Samba Rooms Hostel

Within easy walking distance of Praça da Liberdade, Mercado Central and the airport bus stop, this friendly hostel in a historic building has five- to nine-bed dorms and pleasant community spaces including a parquet-floored living room, a well-equipped guest kitchen, a cluster of open-air terraces and its own resto-bar. Traffic noise from the busy boulevard below is a potential deal breaker.