The hotel scene
in Lisbon
has just been kicked up a
notch with the arrival of Fontana Park
Hotel, a member of Design Hotels. The hotel is housed in a
former iron works factory, and Portuguese architect Francisco
Aires Mateus has kept some of the building's industrial feel and
look. Fontana
Park has a streamlined look, with concrete
walls and the colour palette is mostly grey and black, but it's
broken up with eye popping bursts of purple and yellow. The
reception area showcases some ironworks in homage to the
building's past, and there are 139 guestrooms. Fontana Park Hotel
has two restaurants: Saldanha-Mar which serves fresh fish and
seafood, and Bonsai for Japanese cuisine. Fontana Park Hotel,
Rua engenheiro vieira da silva, 2,
1050-105
Lisbon, Portugal,
Phone: 351
213 576 212