York House Hotel  

From the outside, the little hotel with the dark pink facade doesn’t look like much. But behind the walls a little treasure is hidden: An old nicely restored monastery and its courtyard paved with black and white tiles. This is where you eat your breakfast in a restaurant so good that the hotel asks you to book a table if you want to have dinner here at night.
Room 404 has a window to the courtyard so you can fall asleep in the big white bed to the sound of mumbling voices from behind the white curtain. The tub is nice and big and the cream colored bathroom is ornamented by the famous blue and white Azulejoss tiles. The hotel has many lovely places where you can hang out, the atmosphere is nice and homely, the courtyard is wonderful and the location is perfect, right by the ocean and a ten-minute walk from Praca do Comercio.

130 € 

York House Hotel, Rua das Janelas Verdes, 32
www.yorkhouselisboa.com

Bairro Alto Hotel

This posh five-star hotel is located in a restored building from the 19th century and was formerly Hotel de l’Europe. The hotel reopened in 2005 and the owners have tried to recreate the elegance of days gone by. The rooms are large and spacious. Try to get one on the top floor, where they have balconies with a view of the city. Bairro Alto Hotel is a member of ”The Leading Hotels of the World”.

250 €

Bairro Alto Hotel
Praca Luis de Camoes, 8
www.bairroaltohotel.com

Lisboa Regency Chiado

A lovely four-star hotel with a great location in Chiado. The interior design is a mish-mash of new and old stuff and different styles, creating a nice and comfortable atmosphere.

105 €

Lisboa Regency Chiado
Rua Nova da Almada, 114
www.lisboaregencychiado.com

Lisbon Poets Hostel

A pleasant hostel that makes a cheap trip to Lisbon a reality. The charming four-storey building is characteristically 17th century. The rooms are clean and the English-speaking staff very kind. Poets Hostel also has a new branch in Porto with the same virtues. Good quality at a reasonable price.

Lisbon Poets Hostel,
Rua do Duque 41
www.lisbonpoetshostel.com

By Katrine Salomon