Hotel di Alcântara dengan Kolam Renang

This is a terrible hotel if you are in Lisbon for business for three reasons (the generally rude staff aside). 1. There are no irons in the hotel, at all. Not in the room, not in an ironing room and they do not keep any for use in housekeeping or reception. When asked we were told 'welcome to capitalism you can pay to have your clothes ironed by an external service with 48 hour turn around'. For business people staying one night or even two this is ridiculous if you cannot even iron a shirt. 2. There is no coffee or tea or kettle in the rooms, and no coffee freely available in the foyer, so my 5 am meeting in my room was sans coffee - it may not bother people on holidays but this is pitching itself as a conference hotel with guests who would come from overseas so this is not acceptable. 3. There are no PowerPoints at the bedside tables (let alone USB connections), again very inconvenient when an alarm needs to be set if your phone is not fully charged after a long work day. (4. I said there was only 3 but the bed was uncomfortably hard and had some child's plastic lining on it under the sheet that was pretty amateur when proper mattress protectors are available)

My wife and I stayed at the Pestana Palace Lisboa in October because I attended a conference on the property. Pros that I experienced: - The property is beautiful. - It had a full-service hotel with a highly professional and helpful staff. - Lush gardens on the property with tons of different plants - Indoor pool and fitness center - Nice room (clean, sizable, well stocked with coffee) - Great breakfast - Outdoor aviary in the garden - Walled, secure property (but not in a bad area) Things that looked awesome, but I didn’t get the chance to use due to the time of year: - Outdoor pool - Garden house (looked like a small café or bar in the middle of the garden area) - In-house bar and restaurant The only disadvantage, to my mind, was the location. There is a tram stop at the back of the property (you’d walk out the front gate and follow the wall to the back to get the tram or bus) …. Still, the property is on the outskirts of downtown. There aren’t many restaurants or cafes nearby. The trams/busses don’t run as often as downtown, and it takes 10-15 minutes to get to the city center and even longer to the castle on the east side of town. In contrast, we stayed at an Airbnb in the northwest center of Lisbon a few days before the conference. Staying in town allowed us to wander through town easily and experience more of the Lisbon feel. If I were going again for pleasure, I’d probably opt for something in the north end of the downtown area again. If you don't mind the distance from most of what's happening in town then this is a wonderful choice.

Children 👦 unfriendly hotel. Swimming pool turns out is only for 16 and above. This was not clear when we booked. Location good and quite bad. It is between the bridge and belem which is great but it is actually on a high way with trains passing every 5 min. Also place land and start above the hotel all the time. Breakfast is not great