On our last few nights in Lisbon, we decided to treat ourselves to a stay at Locke de Santa Joana. This hotel is located in a former convent and is situated in a northern part of Lisbon that's a little less popular but still surrounded by great shopping and dining.
First of all, this place is HUGE. I'm talking three separate buildings, two restaurants, a coffee shop, and a pool. It's incredibly beautiful with tons of historic charm. There's two entrances so be sure to head to the one closest to the coffee shop since that's where check in is. If you enter near the restaurants, you'll have to trudge across the pool area, down a hallway, and up an elevator to find check in.
Each building features slightly different accommodations with one of the buildings offering fully equipped apartments with kitchens and laundry. Since we were only here for two nights, we stayed in one of the more basic hotel rooms which featured a beautiful sitting area, VERY comfortable bed, spacious bathroom with a nice shower, and plenty of wardrobe storage.
As luxurious as this place felt, it wasn't as well equipped as some of the cheaper hotels we stayed at. For example, there was a kettle but no nespresso machine so the options were instant coffee or tea. Our windows looked directly into the patio of the restaurant and there were no privacy blinds, just heavy shutters that blocked out all the light. There was no mini fridge, ice bucket, or wine key. We had to ask concierge for ice which they supplied for us in a trash bag (we were just using it to chill a bottle of wine) and the wine key was provided as well but had to be delivered to our room.
Directions to get to our room were vague and incorrect. We were told our room was 306 and to go to the building in which it was located. I asked if we took the elevator up to floor 3 and the man at the desk said yes. However, floor 3 was actually just a mechanical closet. Super confusing. One of the guests ended up pointing us down a hallway from the first floor, which led us to an unmarked door which eventually took us down another hallway and then to our room. More signage would really have been helpful! read more