OLÁ Backpackers

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27 out of 29 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'OLÁ Backpackers'

Welcome to OLA Backpackers Hostel & Apartments!We provide free coffee, tea and traditional Portuguese bread with local jams and butter all day, free linens, free wireless web, including in the rooms, and a computer with all the connections for the travelers that cannot carry one.

We can lodge large groups in apartments from 5-12 people.

Olá backpackers is THE SMALLEST HOSTEL IN THE WORLD.

A cozy, little and typical Portuguese apartment, in the middle of historic center, with a friendly environment, that welcomes every independent and cool travellers with a big and warm smile. Here you will live like the Portuguese people do, with all the comfort, equipment and care needed to make your stay unforgetable.

This is a SHARED SELF-CATERING APARTMENT WITH REALLY TINY AREAS, which is perfect to provide the genuine Portuguese experience, but are not ideal for travellers looking for big rooms. You will share your experience and the facilities with other travellers. The apartment takes a small group of people: until 10 only.

Probably you'll make friends and partnerships to have fun or explore LIsbon. You can even cook your meals all together. The travellers set the atmosphere here - so, we welcome all the enthusiastic people that have no trouble about sharing.

The hostel is located right next to Bairro Alto, in the heart of Lisbon, between Principe Real & Sao Bento.

Our front desk will open whenever it is needed. We are reachable by phone from 9am to 8pm and always available in emergencies.

The web works 24/7. You can either use our computer or connect your own through wireless. We provide an access code.

We try to provide all the information you might need. Here you can ask for help, tips, maps, tours, special walks, car rentals, buggies, laundry, etc. We post, weekly, sugestions about events, exhibitions, places, restaurants, nightlife and all the fun that happens around the city.

The small library with books and guides about Lisbon, a good selection of Portuguese traditional music (Fado) and new music among some other worldwide music, a vast DVD collection and a DVD player, can also be a support to learn about the city.

For the travellers that would liked to try the Portuguese way of cooking, we've had put together simple and healthy Portuguese recipes, along with free olive oil, sea salt, spices, vinegar, garlic, onions and a dish washer in a very typically tiny kittchen.
We can assure you though that it is a great place to have the real Portuguese experience – a calm, long, healthy and delicious meal.

Extra Charged:
- additional 1 euro for each set of bath and foot towels (in the hostel)
- additional 3 Euros for every check in between 8pm-10pm and Saturdays (by booking, not per person)
- 5 Euros for check-ins after 10pm, Sundays and Portuguese holidays.(in the hostel and apartments)
- 2 Euros each security locker. (by booking)
- 1 Night Fee of 2 Euros per person, for the travellers that want to spend one night only.
We can only accept cash. Every traveler should pay on arrival.

Accommodation Information

Ola backpackers! Is a typical, comfortable and cozy hostel. The facilities (the full equipped kitchen, where is actually possible to cook, and a bathroom) are shared. It has 3 bedrooms!

- PRIVATE ROOM FOR 1 PERSON. Extra bed can be added but please notice that it makes the room really small.

- PRIVATE TWIN (bunk bed). There is room to set an extra-bed upon arrangement.

- SHARED DOUBLE TWIN (two bunk beds) + additional bed (couch for one). This room includes a small outside area with a summer shower.

Apartments :
We do not provide the breakfast if you rent the entire apartment.
But we welcome you with a basket of snacks (bottle of green wine, bottle of water, bread, jam, butter and typical portuguese cookies). We also provide tea, coffee, olive oil, sea salt, spices, garlic and onions and, of course, some typical recipes that you can try yourself.

- apt dos prazeres - the apartment has an area of 80 m2 and has been renovated to include the following:
3 bedrooms with 10 single beds (4 bunk beds+2 extra beds);
Full equipped kitchen (with dish washer)
A living room with wireless broadband access available for those who have their own laptop with wi-fi compatible equipment;;
Cable tv; dvd player and various cds with typical portuguese music to complete your cultural experience in lisbon;
A small outside area with a summer shower.
Takes 10 people.
Up to 7 days staying - 10% discount
Up to 1 month staying - 20% discount

- apt do arco. The apartment has an area of 70 m2 and has been renovated to include the following:
1 bedroom with double bed;
An office area with 2 extra-beds, a baby bed and a living room with a sofa that turns into a double bed;
A complete kitchen with dish washer and wash machine and everything else you could need;
An outside area, right next to the kitchen, great to have breakfast or spend the evenings;
In wintertime it is heated with electric heaters002e;
Wireless broadband access available for those who have their own laptop with wi-fi compatible equipment;;
Cable tv; dvd player;
You will also find in the apartment various cds with typical portuguese music to complete your cultural experience in lisbon.
Great for large families or groups. Takes 6 people.
Up to 7 days staying - 10% discount
Up to 1 month staying - 20% discount

Location Information

The Hostel and Apartments are located in Principe Real (elegant 18C and 19C neighborhood with a pleasant centenarian park having a quiet open air caf, frequent flee markets and the water museum – Museu da Agua), next door to some remarkable neighborhoods: Bairro Alto (well know by it's nightlife, restaurants and Fado houses), São Bento (place of the palace with the same name, site of the Portuguese parliament) and Rato (where is the closest subway station).
Here you are close to the city centre that can be reached by foot in about 15 minutes.

The Hostel and apartments are very near to the charming Praça das Flores (Flowers square), a perfect place to relax. In the neighborhood, there are several very good restaurants and bars, all kind of commerce, including antique shops, the park of Principe Real and the Botanical Garden of the University Clássica of Lisbon.

You can also walk to all the restaurants and bars of Bairro Alto where the sentimental 'fados' are still sung in some restaurants and cafés. It is also 15 minutes walking to Rossio, the center of Baixa, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755. If you prefer you can take the subway at the station Rato (5 minutes walking) or the nr 28 Tram that runs through the hilly streets of historic (2 minutes walking to catch it) , coblestone neighborwoods of Lisbon (Bairro Alto, Rossio, Alfama).