Avenida & Amoreiras

Broad avenues, less foot traffic, and a city that doesnt perform for visitors

Avenida da Liberdade runs straight and tree-lined from the Baixa up toward the Marquês de Pombal roundabout, flanked by early 20th-century buildings that give this part of the city a different scale to the hills around it. Amoreiras sits just behind, shaped around a quieter history. The neighbourhood takes its name from the mulberry trees the Marquis of Pombal planted here after the 1755 earthquake, when he established a Royal Silk Factory and built streets for the people who worked inside it. The old factory is still standing, now an art foundation. The aqueduct arches still cut through the back streets. The tourists pass through here but they don’t stay.

best for

• Return visits and longer stays

• Design-conscious travellers who want space

• Staying central without the noise

• Architecture and urban scale

skip if

• You want Lisbon’s most iconic sights on your doorstep

• You prefer a lively neighbourhood with evening energy

• You are visiting for the first time

Why stay in Avenida & Amoreiras?

This part of Lisbon rewards people who already know what they want. The avenue gives you scale and elegance, wide boulevards with serious buildings and the kind of calm that comes from not being in the middle of everything. Amoreiras sits just behind it, more residential, shaped around a garden square, an aqueduct running through the back streets and mornings that belong to the people who live here. The tourists pass through. They rarely stay.

Hotels

Locke de Santa Joana

A 17th-century Dominican convent near Marquês de Pombal, where Nuno Mendes runs the restaurant and the azulejos survived the earthquake.

Why stay here

The Convent of Santa Joana was established in 1699 by the Dominicans, damaged in the 1755 earthquake, repaired, and eventually closed. Post Company designed the rooms and Lázaro Rosa-Violàn handled the public spaces, working around original azulejos, vaulted ceilings and stone staircases that preservation laws kept intact. 370 rooms and apartments across nine floors, with a courtyard pool, coworking spaces, Café Castro’s and Spiritland’s first European outpost downstairs. Nuno Mendes, formerly of Chiltern Firehouse, leads the Santa Joana restaurant with a menu rooted in Portuguese tradition and local producers. Wallpaper named it Best Opening of 2024.

Best for

Longer stays, remote workers, groups and travellers who want a full-service hotel with genuine architectural weight.

Courtyard pool at Locke de Santa Joana Lisbon with rattan umbrellas and sun loungers

Guest room at Locke de Santa Joana Lisbon with orange linen and glazed timber door

Sublime Lisboa

A 1913 townhouse in Amoreiras that was once the Japanese Club, now 15 rooms designed by one of Portugal’s best.

Why stay here

The building on Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca has been through several lives. Before becoming Sublime Lisboa in 2022, it housed the Japanese community that gathered here during the Second World War, when Portugal’s neutrality made Lisbon a refuge for people from both sides of the conflict. Rita Andringa’s interiors carry that layered history forward through preserved tiles, bold wallpapers, mustard walls, velvet and contemporary art that sits comfortably alongside the building’s original bones. No two rooms are the same. The Davvero restaurant draws locals as much as guests for Isaac Kumi’s Italian cooking with Portuguese produce.

Best for

Longer stays, design-led travellers and anyone who wants a hotel that feels genuinely embedded in its neighbourhood.

Sublime Lisboa hotel exterior on Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca Avenida da Liberdade Lisbon

Guest lounge at Sublime Lisboa with teal velvet sofa and contemporary artwork Hotels in Avenida

HOTEL DAS AMOREIRAS

Two 18th-century silk workers’ townhouses on Jardim das Amoreiras, a square most visitors to Lisbon never find.

Why stay here

Pedro Oliveira grew up visiting this square as a child and spent years trying to buy the buildings. He got the first in 2016, the second in 2017, joined them together and spent five years on the renovation before opening in 2022. The square outside was planted by the Marquis of Pombal in 1759, 300 mulberry trees intended to drive a silk industry that never quite took hold. The 17 rooms and two mansard suites were designed by Oliveira himself, with Portuguese marble, velvet and art from his personal collection. Breakfast is served until noon in the courtyard under an olive tree. The number 24 tram stops outside.

Best for

Couples, slower stays and travellers who want a Lisbon address that belongs to the neighbourhood.

Hotel das Amoreiras exterior on Jardim das Amoreiras Lisbon Hotels in Avenida

Guest room at Hotel das Amoreiras Lisbon with rattan headboard and leather bench

Valverde Lisboa Hotel & Garden

A 19th-century townhouse on Avenida da Liberdade, where the walled garden belongs entirely to the people staying inside it.

Why stay here

Before Avenida da Liberdade became a commercial street it was a public promenade where Lisbon’s high society came to see and be seen. The concept behind Valverde has always been that older city. Inside, the building runs through antiques, artwork by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Braz Gil porcelain, Moorish floor tiles and heavy fabrics that give the corridors a private, slightly secretive quality. The walled garden and outdoor pool sit behind it all, entirely separate from the avenue outside. 25 rooms, each different, and a building that earns its position on one of Lisbon’s most formal streets.

Best for

Design-conscious stays, couples and travellers who want five-star quality without the scale of a large hotel.

Guest room at Valverde Lisboa Hotel on Avenida da Liberdade with rattan headboard

Walled garden terrace at Valverde Lisboa Hotel with green dining furniture and trailing plants

Where to Eat Nearby

Santa Joana

Inside the convent at Locke de Santa Joana, Nuno Mendes builds the menu around Portuguese tradition and a network of local farmers and growers. Slow-cooked skate, grilled Alentejo pork and heritage breads move through the room at an unhurried pace. One of the more considered tables in this part of Lisbon.

Avenida & Amoreiras or Príncipe Real?

Both sit above the centre and share a similar calm, but the feeling is different. Avenida & Amoreiras gives you broader streets, a more residential pace and a part of Lisbon that most visitors pass through rather than stay in. Príncipe Real is smaller in scale, more considered in character, with better wine bars and a neighbourhood life that rewards slower movement. If you want space and quiet with easy city access, Avenida & Amoreiras works well. If you want Lisbon to feel local from the first morning, Príncipe Real usually lands better.

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Avenida & Amoreiras

Broad avenues, less foot traffic, and a city that doesnt perform for visitors

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Why stay in Avenida & Amoreiras?

Hotels

Locke de Santa Joana

Sublime Lisboa

HOTEL DAS AMOREIRAS

Valverde Lisboa Hotel & Garden

Where to Eat Nearby

Santa Joana

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