This is a hotel we often stay when in Lisbon, it is a solid reliable 3 star Holiday Inn, clean, comfortable rooms, spacious foyer and an attractive restaurent in the basement offering above average continental breakfast. I must stress that that it is a continental breakfast with a few hot items like scrumble egg and bacon, not the sumptuous buffet breakfast in similar class Far East hotels ! It is also of good value, only a few extra euors above the basic room rate if you book the with b/f rate. For those in hurry or only wanting a coffee or a light bite, there is a coffee bar just outside the restaurant with some tables and chairs and for take out.
There is not much of a view from the hotel, it is a glass/steel high rise of the 70's style, hidden from the main roads, rooms on one side look into a yard surrounded by office blocks and on the other side into a single level hospital compound with some greenery beyond. If you like "fresh" air like my wife, it is one of few high rise hotels allowing windows to partially open.
The hotel is not in downtown, but is a up-market residential/commercial area, it is one block from a metro station which can take you to downtown in about 10min. Nearby, there are a number of similar class hotels, restaurants and small malls, the most interesting one is the recently rennovated bull ring, just across the road from the rearest metro station. It is now used for cultural events and there is a small underground mall under the bull ring with a food court. If you take a taxi, make sure you say Holiday Inn Continental, because there is another Holiday Inn (similar class and rates) only about a mile away. That one is slightly newer but not so close the the metros.







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