Where to stay in Lisbon

I was in Lisbon this past March and stayed in the Baixa District (Hotel Santa Justa), which was super convenient as I was able to walk everywhere. I would stay there again. The staff was super friendly.

If you can find a place in the Alfama neighborhood you'll love strolling around this quaint tree-lined neighborhood in the castle district with the sound of fado music being song in the background. Great place to end your day with a port wine in one of the eating establishments.

Thank you for your replies. They’re very helpful

ddmazzei,
We stay in the Principe Real area. Near the Praca das Flores.
Highly recommend the 1869 Principe Real House. A boutique BnB.
https://www.1869principereal.com/

Dennis and Elinore

My wife and I are a young senior couple too. We like to book Airbnbs, for 2 primary reasons and 1 minor and somewhat funny reason. (1) My wife eats very healthy and she prefers to make her own salad and protein. We eat out one meal per day, but need and want the flexibility of a full kitchen. (2) We both have degrees of insomnia. We realized that it's better to sleep in separate rooms so as not to disturb each other when wake up in the middle of the night. A 2-bedroom Airbnb is likely to cost less than a single hotel room. (3) Through our travels, we have learned to appreciate the practicality and hygiene of a bidet. Most Airbnbs would have the bidet, but most hotel rooms don't.

Lisbon has a good selections of Airbnbs and some are as low as $60~70 a night. April is not peak season, so you should have a good selections. However, if you plan to eat out every meal, or if you have no problem with sleep and enjoy sharing a bed, then a hotel will be the better choice as you will have the security and convenience, and some hotels even provide free breakfast.

By the way, another practical tip: assuming you have a smart phone, you can buy eSim for your phone instead of using your home carrier's International Pass. I have Verizon in US and I naively used its International Pass feature on my first trip to Europe. It was easy, since I didn't have to do anything, but I paid dearly for the convenience -- $10 a day didn't sound much, but it added up quick. First of all, the usage count starts at midnight every day instead of by 24-hr cycle. If you use the phone data at 11 PM, then another time at 7 AM, that's 2 days. Second of all, even if I didn't use mobile data consciously, a tiny bit of background app sync, when the phone was just sitting in my pocket, counted as data usage. So my one week trip ended up costing me $90, even though I only really used the phone's data maybe 3 times for a total of 5 minutes. Somebody later told me that I could buy an eSim before the trip and activate it on my phone when I arrive in Europe for a fraction of the cost. You only need mobile data for Google Map or Apple Map when you are out and about. Once you are back to the hotel or Airbnb, you can use the free WiFi, so for 3 days, 1 GB is more than enough. An eSim from Airalo costs $4.50 for 1GB (valid for 7 days). And even better yet, I found a coupon code MINFEI4587 that will give you another $3 off. So basically you will only need to spend $1.50 for an eSim instead of $30 or $40 on Verizon.

Anyway, enjoy your trip and hopefully whichever hotel or Airbnb you choose would be satisfactory to you.