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Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies
Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies
Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies
Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies
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Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies

Rua Diogo Do Couto, Lisbon, Portugal

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A 21-second look at Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies (4-star, Lisbon), made from the hotel's own photos.

Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies is a solid 4-star pick in Graça, Lisbon — comfortable rooms and a base that keeps Queluz National Palace close.

Guests typically choose Graça for its balance of location and price; Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies is a good fit if you want to be near the action in Lisbon.

Key facts

Class
4-star
Area
Graça
Address
Rua Diogo Do Couto, Lisbon, Portugal

What’s included

Apartements Balcony Bathroom Bidet Cleaning Coffee Cot Desk Dishwasher Family rooms Fan First aid

Lisbon’s booking traps: hills, timed palace tickets, and the areas people wrongly skip

The most common mistake is booking a cheap room in Alfama, Mouraria or Bairro Alto without checking how you reach the door. Taxis and Ubers cannot enter much of the castle hill, so a €95 guesthouse can mean 60–80 steps with your luggage from where the driver stops, and buildings from the 1700s rarely have lifts. Ask the property for the drop-off point and the number of stairs before you book — many list it, and a few offer a porter or a tuk-tuk shuttle. If that sounds unappealing, Baixa is flat, Príncipe Real is reached by the Elevador da Glória, and Estrela is served by the 28E all the way to Campo de Ourique. The reward for the climb is real: Graça and Alfama have the miradouros and the quietest mornings in the city.

The second trap is Sintra. Pena Palace sells timed entry slots and the popular 10am–12pm windows go days ahead in summer; the 434 bus loop from Sintra station queues badly by 11am, and driving there means circling for parking on the Estrada da Pena. Book palace tickets before you book your train, not after. Third, people skip Marvila, Almada and Setúbal on the assumption there is nothing there — Marvila has the warehouse breweries and Fábrica Braço de Prata, the 10-minute ferry from Cais do Sodré to Cacilhas lands you under Cristo Rei with the best view back at the city, and Setúbal is the gateway to the Serra da Arrábida and the Sado dolphins, about 50 km south. Staying out there costs €80–120 for what would be €200 in Chiado.

Where to stay in Lisbon: the areas worth your week

Stay in Baixa or Chiado for a first visit: Baixa is the flat grid between Rossio and Praça do Comércio, walkable to almost everything, with four-star doubles usually €150–230 in shoulder season, while Chiado next door runs €30–60 higher for the same standard and gets quieter after midnight. Alfama and Graça put you inside the castle hill — Castelo de São Jorge, the Sé, Miradouro das Portas do Sol and Senhora do Monte are all a few minutes' climb — and guesthouses there sit around €90–140, cheaper than Chiado because the trade-off is stairs and no lift. Mouraria, just over Martim Moniz, is the cheapest genuinely central option at €70–110 and the most mixed neighbourhood in the city. Bairro Alto is for people who want the bars on Rua da Atalaia until 2am and can sleep through them; Cais do Sodré, with the Time Out Market at Mercado da Ribeira and the Cascais train, is the compromise — nightlife on Rua Nova do Carvalho, but you can shut a window on it. Príncipe Real is the quiet-money choice: palacete guesthouses around Praça das Flores and the Jardim do Príncipe Real, usually €160–260.

Away from the centre, Avenida da Liberdade is where the international five-stars sit along a 1.1 km boulevard, from €300 up and often past €500 in June. Estrela and Lapa are residential and embassy-heavy, near the Basílica da Estrela and the Jardim da Estrela, with the city’s quietest high-end rooms; Belém, 6 km west, gives you Jerónimos, the Torre de Belém and Pastéis de Belém on the doorstep and very little after 8pm. Parque das Nações is modern, flat and family-friendly around the Oceanário and Gare do Oriente, roughly 20 minutes into town on the red line. Alcântara and Marvila are the cheaper edges — LX Factory under the 25 de Abril bridge, warehouse breweries out past Braço de Prata. Outside the city, Sintra, Queluz, Mafra, Óbidos, Cascais, Estoril, Ericeira, Almada and Setúbal all work as bases if the palaces and coast, rather than the city, are the point of the trip.

