6 Best Hotels in Saldanha and Avenidas Novas, Lisbon (2027)

Our pick is Lumen Hotel & The Lisbon Light Show, a four-star on Rua Sousa Martins between Saldanha and Marquês de Pombal: 9.6/10 from 3,632 reviews, the highest score on this page, and its 40 most recent reviews averaged 9.3, also the highest here. It has an outdoor pool and a video-mapping show projected in its interior garden each evening, and it cost €87 to €197 a night on our sample nights, with rates in every month.

For a five-star with a spa, EPIC SANA Marquês sits on the Marquês de Pombal roundabout. For the lowest prices, Dorma Saldanha (€52 to €128) and Hotel Principe Lisboa (€62 to €183) are both a few minutes from Saldanha metro. Olissippo Saldanha, steps from the square, barely changes price through the year.

Not sure Saldanha is right for you? Our guide to where to stay in Lisbon compares it with the other seven areas, and our best hotels on Avenida da Liberdade covers the boulevard just south, closer to the old centre. For the ten best-reviewed hotels across the whole city, see our ranking of the best hotels in Lisbon.

Walking times to the nearest of Saldanha or Marquês de Pombal metro stations are rough estimates from each hotel's location. The last two columns are the cheapest rate for two on our January and July 2027 sample nights, before the tourist tax.

Lumen Hotel & The Lisbon Light Show

4★, 9.6/10 from 3,632 reviews. On Rua Sousa Martins, a side street roughly halfway between Saldanha and Marquês de Pombal, with an outdoor pool, a gym and a video-mapping show projected in the interior garden every evening. Its 40 most recent reviews averaged 9.3. Guests praise the cleanliness, the friendly front desk and a good breakfast. €87 to €111 from November to March, €129 in April, €177 in July and €194 to €197 in September and October. Watch out for: a couple of recent guests had an unpleasant encounter with a staff member at check-out or breakfast, and one found the food ordinary.

EPIC SANA Marquês Hotel

5★, 9.2/10 from 6,168 reviews. A large five-star on Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo by the Marquês de Pombal roundabout, a few minutes from the metro, with a spa, sauna, pool and pool bar; some suites look towards the river. Guests mention a generous breakfast, comfortable beds and treats in the room on arrival. Its prices swing more than any other hotel here: €178 to €246 from December to March, €419 in April and €642 in June, then €147 in July and €167 in August. It had no rates for September or October. Watch out for: one guest found it too busy for personal service, the pool bar has a young party feel, and another found their window covered in bird droppings.

VIP Executive Suites do Marquês Hotel

4★, 9.2/10 from 931 reviews. Suites on Avenida Duque de Loulé, about seven minutes from Marquês de Pombal metro, with a small seasonal outdoor pool and a gym. Guests describe very clean, spacious rooms and comfortable beds; one stayed a week and found the staff helpful throughout. It has the sharpest seasonal split on this page: €84 to €91 from November to March, then €244 to €299 from April to October; it had no rate for our June night. Watch out for: the gym equipment is basic and in poor repair, the pool is small, and one guest found breakfast and the pool disappointing.

Hotel Principe Lisboa

3★, 9.1/10 from 6,369 reviews, the most-reviewed hotel on this page. On Avenida Duque de Ávila, a quiet stretch near the Gulbenkian museum and gardens, about seven minutes from Saldanha metro. Guests single out a fabulous breakfast and very helpful staff. €62 in December and €73 in January, €144 in April, €157 in July and €183 in May, September and October. Watch out for: one recent guest found the room dated and in need of refurbishing, and its recent reviews averaged 9.0, a little below its headline score.

Dorma Saldanha

3★, 9.0/10 from 5,401 reviews. On Avenida Defensores de Chaves, three minutes from Saldanha metro, and listed on some sites under its former name, EXE Saldanha. Guests praise an exceptionally good breakfast, roomy bedrooms and bathrooms, and a fairly quiet street. The cheapest hotel here: €52 to €72 from November to March and never more than €128 on our nights. Watch out for: there is a fire station opposite with a warning beep during the day, the lift doors close quickly, and there's no coffee in the room. It had no rates for our September or October nights.

