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Fontana Park Hotel
( 210 410 600;
www.fontanaparkhotel.com
;
Rua Engenheiro Vieira da Silva 2; d from €88; )
In
Saldanha, this 1908 iron-factory-turned-cutting-edge hotel, flaunts smooth contours,
space-age lighting and sylvan flourishes. The 140 monochrome rooms are temples to min-
imalism, with granite bathrooms with transparent walls. There's also a Japanese restaurant
and bamboo-fringed garden with cascading fountain.
HOTEL
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Inspira Santa Marta
HOTEL
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( 210 440 900;
www.inspirasantamartahotel.com
; Rua de Santa Marta 48; d from €100; )
The
89-room Inspira Santa Marta is an ecofriendly designer hotel set in a converted 19th-cen-
tury building. Rooms are stylish but functional and incorporate five different feng-shui
themes, including earth-toned Terra rooms and cork-floored Arvore (tree) rooms with sky-
blue details. There's an inviting brasserie that showcases locally grown ingredients, a bar
with fireplace, a games room with billiards table, and a spa.
Hotel Eurostars das Letras
HOTEL
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( 213 573 094;
www.eurostarsdasletras.com
;
Rua Castilho 6; d/ste €98/147; )
The Hotel
Eurostars has high-tech rooms painted in earthy tones, with wood floors, walnut head-
boards, black armchairs and brown comforters. Rooms have a literary bent, with quotes
by famous writers (Shakespeare, Borges, Pessoa) over the beds. Top-floor rooms have
balconies. Breakfast costs an extra €7 per person.
Casa de São Mamede
( 213 963 166;
www.casadesaomamede.com
; Rua da Escola Politécnica 159; s/d from €70/80; )
This
18th-century, family-run villa has class: from the red carpet gracing the staircase to the
tinkling chandeliers in the exquisitely tiled breakfast room. Large and serene, rooms sport
period furnishings. It's a short stroll from Bairro Alto and the botanical gardens.
GUESTHOUSE
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Hotel Britania
HOTEL
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