At a Glance
Looking onto one of Lisbon’s loveliest skylines, this design-centric hotel offers just six suites in the capital’s oldest district.
Indagare Loves
- The sense of history in this 18th century house which is one of the few buildings that survived Lisbon’s devastating earthquake of 1755
- The tactile bath tubs cut from one smooth block of stone
- The famous flea market Feira da Ladra, which happens in the square outside every Tuesday and Saturday and which dates back to the 12th century
Review
This Lisbon outlet of Silent Living, the small group of exquisitely designed boutique properties that architect Manuel Aires Mateus and owner João Rodrigues have created together, is a real hidden gem. Here you are offered a home from home experience, like the breakfast around the beautiful oak dining table with a steady trickle of delicacies being brought out of the kitchen for you. There is always wine on tap in the kitchens. And when you go out to explore Lisbon you might get a box of warm pastries put into your hand in case you get peckish.
The six rooms themselves are like artistic still-life paintings. Generous bathrooms clad in the warm, pink-hued local stone come with stand-alone bathtubs cut from the same stone. Basins run along one side of the room, also in the same stone. It is a study in harmony. Rain showers have views over the internal gardens but a soak in the bath tub at night offers you a view of the moon high up above the domed Pantheon with the River Tagus glittering beyond.
Dinner, at Ceia, is worth staying in for one of the nights you are there. It offers confident contemporary Portuguese dining drawing on ingredients from the group’s Alentejo farm.
Who Should Stay
Home for home lovers who want the personal touch.
