Of the chains, the Hotel Mercure (Rua Manuel Moreira de Barros 618D, 223 740 800, €57-€110, www.accorhotels.com) is ideally placed if you have wheels. Downtown, Hotel Infante de Sagres (Praça Dona Filipa de Lencastre 62, 223 398 500, www.hotelinfantesagres.pt, €165-€350), in the Ribeira, is in a beautifully restored former market building. For a more homely welcome, there’s the Residencial dos Aliados (Rua Elísio de Melo 27, 222 004 853, www.residencialaliados.com, €50-€70) on the central Avenida dos Aliados. Downmarket pensões cluster around São Bento station.

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