HLIS5, Lisboa, Portugal
This delightful, classic hotel stands in one of Lisbon's prettiest and leafiest squares - "The Square of Joy", dedicated to Alfredo Keil.
Dating back to 1865, it has been very recently renovated and refurbished to maintain its former Portuguese charm, yet providing all of the comforts we expect today.
Small and intimate, elegantly decorated and stylishly furnished with Art Nouveau and other antique pieces, it ensures you experience a special and authentic stay.
It has a choice of tastefully appointed rooms as well as suites, a relaxing lobby and a pavement terrace where you can enjoy drinks and snacks from the hotel's al fresco bar in the square, taking in the beautiful setting.
Set in the San Antonio district with a real Portuguese ambience, it is an easy walk to the city's most important landmarks, including Rossio, Baixa, Chiado, Principe Real and Bairro Alto, featuring a great choice of restaurants and bars. The metro and bus stops are close at hand too.
There are 36 rooms in all, distributed on four floors, including junior suites and master suites, all with ensuite bathrooms. The rooms are elegantly decorated in the classic style and are furnished with an interesting mixture of modern and Art Nouveau pieces and other antiques.
Central location on pretty square Al fresco bar with pavement terrace Secure public parking 350m from hotel (luggage can be dropped at reception 1st)
Continental breakfast is served from 7 - 11 am in the light and airy breakfast room on the ground floor.Hot and cold drinks and snacks, salads, cakes and pastries are served at the hotel's al fresco bar "The Quiosque" in the square from 11.00 am - 9.00 pm.There is a good choice of bars and restaurants within a five minute walk from the hotel. The staff are more than happy to advise.
Lisboa is a city of legends and mysteries. The story has it that it began thousands of years ago when Homer's Ulysses arrived, winning the heart of a goddess, the sole inhabitant of a vast plain.On his departure, she pursued him in the form of a serpent. Unsuccessful, she died of a broken heart and turned into stone, her coils forming the seven hills which make up Lisboa as we know it today. The city has certainly been host to many civilizations from the Phoenicians on, all leaving their mark. It has suffered and miraculously survived devastating earthquakes and fires, revolutions and coups and a dictatorship. One may wonder how it is still intact, but here it is in all its glory - a city of distinctive neighbourhoods from old town Baixa and Rossio to Moorish Alfama to elegant Chiado. With vintage trams, quirky funiculars and street lifts, hilltop miradors with spectacular views, picturesque peaceful squares, grand avenues and plazas, Roman ruins, World Heritage Belem, ornate churches around almost every corner and outstanding museums and art galleries it is this intriguing medley which makes it so magical. Sunny street cafes, tempting cake shops, dark and exciting Fado bars, bohemian hangouts, riverside clubs, waterfront restaurants and street parties going on till dawn, there is something for everyone. And the culinary scene is buzzing too - top quality, fresh ingredients including the best fish in the world and exotic spices, in the hands of new-generation chefs producing tastes and flavours which will tickle anyone's palate! And the Portuguese wine ..well, like Vasco de Gama, you are on a journey of great discovery!
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