Both have a rooftop. Bairro Alto Hotel sits on Praça Luís de Camões with the city at the door, for first visits made on foot; Verride Palácio Santa Catarina, smaller, more secluded and dearer, adds a small pool beside the city's favourite sunset viewpoint, for anniversaries and proposals.
The all-rounderThe Lisbon hotel that gets location, character and a rooftop right all at once.
€€€€From about €525 a night
Choose Bairro Alto Hotel if
The catch
Rooms facing the square hear Bairro Alto nightlife and the tram until late.
The romantic oneEighteen rooms in a palace above the river, with a rooftop that settles the argument.
€€€€From about €660 a night
Choose Verride Palácio Santa Catarina if
The catch
The miradouro crowd below is loud on summer evenings; ask about room position.
| Best for | Bairro Alto Hotel | Verride Palácio Santa Catarina |
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| Best central hotels in Lisbon | On the list | On the list |
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The verdict
Both have a rooftop. Bairro Alto Hotel sits on Praça Luís de Camões with the city at the door, for first visits made on foot; Verride Palácio Santa Catarina, smaller, more secluded and dearer, adds a small pool beside the city's favourite sunset viewpoint, for anniversaries and proposals.
Questions people ask
Both have a rooftop. Bairro Alto Hotel sits on Praça Luís de Camões with the city at the door, for first visits made on foot; Verride Palácio Santa Catarina, smaller, more secluded and dearer, adds a small pool beside the city's favourite sunset viewpoint, for anniversaries and proposals.
For a Lisbon trip made on foot, with a proper bar to come back to, this is the choice. The position, the rooftop and the feeling of the place are hard to beat. The most central address in this edit, with a rooftop half the city seems to know about. It is lively, unmistakably Lisbon and priced for the position rather than for facilities.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
The romantic booking in Lisbon. Take the river side, book the rooftop for sunset and let the palace do the rest. A real palace with 18 rooms and a rooftop pool and bar straight over the river, beside the sunset viewpoint the whole city uses. The hotel is the occasion here, and the river side is the hotel.
It has a rooftop pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.