View from the Room: Hotel Olissippo Castelo, Lisbon
This is the best hotel room I have stayed in recent months.
Apart from being a spacious room with a separate bedroom and views over Lisbon, it offered many of the features lacking in modern hotels:
Bedside tables - on both sides with drawers
Wardrobe - in bedroom
Hand towel rail - on the sink unit
Bidet - with its own towels on a rail
Spare blankets in the wardrobe
Drawers, drawer, drawers! By the bedside, in the wardrobe and the desk, plus a cupboard in the lounge
Easily controllable heat
Fridge
The location, while having the views, had a downside, as it meant trekking up and down steep slippery hills each day, but the wonderful room was a good payoff.
The breakfast was average, but acceptable and the service was excellent.
November 2025
