The Ivens, the cheaper, is palm prints, brass and velvet, with Rocco's Italian kitchen on the ground floor, for nights out in Chiado; Verride Palácio Santa Catarina is an eighteen-room palace whose roof pool and bar face the river and the bridge, for a short romantic stay.
The design oneMaximalist jungle interiors in the middle of Chiado, with a good Italian restaurant downstairs.
€€€€From about €500 a night
Choose The Ivens if
The catch
Entry rooms are small, and the hotel names no outlook for them.
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.
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The Ivens
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The verdict
The Ivens, the cheaper, is palm prints, brass and velvet, with Rocco's Italian kitchen on the ground floor, for nights out in Chiado; Verride Palácio Santa Catarina is an eighteen-room palace whose roof pool and bar face the river and the bridge, for a short romantic stay.
Questions people ask
The Ivens, the cheaper, is palm prints, brass and velvet, with Rocco's Italian kitchen on the ground floor, for nights out in Chiado; Verride Palácio Santa Catarina is an eighteen-room palace whose roof pool and bar face the river and the bridge, for a short romantic stay.
The most fun hotel in central Lisbon. Book a higher floor, eat at Rocco and enjoy the theatre of it. Maximalist theatre in the middle of Chiado, with a destination Italian downstairs and a Marriott engine behind the scenes. Loud, fun and social rather than calm or particularly Portuguese.
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.