Olissippo Castelo

“A lovely surprise!”

Just had a week at this hotel and I’ve had a really good experience. The location seems quite poor at first, up the steepest, most traffic heavy hill from the city but bear with it. Inside it’s beautiful, small and friendly feeling. Our room (202) had a lovely terrace that looked out onto the city.… more

Just had a week at this hotel and I’ve had a really good experience. The location seems quite poor at first, up the steepest, most traffic heavy hill from the city but bear with it. Inside it’s beautiful, small and friendly feeling. Our room (202) had a lovely terrace that looked out onto the city. The beds are comfy, there is a large bathroom with bathrobes, there is a mini fridge and the telly had lots of channels in English. There was a coffee pod machine which was a great touch. The staff are helpful, and I must give a huge shoutout to Waleed at this point. We had a strange tapping noise above our room all night the first night. We went to see Waleed on reception and he came up to help us figure it out. He dealt with a very rude, drunk couple above us whose patio furniture was banging. Despite them being unpleasant to him and us he solved our issue and we had the quietest nights for the rest of the time. Thank you, we know it was your first week there too! Ok, so location. Fees like it could be better but actually, when you explore around it you find loads of lovely bars and places to eat. You just have to walk in the right direction. Next door to the hotel is also the best restaurant we ate in all week, we went twice. There are multiple ways to get up to the hotel without having to walk up the hill - tram, bus, taxi, tuktuk (there are far too many tuktuks in Lisbon they are actually a menace). Breakfast is small and seems basic but they make the freshest, most delicious fruit salad every morning that I looked forward to and the coffee was strong and delicious. I really rate this hotel and if we return to Lisbon we 100% would stay here again.

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“Wonderful stay.”

A wonderful hotel. We had a standard room which was very large with a lovely view from the window. Very comfortable and clean. The bathroom was very big too. The staff were all pleasant and very helpful and accommodating. The buffet breakfast was excellent with ample choices to set you up for t… more

A wonderful hotel. We had a standard room which was very large with a lovely view from the window. Very comfortable and clean. The bathroom was very big too. The staff were all pleasant and very helpful and accommodating. The buffet breakfast was excellent with ample choices to set you up for the day. The hotel is ideally situated for exploring Lisbon and there are plenty of good restaurants within walking distance. Our only very small niggle was that it would have been nice to have had a kettle - there is a very good coffee maker provided - but being typically English we like a cup of tea in the morning. Otherwise we would thoroughly recommend this hotel!

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“Just ok.”

This place is ok but tired and would very much benefit from an update. Room a/c or heater fan noisy so had to cool the room down whilst we were out and switch it off before going to bed. Bed very creaky on any movement at all. No feather pillows available only foam. Manager a bit distant and not o… more

This place is ok but tired and would very much benefit from an update. Room a/c or heater fan noisy so had to cool the room down whilst we were out and switch it off before going to bed. Bed very creaky on any movement at all. No feather pillows available only foam. Manager a bit distant and not overly friendly. Polite enough though.

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