Must-see hotels in Lisbon

  • Lisbon Story Guesthouse

    Baixa & Rossio

    Overlooking Largo de São Domingos, Lisbon Story is a small, extremely welcoming guesthouse with nicely maintained, light-drenched rooms, all of which…

  • Santiago de Alfama

    Alfama, Castelo & Graça

    In 2015 Dutch hospitality dreamer Heleen Uitenbroek turned a ruined 15th-century palace into luxury sleeps at this 19-room bastion of style. It's airy and…

  • Valverde

    Marquês de Pombal & Around

    Exquisite Valverde feels like a boutique town house (which it once was). Its facade is not showy, but once inside, an urban oasis of discerning design and…

  • Palácio Belmonte

    Alfama, Castelo & Graça

    Nestled beside Castelo de São Jorge, this 15th-century palace, formerly belonging to the family of Brazil explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, turns on the VIP…

  • Casa do Príncipe

    Príncipe Real, Santos & Estrela

    Perfectly located and exquisitely restored (and accordingly priced to shock!), this 14-room B&B is housed inside what was once the same 19th-century neo…

  • Lisbon Calling

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    This fashionable, unsigned backpacker favourite near Santa Catarina features original frescoes, azulejos and hardwood floors – all lovingly restored by…

  • Lisbon Destination Hostel

    Baixa & Rossio

    Housed in Lisbon's loveliest train station, this world-class hostel has a glass ceiling that lights the spacious plant-filled common area. Rooms are crisp…

  • Palácio Verride

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    The 19-room Palácio Verride, dating to the 1750s, was once the stomping ground of Count Verride, whose former dining room now makes up the extraordinary…

  • Memmo Alfama

    Alfama, Castelo & Graça

    Slip down a narrow alley to reach this gorgeous Alfama boutique option, a stunning conversion of a shoe-polish factory and former bakery. The rooms are an…

  • Casa Amora

    Marquês de Pombal & Around

    Casa Amora has 11 beautifully designed guest rooms and studio apartments, with eye-catching art and iPod docks. There's a lovely garden patio where the…

  • Casa Balthazar

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    Tucked down a quiet lane, Casa Balthazar has undeniable appeal, with spacious, beautifully furnished rooms that bridge art deco with the 21st century,…

  • Lisboa Carmo Hotel

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    On the edge of one of Lisbon's prettiest plazas, this 45-room hotel has classically designed rooms, the best of which have sweeping Lisbon views. It earns…

  • Home Lisbon Hostel

    Baixa & Rossio

    In the heart of Baixa, this high-security hostel is one of the best maintained you'll come across. Facilities are above and beyond, from the professional…

  • Hotel 1908

    Lisbon

    This phenomenally restored 1908 art-nouveau bed-down just might be Lisbon's coolest new hotel. The 36 rooms feature French-style doors to seal off double…

  • Pousada de Lisboa

    Baixa & Rossio

    Location, location, location! Portugal's Pestana chain hit the jackpot in 2015 with this privileged position on Praça do Comércio. A €70-million…

  • Altis Belém

    Belém

    This hypermodern boutique hotel near Lisbon's waterfront offers stylish rooms that present relationship-defining bathrooms: do you opt for a room with a…

  • Independente

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    On the edge of the Bairro Alto, this superstylish hostel has 11 dorm rooms (with six to 12 beds in each) and four mid-century-modern-leaning minimalist…

  • Late Birds

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    Billed as a 'gay urban resort', this fabulous Bairro Alto place is better described as a high-style guesthouse where gay couples (and those that are…

  • Pestana Palace Lisboa

    Lisbon

    Italian architect Nicola Bigaglia's 1904 Valle Flor Palace – now a National Monument – is easily Lisbon's most historically stunning luxury property…

  • Martinhal Lisbon Chiado Family Suites

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    This new, kid-centric boutique hotel refuses to sacrifice style for substance – it combines the two in what is one of the world's most fashionable family…

