The grand hotel of Lisbon: full service, a serious spa and a rooftop running track.
€€€€From about €650 a night
Classic full-service splurge.
Avenida da Liberdade, PortugalThe Ritz opened in 1959 as Portugal's answer to the great European hotels, and under Four Seasons it remains the city's one true full-service address. Around 280 rooms and suites, most with balconies looking over Parque Eduardo VII toward the river, a large spa, a rooftop running track with the best free view in town, and a level of staffing that the boutiques on this list cannot match. Cura, the restaurant, holds a Michelin star.
It sits above the park at the top of Avenida da Liberdade, which is the trade-off. You are twenty minutes on foot from Chiado, mostly downhill, and a taxi back. Guest feedback is unusually consistent: the service is the point, the rooms are large, and the mid-century interiors and art collection either charm you or feel formal.
Book it for a big trip where you want everything handled, for families who need space and a pool, or for anyone who values a hotel that runs like a machine. For a first weekend where you want to walk out into old Lisbon, one of the Chiado hotels will serve you better.
Two rungs up from Superior, but this is where the extra buys the reason to stay here: 49 m² instead of 42 and a private terrace looking down Eduardo VII park to the castle and the river. Premier Park-View is the same room on the highest floors.
The tables at this hotel that are a reason to come, and how hard they are to get.
A starred tasting-menu restaurant with its own street entrance, which tells you how it sees itself: a table people cross the city for, not a hotel dining room. Two menus, both available vegetarian, dinner only from seven.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out
The Kabuki group's first restaurant outside Spain, starred in 2026, in the Galerias Ritz inside the hotel building. It is a tenant rather than a Four Seasons kitchen, but two starred rooms under one roof is unmatched in Lisbon.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out
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Questions people ask
When only the full grand-hotel experience will do, this is the only choice in Lisbon. Pay for the park view. The only full grand hotel in the city: nearly 300 rooms, a serious spa, a starred restaurant and service that runs like a machine. It is above the park rather than in old Lisbon, and priced at the top of the market.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
It is in Avenida da Liberdade, Portugal, about 1.8 km from Praça Luís de Camões and around 15 minutes by car from LIS airport.
Entry rooms typically start from about €650 a night outside peak dates. We show typical rates, never live prices or invented discounts.
Deluxe Park-View Room. Two rungs up from Superior, but this is where the extra buys the reason to stay here: 49 m² instead of 42 and a private terrace looking down Eduardo VII park to the castle and the river. Premier Park-View is the same room on the highest floors. A high floor on the park side.
CURA. A starred tasting-menu restaurant with its own street entrance, which tells you how it sees itself: a table people cross the city for, not a hotel dining room. Two menus, both available vegetarian, dinner only from seven.
No. It welcomes families and has a kids club.
Our verdict
When only the full grand-hotel experience will do, this is the only choice in Lisbon. Pay for the park view.
€€€€From about €650 a night
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