Botanic Views Guest House

The guest house is so well situated just off the Praca Principe Real, which is a posh historic neighbourhood high on a hill. Consequently, there is a historic elevator in the building which is great (and unusual for old buildings in Lisbon) since the guesthouse is on the 4th floor. I got the least expensive room and I had a river view. Unfortunately I did not have air con or a private bathroom, as is available with the more expensive rooms. But I had an excellent breakfast every day, served by the lovely Ju, and access to the kitchen. The guesthouse is newly renovated and beautifully decorated. Hopefully the owner will be able to address the issue with the plumbing, which means one is not able to flush toilet paper and it needs to go in a bin next to the toilet. The bathrooms are regularly cleaned so it was not a problem while I was there for 5 days, and I wished I could have stayed longer

The place is in a good central area. When we checked in we found that the advertised Air Conditioner did not exist, there was no TV in the common area, the floor boards creak so loud that you can hear people walking to their rooms and the doors where warped and took a lot of effort to close. The bathroom lacked a shower curtain, after a shower the bathroom was under water no matter how careful you were. We did not have a view and when we opened the window on a weekend we were treated to all kinds of fumes from the restaurant below. The room we had was extremely small and we had to remove a clothing rack to make room for our suit cases (about 100sqft). The breakfast was very nicely done and we enjoyed it. Mohammed was very helpful in in finding the parking spot that we had asked for.