Bairro Alto Hotel
A canary-yellow 18th-century block on Praça Luís de Camões, rebuilt by a Pritzker laureate.
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Lisbon
Lisbon wears its light well — on azulejo façades, on the river at the end of every street, on the palm-shaded terraces of Príncipe Real. The city’s best small hotels sit in restored townhouses and palacetes, and the coast at Cascais and Estoril is close enough for a swim before dinner.
By town
Corpo Santo Historical Hotel
A Cais do Sodré hotel built around 33 square metres of exposed 14th-century city wall.
Hotel Avenida Palace
An 1892 Belle Époque hotel by the architect of Rossio station, with a private door into the platforms.
Hotel da Baixa
Sixty-six rooms behind a tiled Pombaline facade on Rua da Prata, unusually large for downtown Lisbon.
InterContinental Lisbon
A 331-room five-star above Eduardo VII Park, built for business travel rather than atmosphere.
Memmo Alfama
Tucked away on a quiet lane in Alfama, this adults-only retreat offers forty-two rooms and a pool overlooking the Lisbon skyline.
Palacete Chafariz d'El Rei
Six suites in a neo-Moorish mansion built with a Brazilian fortune, above the Alfama waterfront.
Pousada de Lisboa
Ninety rooms in the old Ministry of Internal Affairs, directly on Praça do Comércio.
Santiago de Alfama - Boutique Hotel
Nineteen rooms in a 15th-century palace built over a Roman villa, high in Alfama.
The Lumiares Hotel & Spa
Fifty-three apartment-suites with kitchens in the Count of Lumiares' 18th-century palace, Bairro Alto.
Torel Palace Lisbon
Two 1900s mansions and a national monument on Sant'Ana hill, with two pools and a Michelin star.