Hotels in Lisbon

Three years ago we stayed at two different hotels, with a trip to Porto in between. They were north of the Chaido/Baixa area. It was a wonderful area and near the train station. Hotel Lisboa Plaza, and Hotel Alegria. Both were excellent, but Alegria a bit more charming and a smaller property with a lovely cafe right across the street in the park.

I stayed at Be Poet Baixa Hotel a few years ago.

High ratings and I was very satisfied. It is in the Baixa neighborhood, a flat neighborhood., I loved walking from Rossio Square to the monument at the water and back again.

On one of the main tourist streets but not a problem.

Both of those hotels look to be in a great location.

I’ve stayed at the hotel santa justa and will be staying there again next March.

https://hotelsantajustalisboa.com/

One negative I found about the area was the restaurant workers. Here’s what I had to say about it in my trip report:

My hotel was located in the Baixa District, which was super convenient
as I was able to walk everywhere. But, the location came with one
negative—the restaurant workers!! The workers are out in the middle of
the streets, trying to get everyone who walks by to look at their menu
and come inside. You can get stopped by 10 different people in the
span of 2 minutes. Don’t even try to say, “Sorry, not hungry” because
that’s just the opening they are looking for. “Oh that’s ok, come
inside, have a coffee.” I found it best to not make eye contact and
just ignore them. Every once in a while, I’d say “no thanks.” The key
is to keep walking, do not stop.

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/solo-in-lisbon-portugal-my-trip-report

Now that I am award of them, I am determined to not let them bother me on my next trip. :-)

Have a great trip!!

We stayed at the Hotel Avenida Palace near the Chaido/Bairro Alto district last November. It's a lovely majestic hotel in an excellent location. The rooms had a great charm about them, the interior is magnificent and the breakfast buffet was superb. It's fairly flat in the immediate area and there are elevators nearby that will take you to the higher parts of the city. We walked all the way to the castle from the hotel making sure to use the elevator located at a grocery store to avoid the worst of the climb.

We too had to run the gauntlet of the restaurants with staff outside trying to entice you in however it wasn't a big deal, just keep on walking with just a shake of the head. I've encountered far more pushy staff elsewhere in the world so the ones in Lisbon were far easier to brush off.

We live in Portugal and often go into Lisbon for a night or two.

We have stayed a Brown's Central and Brown's Boutique many times. Depending on fitness, you can walk to the Santa Apolonia train station from either or get an Uber for a few euros (cheaper if you walk a few blocks east from either for your pick up).

We have also stayed at Santa Justa (which someone else mentioned) which, like the others, is in the heart of the touristic area (I would never eat at one of the places along Rua Agusta, BTW - but ALWAYS stop at Manteigaria on Rua Agusta for my pasteis de nata and espresso).

While we have not stayed at Casinha das Flores, depending on the room and what rate you can get, Le Consulat can be nice. We had a great room overlooking Praca Camoes once.

Pro tip: If you are staying in the center and want to head up to Baixa Chiado, you can avoid a steep climb or waiting in the line for the Santa Justa elevator by entering the Mango store near the intersection of Rua Assencao and Rua de Cruxifixio, turn left to the elevator, take it to the top floor and go towards the left into the mall until you see the escalator going upwards on the right (before the FNAC store). You will exit the building with a straight shot up to Praca Camoes.

They do not take reservations, but Taberna da Rua das Flores is great if you arrive early and can get in (for dinner). With reservations, I highly recommend A Nossa Casa up on Atalaia, not too far uphill from Praca Camoes.