centre. Following suit, but this time slap bang in the heart of Lisbon's downtown area, is the Lisboa Tejo.

First confession: The Lisboa Tejo is more a brave attempt at a design hotel than a design hotel proper. A hotel de charme, let's say.

But it's a damn fine brave attempt. Stepping in is a surprise - running water, curvy wood, deep blues and yellows and tiled mosaics everywhere. There's a bar also, open to the public, which adds a kind of cosmo touch to the place.

Lisbon: Lisbon Hotel Guide :: The Exclusive Elusive Lapa Palace

femmefatale — 2008-08-20T09:00:13-05:00

We can't talk about the Lisbon Hotel Scene without mentioning Lisbon's most decadent address, Lapa Palace.

Yet anyone not rich enough to stay there will almost certainly never see it - the Lapa Palace hides its gaily painted face in a little-visited area of Lisbon (Lapa), miles from the tourist sights, main roads and nightlife.

This is probably done to discourage the riff-raff from poking their noses in as prices range from €425 ($630) to €575 ($850) for a night in a superior room, all the way up to €1650 ($2435) for a deluxe room.

Lisbon: Lisbon Hotel Guide :: The Lisboa Plaza vs. The Heritage Av Liberdade

femmefatale — 2008-08-19T09:05:13-05:00

Two sister hotels from the small Heritage Hotel family in Lisbon illustrate just how much difference a street name can make to the price of a hotel room.

The big sister Lisboa Plaza (above) opened 50 years ago on a quiet side street just 20m from the busy Avenida da Liberdade - Lisbon's Champs Élysées.

It's a beautiful classic 4-star hotel, run by the same family since its opening, and with little designer touches by well-known Portuguese designer Graça Viterbo. 94 rooms over six floors, with all the bells and whistles including free Wi-Fi. Prices for a double room start around €165 ($243).

Lisbon: Lisbon Hotel Guide :: Eden VIP Aparthotel, A Pretty Face

femmefatale — 2008-08-18T09:00:12-05:00

One of the few hotels in Lisbon you'll catch tourist taking photographs of - the Eden VIP Aparthotel has the most spectacular art deco façade and most visitors think it's some kind of palace.

The 4-star hotel's stone gallery filled with tumbling leafy gardens used to front the Eden theatre before the building was converted by the VIP Hotels group. The conversion was so good the hotel was award several prizes by the Portuguese government.

And to top it all off, it has the most excellent location right in busy Restauradores square, in downtown Lisbon.