Hotel Alif Avenidas

Staff were kind and professional. Lots of choice for breakfast including British and continental options. No crowd, hot food options always available. Congratulations to the manager on his team (reception, cleaning, catering teams), best of luck in retaining them.

The room was just like in the pictures - spacious, modern, comfortable. Cleaning done every day. Staff very friendly and helpful (we received very good indications on visiting some objectives we wanted to). We only had breakfast for one day, but it was quite good, except for the coffee (which is made of powder). Position is also good, very close to the metro with direct connection to the airport (red line, 20 minutes trip) and quite central also, close to parks, shops and with very many bakeries and restaurants close by.

The interior may be a bit dated, but it had all the amenities - comfortable beds, a mini fridge, a kettle for tea, cups, welcome water. The air conditioning was very useful. There was a bidet in the bathroom. There was a metro stop right next to the hotel, very convenient to reach the centre and the old town in 10 minutes. The area where the hotel was located was lively, lots of small cafes and a small supermarket next to the hotel. The hotel was right next to a beautiful and large park with the Gulbenkian Museum, which is definitely worth a visit. The hotel's breakfast was standard, rather boring, but tasty coffee and always lots of fruit. At check-out there was the option to leave luggage until the flight, which was very convenient as the flight was at midnight. The hotel can be reached from the airport by metro I liked the hotel, especially the location. Everything was good!

This is a lovely hotel. From the moment the door was opened for you, the reception staff, housekeeping and food staff - they were all friendly and very helpful. We loved that there was a kettle, water, fridge and tea cups in the room. the bed was huge and comfortable. We felt very at home here. We also had a lovely dinner at the italian restaurant over the road and drinks at the little bar in the park. It is a little out of the main tourist area but that this what we needed. A bit of quiet to just sit, relax and enjoy. Still a comfortable walk to the hop on off buses. Did the small bus trip through the old town - highly recomend it. Also I think there was a market on the saturday as we were leaving which looked amazing - ask reception about it they may be able to give you the details. It was just a lovely comfortable place to stay.