Affordable Lisbon

It takes me longer than I thought to review all the articles in the Affordable Europe series of the NY Times. Today, it's Lisbon time! Quite in a timely manner, after finishing the chapter on Portugal from A Year in the World by Frances Mayes. Just like in the book, we find out about azulejos (the famed Portuguese tile) and fado (with the appropriate warning of not falling for the tourist traps). The book is more detailed than the article on food (quite appropriately). The article seems to think that the Pensãos (inns) are the best way to go about lodging.

I'd say: you haven't seen our list of affordable hotels in Lisbon:

Alif
Almirante
Altis Park
Avenida Park
Barcelona
Borges
Botanico
Le Meridien Park Atlantic
Metropole
Radisson Sas
Residencial Horizonte
Residencial Princesa
Residential Estoril
Suico Atlantico
VIP Berna

As always, you should probably be looking into combining Portugal with another country (Spain is the country of choice).