Lisbon, Portugal

Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé

Price per night from$247.10

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR212.85), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Residential treatment

Setting

Tagus in sight

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In Alfama, Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé is both launch pad and landing strip. These sleek, tile-detailed apartments tempt you to unpack for days — or even weeks — offering properly kitted-out kitchens, and quiet indoor-outdoor corners for reading, resting or admiring the River Tagus. And if you don’t feel like cooking one evening (or at all), you can tuck into home-baked goods from the Italian restaurant next door faster than you can say ‘focaccia’.  

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Five apartments.

Check–Out

11am; check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates at Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé exclude breakfast, but a thoughtfully packed box of local pastries, fruit, granola and yoghurt can be purchased for €17 each. There’s a minimum stay of two nights.

Also

All four floors can be accessed using the central lift, but there are no specially adapted rooms if you have limited mobility.

At the hotel

Free WiFi throughout. In suites: Fully equipped kitchens, TV, climate control, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit and organic bath products.

Our favourite rooms

We’d like to spy the Tagus as we sip our morning coffee, pretty please. The Two-Bedroom River View Apartments frame the water ever so nicely, from wrought-iron balconies and through soaring windows. If having outdoor space to sunbathe in sounds more like your bag, opt for the One-Bedroom Suite with its own furnished patio.

Packing tips

Apartments at Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé are equipped for longer stays in Lisbon, with washer-dryers and all — and in case you were planning on packing the kitchen sink, there’s one of those, too.

Also

Penthouse residents share courtyard views with a renowned Lisbon art collector — cross-balcony conversations have never felt so cultured.

Children

All ages are welcome but not especially catered to; families of up to six can spread out across the two-bedroom River Suites.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

If you’re staying in the Penthouse, breakfast on your balcony comes with a side of river views and sunshine.

Dress Code

It’s your casa, so whatever you feel most comfortable in.

Hotel restaurant

There’s no restaurant, beyond the confines of your marble-topped kitchen counter, that is. 

Room service

A breakfast box of local pastries, fruit, granola and yoghurt can be delivered to your door at around 8am each morning for an extra charge; just place your order the night before.

Location

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Address
Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé
Rua de São João da Praça 108
Lisboa
1100-316
Portugal

Tucked down the tile-strewn lanes of Alfama near Lisbon’s cathedral, Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé sits between Miradouro de Santa Luzia and the Praça do Comércio.

Planes

Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport is the closest, around 25 minutes by car to the hotel; taxis typically cost €35.

Automobiles

Lisbon’s affordable and well-connected public transport options make a car unnecessary, and those hills test even confident clutch-control drivers. There’s no parking at the hotel, but you might be able to nab one of the underground spaces at nearby Campo das Cebolas for €25 a night.

Worth getting out of bed for

Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé puts you in the beating heart of Alfama, where list-topping landmarks like the Lisbon Cathedral (Sé de Lisboa) are a short stroll away. Spot the Church of Santa Luzia by its twin bell towers and blue-and-white tilework, and its terrace just so happens to have sweeping views over the River Tagus, too. The Mural of Amália Rodrigues pays tribute to the legendary fado singer, crafted entirely from traditional Portuguese sidewalk tiles; and the Fado Museum, also within walking distance, delves into the soulful music that defines this artsy neighbourhood.  

On Tuesdays and Saturdays, head down to the Feira da Ladra on the Campo de Santa Clara for flea-market finds and vintage treasure-hunting. For something more in-depth, the hotel’s concierge is eager to arrange personalised experiences and guided tours. 

Local restaurants

Right next door, Pausa whips up homemade Italian plates and aperitivi from the Ruvida family’s recipe book, with queues forming from lunchtime for its freshly baked focaccia and pizza. Sticking to Alfama, reserve a table at Taberna Sal Grosso, where chef-owner Joaquim Saragga crafts a rotating chalkboard menu featuring seasonal dishes like seared tuna pica pau, stingray in garlic sauce, and pork cheek with celeriac purée. On the low fringes of the bairro towards Baixa, Discreto is as tucked-away as its name suggests and serves Portuguese classics like lamb, octopus and codfish, complemented by an extensive wine list.

Local cafés

Cool young things get caffeinated at Buna Coffee and its sister branch, Casolare, which both serve small bites also worth stopping by for, such as pistachio croissants and focaccia sandwiches. 

Local bars

Join your neighbours — and new friends — at Pausa for an Italian spritz or glass of wine, before venturing into the Bairro Alto for botanical cocktails made using foraged ingredients at Toca da Raposa. 

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from these residentially inclined apartments along the River Tagus and unpacked their ceramic knick-knacks and enough pastéis de nata to outlast the plane ride home, a full account of their azulejos-admiring break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé in Lisbon… 

Hermitage Castelo Casa Sé wears its Pombaline architectural pedigree proudly, with a façade clad in traditional azulejos that hint at the artistry inside. High decorative ceilings, original tilework and period details have all been dutifully preserved by the heritage-conscious owner, while introducing modern comforts, such as high-spec kitchens, that make long stays entirely stress-free. The spacious suites marry Scandi style with Portuguese furnishings, but it’s the views from each — over the Tagus or a leafy, local square — that roots these residences firmly in Alfama. 

This is one of several high-end, home-like stays in Lisbon by the Hermitage Castelo collection, including Smith stablemate, Casa Chafariz, in modernist Santos. At both, apartment living isn’t just about a place to sleep — it’s a well-set stage for slowly calling this city your own (and dare we say, home). 

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