Review: Lisbon’s Miraparque Hotel

Lisbon is a subtle, stunning city along the Atlantic coast of Portugal in which you can find many wonderful surprises. When choosing a hotel is this gem of a city, you want something that is going to provide access to the best food, music and drinks the city has to offer. You want a location that will enable you to experience all that Lisbon has to offer. You will want, if you can find it, one of the cheapest hotels in Lisbon, and also one of the most perfectly centered.

What you want is the Miraparque Hotel.

Located within a few hundred yards of the central Marques de Pombal Square, a roundabout area that serves as both a business district and thriving tourism area, the Miraparque stands as one of the best located hotels in which we’ve stayed in Europe.

Quaint and affordable, the Miraparque sits just up-hill from the Square as is aptly named for its location alongside the popular Parque Eduardo VII in the city center.

Upon entry, the Miraparque Hotel has a slightly dated, older feel, however obviously clean. The front desk staff was accommodating, helping us to find information on the local tours and hop-on, hop-off bus that departed at the park across the street.

After some time waiting for our room to be prepared, we were allowed inside (still prior to our planned check-out time) and were greeted by one of the more spacious European, budget hotel rooms in which we’ve stayed. The room was vast, with a courtyard-facing window that, while not scenic, allowed for a nice breeze to sweep across the room.

The hotel offered the standard amenities, from a small, pleasant hotel bar to a fitting hotel breakfast buffet that was prepared in time each morning about 6:00am. The breakfast offered standard European breakfast far, with simple, cured meats, popular cheeses, scrambled eggs and various fruits and cereals. In addition, the coffee was hot and fresh, served with local milk used as creamer. Typically before our morning breakfast, we would enjoy a quick workout in the hotel’s roof-top gymnasium.

The hotel bar could serve 6-8 people, but was an excellent place to have a drink or two before heading out for a night on the town. We were pleased with the results on a few classics such as the Negroni, and with their Sangria being homemade.

The biggest advantage to the Miraparque was, quite simply, the location and the price. It is another in a long line of boutique hotels in which we’ve stayed where we were able to find an excellent location in a popular city for under 100USD per night. Convenience was key about our stay here, and provided us to have memorable, late nights on the town without having the fear of wondering how we would be able to make our way back beyond the time when the Metro was running.

From the Miraparque, you are within a short walk to countless bars, restaurants, markets, and museums. Not only this, but within minutes you can be ocean-side and enjoying the wonderful vistas along Portugal’s Atlantic coast.

While not flashy or stunning, the Miraparque is a perfectly comfortable hotel that is secure, clean and most of all, overwhelmingly close to so much of what Lisbon offers. If you are like us, and judge a hotel based on what you get in return for the cost, you’ll make the Miraparque your home on your next stop in Lisbon.

Our verdict: Recommend.

Contact:

Website 

Address: Av.Sidónio Pais,12
1050-214 Lisboa Lisbon
Portugal

Phone : +351 213 524 286