Lisbon Calling

Top choice in Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré


This fashionable, unsigned backpacker favourite near Santa Catarina features original frescoes, azulejos and hardwood floors – all lovingly restored by friendly Portuguese owners. The bright, spacious dorms and a brick-vaulted kitchen are easy on the eye, but the private rooms – specifically room 1812 – will floor you: boutique-hotel-level dens of style and comfort that thunderously out-punch their price point.

Lisbon Calling has also opened a second location with five suites near Av da Liberdade.