Our room.
The rooms at Hyatt Place are quite spacious and would be great if you're traveling as family or even if you want to split the cost with another couple. Our room had two double beds.
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Lagoas Park Oeiras Review
Breakfast was included in our booking rate, which was around 200 USD inclusive.
The public restroom in the lobby is beautiful with wood and marble finishings.
In the lobby you can also find the hotel bar as seen below.
Just behind the bar is the seating area for the restaurant.
Hotel Restaurant Review
We did dine in the restaurant with our friends one evening. I ordered a nice fish dish which came with a side of mixed vegetables and some potatoes. Fish in Portugal is always delicious and fresh since the country is blessed to have access to so much coastline! The food was good and as one would expect, this is a light meal with a corporate hotel price tag. ;)
When you get off the elevators to head to your room you will see these nice sitting areas overlooking the lobby. The chairs are comfortable, with side tables, and there is nice lighting from the floor to ceiling glass entry of the hotel.
Room Tour
Here is a quick photo tour of our room at Lagoas Park Hotel.
The bathroom is spacious and they do provide the standard amenities. You'll notice on the second photo that a bidet is available at this hotel. In case you want to wash and dry your feet.
...lol. Just kidding. :p
The room is a bit on the dark side with the color scheme and lighting style, which isn't necessarily my favorite aesthetic.
Our room had a large flatscreen TV and closets for hanging clothes as well as a full length mirror right across from the bathroom door. Some of our friends were joking that it was the last place they wanted a mirror after they got out of the shower. haha.
Jokes aside, I always appreciate a full length mirror in a hotel room.
Below is the desk area if you need to do some work or want to eat some takeout. Which... we did.
100 Gramas
We ordered Uber Eats the night we arrived as we were too tired to go out anywhere. There was a Buy one get one free promo for a restaurant called 100 Gramas. We ordered Prego Maminha Maturada which is a sandwich of thin steaks and the bread is slathered with garlic butter. We got one side of batata frites (French fries) and one side of feijão (beans).
The total for 2 sandwiches, an order of fries, an order of beans, and a coca-cola was 18.74€ including service fee, delivery fee, bag fee etc. While the pictures are not impressive due to the dim room and takeout boxes, the food was good! It was good for the price we paid. But if we had paid full price of 41.74€ it may have been a different story. lol!
centro colombo
I took a few of the most random pictures that day starting with these women's button down linen shirts.
Nespresso Store
Our Portuguese friend educated us about visiting the Nespresso store for a free coffee. You actually take a ticket when you go in and when an associate is available they can give you a sample of any kind of Nespresso pod you would like to try. Afterwards you can buy a package of your preferred pod, if you'd like, of course!
Serra da Estrela
I was so fascinated by this art display of candy machines that I felt compelled to snap this crooked picture to remember it.
For my final memory of Colombo Mall in lisbon, I leave you with this bathroom sign which I found amusing. It's asking if you knew that with the toilet lid open you can be projecting "particles". They implore toilet guests to pleaseeee close the lid before flushing.
It makes you wonder what atrocities have been seen in there? On second thought.. scratch that thought.
The Kitchen
how to get them, how to redeem them, where you can redeem them, and what to do if yours is about to expire!
What to do when your hilton free night certificate is expiring
Do hilton honors points expire?
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What to do if you free reward night is about to expire?
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Where is my hilton free night certificate?Once a Hilton free night certificate has been awarded to you, whether as a credit card sign up bonus or for your brand loyalty in some other way, you will receive an email from Hilton Honors (mine was from [email protected]) with instructions on how to redeem. What is the hilton honors customer care phone number?Call Hilton Honors Customer Care at 1-800-446-6677 Can i redeem my hilton free night reward online?While you currently cannot redeem the free night by yourself on the website, there is a way to redeem it online. |
Are there exclusions with the hilton free reward nights?
Surprisingly, Hilton has very few restrictions and exclusions on using these certificates. There are no black out dates and you can book any night of the week. You can get a free night at any Hilton property (standard room, double occupancy) with the exception of these properties.
What is the value of a hilton free night certificate?
You may be wondering what a free Hilton award night is actually worth. The truth is, it varies. You can use this (foolishly) on a cheap hotel night costing $50 or you can take advantage of the opportunity to use it for a hotel like Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam that would normally cost upwards of $900 a night!
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do i have to travel before the expiration date or just make the reservation in time?
can someone else use my hilton free night certificate?
Yes and no. So the Free Night Reward is not transferable to another person. You can't send the certificate to another Hilton Honors account. But what you can do is contact Hilton and redeem free night award certificates for someone else. Simply have them book the stay in the other person's name. A free night at a nice hotel can be a great gift!
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When we go to Lisbon for a conference we try to stay in a different hotel each time, where possible. This allows us the opportunity to explore different neighborhoods in Lisbon, experience a variety of restaurants, and ultimately enables us to share more information with you to help you plan your trip to Lisbon.
For this weekend in Lisbon we stayed in the Saldanha (Sal-don-yah) neighborhood at the Turim Saldanha Hotel.
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Turim Saldanha Hotel
The main entrance is to the left of the man standing in the photo below, sort of tucked in from the street.
About checking in to hotels in Lisbon
Identification - It is common for all guests to be asked for their IDs whether that be a local residence card or a passport from your country.
City Tax - A city tax of 2 euros per person per night may be due upon check in. This is capped out at 14 euros per person. So if you stay at one hotel for longer than 7 nights at 2 euros per night, you will not have any further city tax charges.
standard room turim saldanha
It's very common in Europe to have two smaller beds next to each other instead of one Queen or King like Americans may be used to.
To the right of the bed a sliding full length mirror (see photo above) opened to the closet which housed a small safe, and a few hangers (see photo below). A phone was available at the side of the bed.
To the right is a desk area with mini fridge and hot beverage set up.
Space to work and eat at Turim Saldanha
Free beverages at Turim Saldanha
As you can see, the outlets are European style. So you will need to bring an adapter.
And let's be clear - no one is trying to take this coffee as a "freebie". It's not good. Like... at all. You only drink it out of pure necessity to fuel you until you can get a proper cafezinho. ❤
Mini fridge prices in lisbon
Would you like to see the view from our room?
Turim Saldanha Restaurant Menu and Prices
Turim Saldanha Standard Bathroom
Now let's check out the bathroom.
The sink ledge is curved, so you can't set it on the sink.
The toiletry stand has openings cut out to fit each toiletry in packaging. No where to set the soap.
Until I realized... that roll of toilet paper in the corner. It's not just the back up... it doubles as a soap rest! 8)
Oh wait.. our door lock doesn't work
After a quick ring to the front desk, someone from housekeeping came by. The dear lady did not speak any English at all. While front desk staff will often speak English, as noted above, other staff may not as you can see here. Another great opportunity to practice Portuguese presents itself!
We explained and demonstrated the issue and while she didn't seem too fussed about it, she did get on the walkie talkie to her colleague. Her colleague laughed and said in Portuguese "Oh room # _____. It's just like that." And then the lady parroted that back to us as though it was a solution. So we asked if we could just switch rooms. She had to walkie talkie her colleague again, but conveniently turned the volume down this time. And a few minutes later someone from reception came up to meet us with a new room key and escort us to the new room - next door. The lock functioned normally there. :) He said he would put a maintenance request in for the other room.
So after all, these pictures are of the room we did not stay in. The room next door was almost identical though, don't worry. :)
Overall Review of turim saldanha
More from this weekend in Lisbon
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