Top 10 Hotels in Lisbon
Ten real hotels across Baixa-Chiado, Alfama, Avenida da Liberdade, Marquês de Pombal and Parque das Nações, ranked by verified guest scores with direct booking links to Booking.com, Trip.com and Expedia.
Lisbon is a city of hills and neighborhoods, and the right base makes the trip. Baixa and Chiado put the main squares, the shops and the Metro at your door; Alfama is the old Moorish quarter of tiled lanes and fado houses; Avenida da Liberdade and Marquês de Pombal are grander and calmer, with the best shopping; and Parque das Nações is a modern waterfront district near the airport. The hotels below are grouped by who they suit rather than by price alone, so you can match the building to the kind of trip you are planning.
Every hotel on this list is reviewed individually, with direct links to check current rates and book. Rates move with the season, so it is worth comparing platforms for your exact dates: Easter, the Santo António festival in June, the summer months and the autumn weeks are consistently the most expensive and the first to sell out.
| Hotel | Area | Stars | Guest Score | From (USD/night) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almaria - Ex Libris Apartments | Chiado | Chiado / Avenida da Liberdade | 4 | 10.0 | $149 |
| Corpo Santo Lisbon Historical Hotel | Misericórdia / Baixa | 5 | 9.8 | $232 |
| Santiago de Alfama - Boutique Hotel | Alfama | 5 | 9.8 | $262 |
| Art Legacy Hotel Baixa-Chiado | Baixa-Chiado | 5 | 9.8 | $191 |
| Casa Balthazar | Restauradores / Rossio | 4 | 9.8 | $254 |
| LUSTER Hotel | Arroios / Avenida | 5 | 9.6 | $115 |
| Heritage Avenida Liberdade - Lisbon Heritage Collection - Avenida | Avenida da Liberdade | 4 | 9.6 | $137 |
| Palácio das Especiarias | Misericórdia / Baixa | 4 | 9.5 | $154 |
| MYRIAD by SANA Hotels | Parque das Nações | 5 | 9.4 | $228 |
| EPIC SANA Lisboa Hotel | Marquês de Pombal / Amoreiras | 5 | 9.3 | $298 |
All ten hotels were chosen from live inventory data rather than a fixed editorial list. We looked at four- and five-star properties with hundreds or thousands of verified guest reviews, then balanced the shortlist across Lisbon's main bases (Baixa-Chiado, Alfama, Avenida da Liberdade, Marquês de Pombal and the waterfront) so there is a strong option whichever part of the city you are exploring. Guest scores shown are the scores we have on record and will differ slightly between booking sites.
1. Almaria - Ex Libris Apartments | Chiado
The highest-scoring hotel on this list at 10.0 on record, Almaria is a boutique apartment hotel in a former newspaper and publishing house on Rua da Misericórdia, with 18 apartments of one to three bedrooms over six floors. Each has a kitchen, air conditioning, soundproofed windows and a washer-dryer, and breakfast supplies are delivered to the room. Rossio is 650 meters away and Avenida da Liberdade 500. The usual complaints are street noise from nearby bars and a water heater that needs resetting. Check current rates on Booking.com.
2. Corpo Santo Lisbon Historical Hotel
Corpo Santo Lisbon Historical Hotel is a 75-room five-star that opened in 2017 and incorporates a section of the 14th-century Fernandine Wall near Commerce Square, the Mercado da Ribeira and Chiado. It has a spa with massage, a sauna and a gym, the PORTER restaurant and a bar, and complimentary snacks, drinks and a minibar. Guests praise the location, the cleanliness and the staff, with scores of roughly 9.4 to 9.7. Breakfast costs extra and parking is paid. Check current rates on Booking.com.
3. Santiago de Alfama - Boutique Hotel
Santiago de Alfama is a small boutique hotel on Rua de Santiago in the heart of Alfama, with around 19 air-conditioned rooms, a restaurant and bar, a rooftop terrace and on-site massage and treatments. São Jorge Castle is about an 8-minute walk away. Guests rate the staff, breakfast and location very highly, with scores from 9.3 to 9.8. Alfama is steep and cobbled, and taxis cannot reach every doorstep, so pack light. Check current rates on Booking.com.
