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Time difference : + 1 h.
Currency : the euro.
Best season : All of them, even the mild winter in Lisbon.
Group size : There are no limits, as Lisbon is perfectly equipped with hotels and meeting rooms.
GETTING THERE
TAP PORTUGAL connects Paris Orly to Lisbon six times a day, with flights lasting 2 hours 30 minutes. The airline also serves the Portuguese capital from Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse. Tel: 0 810 319 319 (groups) Internet: www.flytap.fr
AIR FRANCE serves Lisbon from Paris CDG with three flights a day. Transavia, its low-cost subsidiary, offers flights to the Portuguese capital from Paris Orly, Nantes and Lyon. Tel: 3654 or +33 (0)892 702 654 Internet: www.airfrance.fr
AIGLE AZUR offers one or two daily flights to Lisbon from Paris-Orly. Tel: 0810797897 Internet: www.aigle-azur.com
INFORMATION
Lisboa Convention Bureau
Rua do Arsenal, 23 - Tel : +351 210 312 700 - Email : abaltazar@visitlisboa.com Internet : www.visitlisboa.com
Portuguese Tourist Office (closed to the public)
Tel: 01 56 88 31 90 Email. : info@visitportugal.com Internet : www.visitportugal.com
HOTELS
INTERCONTINENTAL LISBON
Next to the Eduardo VII Park, the InterContinental demonstrates the efficiency of major business brands. Its suites, 16 in all, are much appreciated by visiting celebrities, while its 315 rooms, all very large, offer king-size beds and a bird's eye view of the city. Taken over fifteen months ago by the IHG group brand, the hotel is currently undergoing a transformation, with a new restaurant, Akla, a lounge serving sandwiches and pastries at all hours of the day, and a trendy bar called Uptown. After the common areas, the rooms and 15 meeting rooms will be renovated this year to make the hotel the number 1 choice in Lisbon.
Rua Castilho, 149. - Tel: +351 21 3818700 - Internet: www.intercontinental.com/lisbon
HERITAGE AV LIBERDADE
"Imagination is more important than knowledge". This phrase by Einstein, which crowns the library, illustrates the atmosphere of the establishment. Designer Miguel Cancio Martins, known in Paris for his work on the Buddha Bar, let his inventiveness guide the transformation of this bourgeois residence on the very chic Avenida da Liberdade. The décor blends contemporary elements with local touches such as the lift, paved in black and white, and the counter of an old herbalist's shop used as a reception area. With 42 rooms and one suite, the hotel offers an intimate setting for small groups.
Avenida da Liberdade, 28 Tel: +351 213 404 040 Email: avliberdade@heritage.pt Internet : www.heritageavliberdade.com
MYRIAD BY SANA
Backing onto the Vasco de Gama Tower, the Myriad by Sana is doing its bit to help reclaim the Tagus. The only five-star hotel near the Parc des Nations, this 23-storey, 186-room design liner seems to be floating on the river. And there's no need to ask for a room with a view: they all have one. As for meetings, the Sana group owns the adjoining Cristal Center, with its ten modular rooms, and the tower emblematic of Expo 1998. For receptions and cocktails at the height of the view.
Cais das Naus, Lote 2.21.01 - Tel: +351 211 107 600 - Email : info@ myriad.pt - Internet : www.myriad.pt
RESTAURANTS
ELEVEN
One of Lisbon's finest restaurants, awarded a Michelin star. German chef Joachim Koerper, who fell in love with the Iberian peninsula after working in some of France's top establishments, produces top-class cuisine - the cream of celery with truffle is to die for - in harmony with an ultra-design setting. With its all-glass façade, it's as if the whole of Lisbon were part of the décor. The upstairs lounge is dedicated to events, with a terrace for an aperitif in the open air. For up to 120 people.
Rua Marquês de Fronteira. Tel: +351 21 386 2211 Internet: www.restauranteleven.com
LARGO
Designed by Miguel Cancio Martins, the setting at Largo is an old cloister with a very contemporary twist, culminating in an aquarium where phosphorescent jellyfish undulate. The menu, devised by Louis Anjos, one of Portugal's most renowned chefs, is as inventive as ever, with dishes such as prawn risotto with pesto and the inevitable cod with mint dumplings. Available for 45 or 90 guests.
Rua Serpa Pinto, 10A - Tel : +351 21 347 72 25 - Email : info@largo.pt Internet : www.largo.pt
BICA DO SAPATO
One of the hotspots of Lisbon hipness, with no less than John Malkovitch as co-owner. Housed in a former industrial warehouse, this restaurant, along with its neighbour Lux, one of the city's legendary nightclubs, launched the revival of the Santa Apolonia station district, at the foot of the Alfama. In a room with a very 70s design, Bica do Sapato offers excellent Portuguese cuisine, including bacalhau of course, a melting pork shank and long beans in tempura. A way of demonstrating that this speciality is first and foremost from Lisbon, before being brought to Japan by Portuguese missionaries. In a fitting twist, the restaurant has also made sushi its speciality. For up to 60 people.
Av. Infante D. Henrique, Armazém B. Tel: +351 218810320 Email : info@bicadosapato.com Internet : www.bicadosapato.com
RECEPTION
Citytravel
Avenida da Liberdade 69-3ºE - Tel: +351 213 261 570 - Email : lis@cititravel.pt - Internet : www.cititravel.pt
Cordialtours
Av. Eng. Arantes e Oliveira, 3 - 3º B. Tel: +351 218 453 370 - Email: cordial.lisboa@cordialtours.pt Internet : www.cordialtours.pt