Olissippo Saldanha

4★, 9.0/10 from 1,270 reviews, with recent reviews averaging 9.2. On Avenida Praia da Vitória, steps from Praça Duque de Saldanha and two minutes from the metro. Guests mention attentive staff, spacious, spotless rooms and a varied breakfast, including gluten-free bread on request. The steadiest prices in this guide: €109 to €120 from November to March and €126 to €158 from April to October. Watch out for: our hotel data lists no pool, gym or parking, the room lights only work with your key card in its holder, and one guest found the air conditioning weak on two nights.

The cheapest available rate for two adults for one night, checked on 30 October 2026, on four Wednesday sample nights in 2027. Each figure is the lowest price on offer that night, whatever the room type, meal plan or cancellation terms, so it is usually non-refundable. A dash means the hotel had no published rate for that night.

At Lumen, Hotel Principe Lisboa and VIP Executive Suites, a January night cost less than half a September one. EPIC SANA Marquês runs the other way in summer, dropping from €642 in June to €147 in July. On a winter or early spring trip, Saldanha is the cheapest good base in central Lisbon. For the weather that goes with these prices, see Lisbon in January and Lisbon in March.

• Use the metro. The red line runs straight from the airport to Saldanha, and the blue line from Marquês de Pombal reaches Restauradores and Baixa-Chiado in a few stops. Our Lisbon airport transfer guide compares the metro with taxis and private cars. Flying out at dawn? Our best hotels near Lisbon airport covers the hotels a few minutes from the terminal.
• Book winter early, summer carefully. VIP Executive Suites do Marquês nearly triples in price from April, and Lumen roughly doubles between January and September. Olissippo Saldanha and Dorma Saldanha stay closest to their winter prices.
• Want a pool? Lumen and VIP Executive Suites have seasonal outdoor pools; EPIC SANA Marquês has a pool and spa.
• Visit the Gulbenkian. The Gulbenkian museum and gardens are a short walk west of Saldanha, and one of the best reasons to stay in this part of the city.
• Add the tourist tax. Lisbon charges €4 per person per night, up to seven nights, on top of every rate on this page.
• Plan your sightseeing. A hop-on hop-off bus or a tuk tuk tour covers the old quarters without the long walk back to Saldanha.

We started from every hotel in Saldanha, Picoas, the Avenidas Novas and around Marquês de Pombal in our hotel reservation system with a guest score of 9.0 or more out of 10 and at least 200 reviews, and priced all of them on our sample nights.

• Availability: each hotel here had bookable rates on at least 10 of 12 monthly sample nights between 25 November 2026 and 13 October 2027 (one night, two adults, one Wednesday per month). Chalet D'Ávila, The Sky Lofts, Oscar Concept Apartments, Numa Lisbon Anjos and Dear Lisbon Valmor Palace returned no rates, and Feeling Eduardo VII returned two.
• Prices: the cheapest available rate for two adults for one night, in euros, as returned on 30 October 2026, before Lisbon's tourist tax and other fees. It is the lowest price on offer regardless of room type, meal plan or cancellation terms, so flexible rates and breakfast usually cost more. The live grid prices a three-night stay about 30 days ahead instead. The final price is always set by Expedia or Booking.com, whichever you book on.
• Ratings and reviews: guest scores out of 10 and review counts come from our hotel data partner, Nuitée, and were checked on 30 October 2026. We read the 40 most recent reviews for each hotel (the newest from October 2026) and checked them for theft, safety, pest, mould and closure reports. Several hotels with high headline scores had noticeably weaker recent reviews, and we left them out: LUSTER Hotel (9.6 overall, 8.65 recently), Hotel Principe Avila (10 overall, 8.85 recently), Jupiter Lisboa (8.8 recently, with complaints about a closed rooftop bar and litter by the pool), Hotel White (8.88), VIP Executive Picoas (8.78) and Next Level (8.5).
• The final six: every hotel here has a headline score of 9.0 or more and recent reviews averaging at least 8.9. EPIC SANA Marquês stands on the Marquês de Pombal roundabout, where the Avenida da Liberdade ends; we cover it here rather than on our Avenida page, which already has eleven hotels.
• Order: our pick comes first; the rest are ordered by guest score, then review volume.

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