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Lisbon's First Design Hotel: Jerónimos 8

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Rua dos Jerónimos 8, Lisbon, Portugal, 1400-211
August 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM | by femmefatale | 0 Comments

Monica Guy returns to us again this month with her take on the Lisbon Hotel Scene. It seems that boutique hotels are battling each other left and right for hotel guests. So how do the contenders shake out? Read here to find out. Got a question? Send it to us and we'll get it answered for you.

If stop no.1 on the Lisbon tourist train is the Castelo São Jorge, stop no.2 is Belém. Belém is a 20-minute tram ride west of the city centre and a visitor's paradise of museums, monuments, a monastery and, mmmm... gardens.

If you want to stay in Belém, call up Hotel Jerónimos 8, the best design hotel in the area. Correction: the only design hotel in the area, and allegedly the first to arrive in Lisbon.

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Way to Go, Jeronimos 8

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Rua dos Jerónimos, 8, Lisbon, Portugal, 1400-211
December 5, 2007 at 2:34 PM | by Annabel | 2 Comments

Representing more than 150 of the world's most design-savvy hotels in over 40 countries, design hotels (all lower-cased for design effect) have just added another 38 newcomers to its list of stylish abodes.

At the top of our wish list is the Jerόnimos 8 in Lisbon, Portugal, named after the 16th century Jerόnimos Monastery in front of which it stands. Just a stone's throw away from the glorious beaches of the Estoril coast, the Tagus riverfront and the hustle and bustle of downtown Lisbon, this hotel combines new age comforts and cutting-edge design in an old world setting.

It's this juxtaposition of the old and new that sets the Jerόminos 8 apart stylewise, with the hotel "thriving on the synergy of modern design and historical association." In warmer weather, guests are encouraged to enjoy the Zen-inspired communal sundeck, whilst inside the Bussaco Wine Bar offers traditional Portuguese tarts made in the very Belčm district and rare regional wines.

At €160-220 per night for a twin room, the Jerόnimos 8 is not exactly dirt-cheap, but for a young professional couple living in Europe, it's the perfect weekend getaway.

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