Lisbon, Portugal

Olissippo Lapa Palace

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The takeaway

Choose it for a historic palace stay in Lisbon’s quieter Lapa quarter, where garden and river views temper the pace of a city break.

About the hotel

Olissippo Lapa Palace occupies a 19th-century palace on a hill in Lisbon’s Lapa district, overlooking the Tagus and set among subtropical gardens. Its 95 rooms are divided between the Palace Wing and Garden Wing, giving the property the scale of a substantial city hotel while keeping its historic residence at the center of the experience. The palace opened to the public as a hotel in 1992 under the name Hotel da Lapa; original stained glass remains in two historic rooms.

Choose it if

You want to stay in a historic Lisbon palace, with original stained glass preserved in rooms from its former residence.
You value a garden setting and Tagus outlook alongside city access, rather than a hotel in the busiest central streets.
You want indoor and outdoor pools; the outdoor pool’s full seasonal service runs from May to September.

Skip it if

You want a downtown commercial district or busy city streets immediately outside; the hotel is in Lapa’s quieter embassy-and-palace quarter.

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