  • Good Morning Hostel

    Baixa & Rossio

    A fantastic hostel, Good Morning is a ship tightly run by a veteran Lisbon hostel owner who knows a thing or two about what travellers want. The social…

  • As Janelas Verdes

    Lisbon

    This romantic 18th-century mansion inspired Eça de Queirós’ novel Os Maias. Take a load off in the wonderful bougainvillea-draped courtyard, complete with…

  • Internacional Design Hotel

    Baixa & Rossio

    This high-concept hotel has four types of rooms, each conjuring a radically different aesthetic. Urban rooms have brightly coloured artwork and duvets;…

  • My Story Tejo

    Baixa & Rossio

    Formerly a broom-maker’s and the modest Hotel Lisboa Tejo, this 135-room hotel was phenomenally upgraded by the local My Story chain in 2018. It's now a…

  • Inspira Santa Marta

    Marquês de Pombal & Around

    The 89-room Inspira Santa Marta is an ecofriendly designer hotel set in a converted 19th-century building. Rooms are stylish but functional, with…

  • Lisbon Inn Lapa

    Lisbon

    This renovated B&B on the 1st floor of a palatial pale-green building from the 1940s is a discerning choice. There are four lavishly appointed rooms – our…

  • Travellers House

    Baixa & Rossio

    Travellers enthuse about this superfriendly hostel set in a converted 250-year-old house. As well as cosy dorms and a wealth of comfortable private rooms …

  • Placete Chafariz d'el Rei

    Alfama, Castelo & Graça

    Entering the stained-glass-draped and palm-covered entrance hall of this hidden 20th-century mansion is akin to making a discovery. Built by Brazilians in…

  • Brown's Downtown

    Baixa & Rossio

    Brown's Downtown is in an excellent location in the Baixa. It offers attractive, hi-tech rooms, most with iMacs, Smeg electric kettles and Nespresso…

  • Hotel do Chiado

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    Fusing 19th-century charm with 21st-century cool, the well-located 39-room Hotel do Chiado offers carpeted, well-appointed rooms that come in three styles…

  • Memmo Príncipe Real

    Príncipe Real, Santos & Estrela

    Príncipe Real's hottest hotel is this 41-room cradle of cool steeped in a corresponding high-design ethos with its sister property in Alfama. Rooms…

  • Living Lounge

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    The Living Lounge is steeped in style – vintage barber chairs, suspended tables, vinyl on the speakers – and offers spick-and-span mixed dorms with…

  • Bairro Alto Hotel

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    On a pretty square is Lisbon's most storied luxury hotel, dating from 1921. It reopened in early 2019 after a massive €30 million redesign by Pritzker…

  • My Story Rossio

    Baixa & Rossio

    This upstart local chain gets a gold star for its central location right on Rossio. Carpeted hallways depicting Google Maps views of Lisbon lead to rooms …

  • Sunset Destination Hostel

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    This beautifully designed river-facing hostel is awash in antiquated art-deco swank. It has comfy dorm rooms with electronic lockers and a high-style…

  • Hotel Britania

    Marquês de Pombal & Around

    Art deco rules the waves at the 33-room Britania, a boutique gem near Av da Liberdade. Architect Cassiano Branco put his modernist stamp on the rooms with…

  • Mercador

    Marquês de Pombal & Around

    Mercador consists of three lavish 15th-century apartments that are suitable for royalty. It's on a peaceful street one block back from grand Av da…

  • Lisbon Dreams

    Marquês de Pombal & Around

    On a quiet street lined with jacaranda trees, eco-leaning Lisbon Dreams offers excellent value for its 19 bright, modern rooms with high ceilings and…

  • Lisbon Lounge Hostel

    Baixa & Rossio

    Lisbon Lounge Hostel has artfully designed dorms, a slick lounge complete with faux moose head, plastic-bottle chandeliers and an old salon hood dryer…

  • Lumiares

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    One of Lisbon's standout newcomers and yet another converted former palace (this one from the 18th century), design-forward and UK-managed Lumiares has a…

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