Lisbon, Portugal

Tarabel Lisbon

Price per night from$590.97

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 (EUR508.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Tiers of joy

Setting

Lapa luxury

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Solitude doesn’t always come easy in a capital city, but at adults-only hotel Tarabel Lisbon that sense of serenity is second nature — catalysed by wraparound views of the River Tagus. Once past the beckoning blue façade, interiors entice for their home-like feel and ensconcing rooms. But we suspect most of your time will be spent outdoors, floating around the pool-graced gardens, sampling the chef’s seasonal plates at alfresco tables, or simply roaming your Lapa milieu like its laidback locals. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Nine, including five suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 1pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include a buffet breakfast, served daily.

Also

Due to the historic and tiered layout of the building, Tarabel Lisbon isn’t suitable for guests with limited mobility.

At the hotel

Living and dining areas, boutique, charged laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: ceiling fan, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and Molton Brown bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Bespoke upholstery, vintage keepsakes and offbeat layouts (baths in rooms, hidden libraries, that sort of thing) make each room distinctly its own. But if we were to pick just one, it would have to be the Deluxe Suite for its spacious private terrace, watching over the River Tagus from a sun-soaked perch.

Poolside

The River Tagus isn’t the only light-bouncing body of water to admire from atop Tarabel’s tiered gardens — lower your gaze a little, and the emerald tones of the heated outdoor pool are a striking sight, too. Sun-seekers can secure their tans on the bordering loungers and day-beds, while beaming yellow parasols and a jacaranda tree provide welcome shade. Chef Alfonso can whip up light bites for between-soaks snacking, and have staff deliver them straight to your poolside seat.

Packing tips

Leave space to stock up on the scent-soothing candles and diffusers that Tarabel Lisbon sell in their boutique.

Also

The garden’s custom azulejo mural was commissioned by the hotel’s designer and hand-crafted by local artists Gonçalo Jordão and Thierry Larche.

Children

This Lisbon retreat is for over-16s only.

Sustainability efforts

The hotel itself sits in a restored 19th-century mansion that blends unobtrusively with Lisbon’s undulating landscapes. Inside, one-off trinkets were all sourced by the designer herself and come from small-scale creatives; and the artwork, fabrics and ceramic tiling were all made by local artisans. At the restaurant, chef Alfonso Blazquez Raposo champions seasonal and Portuguese-made produce.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Take one of the shaded tables in the tiered garden for meditative views across the River Tagus.

Dress Code

There's no formal attire here, but we’d go for your most whimsical finds to complement the hotel’s collection of curios.

Hotel restaurant

Like most things at this peaceful retreat, dining is a languid affair. You’re welcome to eat wherever you fancy, but your host — who also authored Creative Tables — has a particular talent for place settings, and her delicately laid vintage crockery is worth nabbing a dining room table for. Days start with fresh breakfast buffets of seasonal fruit, oven-warm breads, yoghurt, granola and however-you-like-’em eggs. 

The residence’s small kitchen is where you’ll find star chef Alfonso Blazquez Raposo prepping regional ingredients into artful plates come lunch and dinner. His contemporary Mediterranean menus change with the crop, but lime-cured scallops, creamy Portuguese rice and port-coated Iberian pork are a few of Alfonso’s storied staples. You’re also welcome to dip in and out of his cooking quarters during the day, for self-serve coffee and snacks.  

Hotel bar

You won’t find a bar at Tarabel Lisbon, but if you let staff know what you fancy, they’ll have it made and brought to wherever you’re sitting.

Last orders

Breakfast is from 8am and runs till the last guest awakes. Lunch is served between noon and 4pm, and dinner is from 6.30pm to 10pm.

Room service

There’s no room service, but you’re welcome to dine anywhere else in the hotel.

Location

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Address
Tarabel Lisbon
Rua Sacramento à Lapa 15
Lisbon
1200-792
Portugal

From its Estrela hill vantage point in leafy Lapa, Tarabel Lisbon watches over the River Tagus and sits just west of the city centre.

Planes

Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport is around 25 minutes away by car; private transfers can be arranged from €55 each way.

Trains

Rail routes run west along the coast from the hotel’s nearest station, Cais de Sodré, where you can also catch the metro’s Green Line around the city. Staff can arrange private transfers for the 10-minute drive between the station and hotel for €55 each way.

Automobiles

Lapa is fairly well-connected, and you can walk to most central neighbourhoods, so a car isn’t essential. But if you are wedded to your wheels, there’s street parking around the hotel (charged between Monday and Friday, 9am to 7pm).

Worth getting out of bed for

A stay at Tarabel Lisbon may mean you’re a little further out of the centre, but it brings this city’s local, lesser-known delights into the spotlight. Start your morning with a coffee and stroll through the flower-filled Jardim da Estrela, where weekends bring artisanal markets and weekdays, a quiet backing track of passing dog walkers and nattering residents.  

The hotel’s Lapa locale also puts Portugal’s regal structures on your surrounding streets: the neoclassical Palácio de São Bento has housed the country’s Parliament since 1834, and Rua do Sacramento à Lapa hosts a handful of ornate embassies. Baroque beauty Basílica da Estrela stands as a towering testament to its commissioner, Queen Maria I, and has equally good-looking views over the River Tagus from its rooftop terrace. It’s also a pitstop on the storied Tram 28 route, which trundles around the city’s historic districts. 

Local restaurants

You’ll have to wander somewhat to reach Lisbon’s lauded eateries; but for a close-to-home pick that’s primed for special occasions, our hearts (and taste buds) are firmly with Loco. This fine-dining restaurant has garnered a multitude of awards for its 16-course, micro-seasonal menu, natural wines and fermented drinks — all made in-house from leftover ingredients.  

If you’ve come to Portugal for the pork, Pigmeu is the place to sample it in its finest forms (bifanas, croquettes, crackling) — and its sustainable approach makes plates even tastier. Cash-only Taberna da Rua das Flores may not look like much from outside, but its enticing adaptations on traditional dishes have rallied crowds for decades. Fast-forming queues are a testament to its popularity, and it’s worth nothing that you can’t book, so be sure to pop past early and get your name on the evening’s list. 

Local cafés

Lapa’s local hang-out comes in the form of Monka Café, where hand-baked artisanal sourdoughs form the base of avo-brimming brunches, and sugar-topped pastries pair well with speciality coffee and matcha. 

Local bars

A low-lit, ambient setting makes Parra Wine Bistro an alluring evening spot — and that’s before you’ve even sampled their 400-long list of hand-selected wines and flavour-packed sharing plates.  

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 this soothing stay in Lapa and sorted through their home-inspiration photos, a full account of their Tagus-peering break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Tarabel Lisbon… 

Portugal’s historic capital has many a moniker — the City of Seven Hills and the White City among them. But you don’t need to be in its bustling Baixa centre to understand how it’s earnt such sobriquets, especially when you’ve Tarabel Lisbon standing as a striking embodiment in lesser-known Lapa. 

Resting on Estrela’s western rise, with stacked views over the River Tagus, this boutique hotel puts Lisbon’s rolling topography into (prettily framed) perspective. The city's beguiling beauty is showcased in quieter ways, too. Rooms are filled with hand-collected trinkets and artisan-crafted furnishings; and down in the dining room, seasonal plates celebrate Portugal’s bountiful larder. 

For those who’d rather admire the city’s allure directly, the three-tiered garden comes with its own heated pool and served-to-lounger drinks, and Lisbon’s tipped attractions are never more than a tram trundle away. It’s enough to suggest a new moniker: the city that has it all... 

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