Best Boutique Hotels in Lisbon

Lisbon has become one of Europe's most popular destinations in the past decade, and the boutique hotel scene has risen to meet it. The Chiado's 18th-century pombaline buildings, the Alfama's Moorish-rooted hillside streets, and Príncipe Real's 19th-century townhouses have all produced properties that you couldn't build anywhere else.

Chiado & Bairro Alto

Bairro Alto Hotel on Praça Luís de Camões is the Lisbon boutique hotel that international travel editors always mention first — a restored 18th-century palace with a rooftop terrace overlooking the Tagus, a restaurant helmed by a Michelin-starred chef, and 87 rooms that manage to feel intimate. Memmo Alfama on the hillside below São Jorge Castle has a pool terrace with arguably the best view in the city.

Alfama

The Alfama is Lisbon's most ancient neighbourhood — Moorish street plan, fado bars, tiled houses on steep hillsides. Casa do Príncipe is a small boutique property in a converted 19th-century townhouse; the terraced garden looks over the river and the city. Several small guesthouses in converted azulejo-tiled buildings offer the most genuinely local Lisbon experience.

Príncipe Real & LX Factory

Príncipe Real is Lisbon's most elegant neighbourhood — antique dealers, design shops, the city's best organic market on Saturdays. Solar dos Mouros in the neighbourhood occupies a 16th-century building and has an art collection of over 600 works. The LX Factory area, a converted industrial complex in Alcântara, has several design-forward boutique openings that have attracted a younger creative clientele.

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