Best time to visit Lisbon, month by month

May, late September and October are the best months: 22–26°C, low rain, and the Sintra palaces bearable to queue for. January and February are the cheapest and wettest — expect 15°C, several grey days a week, and four-star doubles in Baixa dropping to €90–130; the compensation is Pena Palace and Castelo dos Mouros almost to yourself. March and April climb slowly, with Easter and the Óbidos Festival Internacional do Chocolate pushing weekend rates up in the walled town. June is the most expensive month of the year in the city: Festas de Lisboa runs all month, the Santo António street parties on the nights of 12 and 13 June fill Alfama, Mouraria and Graça, and central hotels ask 40–60% above May.

July and August are hot (28–33°C inland, cooler on the Atlantic side) and the demand shifts to the coast — Cascais, Estoril and Ericeira peak, with four-star doubles at €200–300, while some city hotels are marginally softer than in June. September is the strongest all-round month: warm sea, NOS Alive already over, prices near June levels but the light is better. November is the trap — mid-month Web Summit at the Altice Arena in Parque das Nações puts 70,000 people in the city and doubles or triples rates citywide for four or five nights. December is cheap until about the 20th, then New Year at Terreiro do Paço lifts it again; Óbidos Vila Natal runs through the month and books out weekends in that one town.

Questions, answered

Where is Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies located?
Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies is in Graça, Lisbon (Rua Diogo Do Couto, Lisbon, Portugal), close to Queluz National Palace.
How much does Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies cost per night?
Prices are set live by the hotel — check the booking page for a real rate for your dates.
How many stars is Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies?
Apolónia 30 Guests Balconies is a 4-star hotel in Lisbon.
What is a typical nightly hotel rate in Lisbon?
A mid-range four-star double in Baixa, Chiado or Cais do Sodré typically runs €150–230 a night in May, September and October. Guesthouses in Alfama, Graça and Mouraria sit around €80–140, and five-star rooms on Avenida da Liberdade or in Lapa start near €300 and often reach €450–500 in June. January and February can take 30–40% off those figures. Remember to add the municipal tourist tax of €4 per person per night, capped at seven nights, which is usually collected at the hotel rather than included in the rate.
Is Lisbon walkable?
Yes, but it is a hill city, not a flat one — Baixa is level, and everything around it is not. Baixa to Chiado is five minutes but includes a climb or the Elevador de Santa Justa; Baixa to Castelo de São Jorge is about 20 minutes uphill through Alfama. Belém is 6 km west and needs the 15E tram, around 25 minutes from Praça da Figueira. The funiculars — Glória to Bairro Alto, Bica to Cais do Sodré, Lavra to Campo Mártires da Pátria — exist precisely because the slopes defeat most people, and they are covered by a 24-hour Carris pass at roughly €7. Wear shoes with grip: the calçada portuguesa pavement is slick when wet.
Should I stay overnight in Sintra or visit the palaces as a day trip from Lisbon?
Day-trip from Lisbon unless you want to see three or more palaces, in which case one night in Sintra is worth it. The train from Rossio takes about 40 minutes and costs around €2.40 each way, so a 08:30 departure gets you to Pena Palace ahead of the coach groups. Staying in Sintra itself costs €100–170 for a mid-range double and buys you the historic centre after 6pm, when the day crowds have gone and Quinta da Regaleira’s grounds are empty. Two nights lets you add Monserrate, Cabo da Roca and Mafra’s palace with its library and six carillons without rushing. If you are basing yourself outside the city for the heritage sites, Óbidos and its walled centre and Queluz on the Sintra line are the other two that reward an overnight.
What is the best area to stay in Lisbon for a first visit?
Baixa or Chiado, because both are flat, central and within 15 minutes' walk of Rossio, Praça do Comércio and the Baixa-Chiado metro. Baixa is slightly cheaper, at roughly €150–230 for a four-star double in shoulder season, and puts you on the grid where the trams and metro converge. Chiado costs €30–60 more per night but is quieter after midnight and closer to Bairro Alto’s bars without being inside them. If you want the castle-hill atmosphere instead, Alfama and Graça are more memorable and cheaper at €90–140, with stairs as the price. Avoid booking Bairro Alto itself unless you plan to be out until 2am.
What is the cheapest month to visit Lisbon?
February is the cheapest, with four-star doubles in Baixa often at €90–130 and hostel beds around €22. January is close behind, apart from the first few days of the month. Both are mild by northern European standards — around 15°C by day — but you should expect rain and short daylight. The upside is that Castelo de São Jorge, Jerónimos and Pena Palace have no queues, and Sintra restaurants take walk-ins. Avoid mid-November: Web Summit at the Altice Arena makes it one of the most expensive weeks of the year.
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