Residencial Princesa - Lisbon, Portugal

Comment by Anonymous

March 2005

This is a great place to go to put your head down and sleep. It is in a very quiet part of Lisbon and for a very comparable price to a hostel it is well worth the money. You not only get a buffet breakfast of toast, cereal, juice, and croissants but the beds are comfortable, there's a TV and lots of hot water in your own bathroom. It is super clean and the staff are like their very own tourist information, being able to tell you which train /bus station to use to get to wherever (in Lisbon and beyond). They can print you out the timetable and show you on the map, and they speak fantastic English. You may think that you might not meet any other travelers; well, it is quite the contrary. The entire hotel, especially since most of the hostels in Lisbon are booked out in any season, is the next best option for backpacker-type people, and the whole place is full of young people in their twenties with travel guide in hand at the breakfast tables. However, the only downside may be that it is not in downtown Lisbon. But the short trip into downtown at the cheap price of 1.30 euros return on the public bus, which stops right out the front of the hotel, should not be enough to put you off this place. This is truly a gem in Lisbon when everything is booked out, and especially when you need a good night's rest not sharing with 6-8 other people.