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Check Rates & Book →4. Art Legacy Hotel Baixa-Chiado
Art Legacy Hotel is a 53-room five-star at Rua Áurea 175-181, a four-minute walk from Rossio and five from Commerce Square, with individually decorated rooms, pillow menus, a bar and the Áurea restaurant serving Portuguese cuisine. Booking.com rates its location 9.8, and guests praise the design and the small rooms with character. São Jorge Castle is about 1 kilometer away. Pets are not allowed. Review counts are lower than at older hotels, which reflects its recent opening. Check current rates on Booking.com.
5. Casa Balthazar
Casa Balthazar is a small boutique hotel at Rua do Duque 26, about 260 meters from Rossio station and 420 meters from Restauradores Metro, with around 20 rooms, an outdoor pool, a spa and jacuzzi, a bar and a breakfast room in a former bakery. Free parking is a rarity in central Lisbon. Booking.com scores run from 9.5 to 9.8, with the location praised. The street is a dead end that taxis sometimes block, rooms involve steps, and children are not allowed. Check current rates on Booking.com.
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Check Rates & Book →6. LUSTER Hotel
LUSTER Hotel is a boutique hotel at Avenida Casal Ribeiro 48 in Arroios, with around 56 rooms, access to an indoor pool, sauna, hot tub and hammam, a massage room and a gym. Avenida da Liberdade and Marquês de Pombal are within a 15-minute walk and there is a Metro station nearby. Guests score it 9.2 to 9.4 on Booking.com and Trip.com, and the neighborhood is quieter and more local than the centre. Some reviewers note that rooms are not fully soundproof. Check current rates on Booking.com.
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Check Rates & Book →7. Heritage Avenida Liberdade - Lisbon Heritage Collection - Avenida
Heritage Avenida Liberdade is a four-star in an 18th-century building at Avenida da Liberdade 28, decorated by Miguel Cancio Martins, with an indoor pool, a fitness center and Molton Brown bath products. Many rooms keep original architectural details. Reviewers praise the location and the breakfast, and Booking.com scores it 9.1 to 9.4. Pets and children are not allowed. It is an elegant and quiet pick for travelers who want the avenue's shops and cafes on the doorstep. Check current rates on Booking.com.
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Check Rates & Book →8. Palácio das Especiarias
Palácio das Especiarias is a boutique hotel in an 1800s palace in the Misericórdia area, with around 40 air-conditioned rooms, a spa with a sauna and jacuzzi, a terrace and an attached winery that hosts concerts and live shows. Guests love the breakfast with live piano music and the evening wine tastings, and Booking.com scores it 9.5 across more than 4,000 reviews. The cons are small bathrooms and a few rooms with very little daylight. It is a short walk from Baixa-Chiado Metro. Check current rates on Booking.com.
9. MYRIAD by SANA Hotels
MYRIAD by SANA is a five-star tower beside the Torre Vasco da Gama in Parque das Nações, with about 186 rooms, a spa on the 23rd floor with an indoor pool and fitness center, a lobby restaurant with a river terrace and the Michelin-starred restaurant FIFTY SECONDS at the top. The airport is about ten minutes by car. It is roughly 10 kilometers from the historic centre, so it suits business trips and short stays near the airport rather than sightseeing on foot. A few guests mention worn carpets and a mold issue in one bathroom. Check current rates on Booking.com.
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Check Rates & Book →10. EPIC SANA Lisboa Hotel
EPIC SANA Lisboa is a five-star with 311 rooms between the Amoreiras shopping center and Marquês de Pombal Square, with a rooftop bar and seasonal infinity pool, an indoor pool, the SAYANNA spa with a sauna and steam area, and the award-winning Flor-de-Lis restaurant. Valet parking and an airport shuttle are available for a fee. Guests praise the breakfast, the staff and the rooms, while some find the facilities dated and the hill steep. The airport is about 7 kilometers away. Check current rates on Booking.com.
A note on prices: every rate in the table above is indicative and pulled at a single point in time. Lisbon hotel pricing shifts constantly with season, day of the week and how far ahead you book, and the cheapest rooms on any given night are often on a different platform from the one you checked yesterday. Treat the table as a guide to relative price, and compare two or three of the booking links above for your exact dates before you commit.
