Lisbon: Secret Luxury - luxury with a whisper of history

From cobblestone life to royal splendor – Lisbon your way

Lisbon is not just a city – it's a feeling. A warm, colorful, fragrant movement of sound, light, and soul. Here, sea breeze meets fado song, white tile facades meet colorful laundry lines, and cobblestone streets wind through time and temperament. And why choose between genuine and extravagant, when you can have both?

First: Stay in the heart of vibrant Lisbon

Start your stay with two nights at an affordable hotel in central Lisbon like Alfama, Graça or Bairro Alto – where the city's soul vibrates the most. Wake up to the sound of church bells and trams, have a coffee at a sunny corner table, let yourself wander among viewpoints, small bakeries, and unexpected guitar tones.

Here you live like a local, but experience like a dreamer. It's simple, relaxed, and authentic – Lisbon up close.

The Finale: Pestana Palace – a step into another world

When the soul has been filled with the city's pulse, colors, and scents, it's time to step into something completely different. Pestana Palace Lisboa Hotel & National Monument is not just a hotel – it's a preserved chapter of Portugal's history.

The palace was built in the late 19th century by José Luís Constantino Dias, who later became known as Marquês de Valle Flôr. He built his fortune on cocoa production in Portugal's African colonies, especially São Tomé and Príncipe. When he returned to Lisbon, he had a magnificent palace built in French style, surrounded by gardens with exotic plants from all over the world – an expression of both his wealth and his global life.

Today, Pestana Palace is classified as a Portuguese national monument and it's easy to understand why. Here are richly decorated salons, marble floors, stucco, and original furniture as if taken from a period film. Yet it's not a museum experience – here you get to drink wine in the salons, swim in the indoor pool that was once a private bath for the palace's owner, and fall asleep in rooms where royalty and creative souls have rested.

The hotel has also been a favorite among world stars – including Madonna who lived here for longer periods when she temporarily settled in Lisbon. Pestana Palace was also used as a host hotel during Expo '98 and several major cultural events.

So even though time seems to have stood still here, reality moves softly through the rooms – between history, everyday life, and a quiet form of luxury.

Lisbon, poetic and magnificent

You don't have to live in a palace all the way. But to finish in one – where reality feels a little more like a movie than everyday life – that's something completely different. With this trip, you get the best of Lisbon: first the local, vibrant, and down-to-earth. Then the grand, fairy-tale-like, and almost unrealistically beautiful.

So, when are you booking your place in the palace?