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Avenidas Novas neighborhood of central Lisbon is where we spent six of 12 nights in Lisbon. As a tourist in Lisbon I never heard the name Avenidas Novas or ‘New Avenues’ until after I returned home and started researching areas in the city we had been. Most Lisbon maps show more local neighborhood and Metro…
Holiday Inn Lisbon was the second of four IHG hotels we stayed in central Lisbon during our two weeks in the city. Be aware there is another IHG hotel, Holiday Inn Lisbon Continental in the same area about 1.2 km away near Metro Pequeno Campo. We stayed at both hotels. The distinguishing feature of Holiday…
Principe Real neighborhood was the most vibrant and laid back area in Lisbon where we spent two days. The neighborhood seemed more relaxed to us without feeling overwhelmed by the crowds of tourists we encountered when walking around popular areas of Bairro Alto, the neighboring downtown area of Lisbon. Bairro Alto on streets near the…
Memmo Príncipe Real Lisbon, a member of Design Hotels and a Marriott Bonvoy hotel was our favorite stay during 11 nights in Lisbon, Portugal. A hillside location offering panoramic views across the cityscape of central Lisbon in a boutique high end hotel set in a vibrant, centrally located downtown neighborhood is an ideal retreat for…
Having stayed at 4 of the 5 central Lisbon IHG hotels during our summer trip, I have opinions about the positive and negative aspects of each property. For those unfamiliar with Lisbon and interested about location, Holiday Inn Express Lisbon Av. Liberdade is the best location of the IHG hotels due to its walking proximity…
My recent trip to Europe included 11 hotel nights in Portugal, 9 in Greece, 2 in Spain, 1 in Canada and 1 in California. 20 of those 24 hotel nights were at IHG hotels. 12 of those 20 nights at IHG were booked using IHG points after I arrived in Europe due to necessary changes…
Oneworld Alliance airline Iberia has flights from SFO to Lisbon, Portugal as low as $582 and Finnair offers Estonia and Lithuania in the low $600s from SFO and LAX for flights in July. LAX has more cities on sale with Finnair including Vienna, Austria; Copenhagen, Denmark and a few cities in Poland like Krakow priced…
Lufthansa still has flights under $400 round trip for travel from SFO to Lisbon, Portugal in May. You can even return in mid-June for around $400. This fare is a great deal if you can travel with only a carry-on bag and you do not care about earning frequent flyer miles. Lufthansa SFO – Munich…
TAP Portugal has a deep discount fare at $138 one way for San Francisco to Rome via Lisbon. Round trip is a bit more at $329. This fare is currently available for departures about 4 days per week from January 20 to May 28. If you have 100 TP miles, the ticket price drops to…
TAP Portugal has an incredibly low ticket price at $225 round trip for New York to Madeira Island, Portugal for winter 2020 travel. Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal in the Atlantic located 600 miles southwest of Lisbon. Lowest fare departure dates are February and March. Lower ticket prices around $200 round trip are…
