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A Hotel Finally Manages to Satisfy Ms. Monica Guy

Where: Rua Duque de Palmela, 32, 1250-098 , Lisbon, Portugal

Monica Guy, 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.

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 Hotel Aviz, Lisbon, wins at least a runner-up prize in that. We stayed there after turning up our noses at the booby hotel Bairro Alto.

Clean, comfy beds, plenty of room, nice quilt. Good shower, bath, a few useful toiletries, a small buffet of nice breakfast-food. In a nice area, next to a metro station and a taxi rank and on the airport side of town. Free internet and a big TV. Sauna and steam room, polite and friendly multi-lingual staff and a bottle of port on the front desk.

A website that doesn't pipe stupid music down the line at you. There's not much more to say. But what more can you want?

[Photo:JDFlynn]

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