This hotel is a short ride from the airport in a taxi, negotiate the fare first as we were ripped off by the first taxi driver, who charged 20 Euros, claiming it was on the meter, the return jorney cost 7 Euros, and we had a written receipt. It's possible to get to the hotel via public transport, an airport shuttle bus to the centre of Lisbon then a Metro ride to Almeida station, but the terrain is quite hilly in Lison generally and the walk from the station to the hotel (around 5 to 10 mins uphill from station) with suitcases could be a bit much for some people, the pavements are cobbled and not suitcase wheel friendly.
As we had an early flight we arrived in Lisbon mid morning and arrived at the hotel before their advertised earliest check in time, we planned to leave the bags in the hotel and go and get some dinner and a drink and return to check in later, but was happy to discover we were able to have our room when we arrived. Check in was quick and we were given a map and told where the local Metro station was and where the "main" part of town was, then we were presented with two room key cards.
The room was great, plenty of room, with two good sized beds and plenty of pillows, there was a sofa, and a table and two chairs. Numerous elecric sockets were located in the room, to recharge phone and camera batteries etc. Useful extras included a TV with wide selection of channels, many in English, with subtitles, a safe, electric alarm clock and a fridge, which housed the mini bar, as with most hotels this was overly expensive, and we didn't use it for that purpose, instead using it to store our breakfast, we bought bread, cold meat, cheese, cakes, yoghurt and orange juice from a local supermarket and kept it all in the fridge. We didn't have breakfast included in our price and it seemed expensive to have it at the hotel. There are numerous cafes etc within a few minutes walk of the hotel, so no reason to go hungry. Tea and coffee facilities were included in the room, but we were only given two sachets of coffee and two tea bags per day, one day we were honoured and given two small milk cartons, but our excitment was short lived when they weren't replaced for the rest of the stay.
The bathroom was spacious, with a bath with overhead shower, complete with panic alarm incase of a fall in the bath, the water pressure was ok and the water temperature was fine. The toilet and bidet were both clean as was the wash basin. A hair dryer is also located in the bathroom, next to a large mirror.
Two lifts serviced the hotel, located by reception but we never had to wait long for a lift. Theres an outside swimming pool at the top of the hotel, but we didn't bother going up as the weather was warmish but not sufficiently warm to go in the pool.
Transportation around the city was easy to reach from the hotel, with two Metro stations within easy walking distance (mainly downhill to the station, uphill on way back), and many local busses go past the hotel also, buy a one day travel card and you'll have access to all Metro trains, busses, trams and the elevator trams going upto some stunning views around the city via some extremely steep streets. There is also a small taxi rank opposite the hotel, handy for getting back to the airport.
No views on the food as we ate out every day, but the restaurant menu was posted in the lifts, and didn't appear to be too expensive, but with many great restaurants in Lisbon, you'll be spoilt for choice, whatever your budget.
If the price was right I would return here in the future, but ideally I'd prefer to be closer to a Metro station, but other than that small point, a good, clean and comfortable hotel.
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