OLÁ Backpackers

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30 out of 33 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 linen, free wireless web throughout the hotel, and a computer with all the connections for the travelers that cannot carry one.

Olá backpackers is one of the smallest hostels in the world!

We are 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 genuine 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 travelers. Probably you'll make friends and partnerships to have fun or explore LIsbon. You can even cook your meals all together. The travelers 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 travelers that would like 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.

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

Additonal facillities (for an extra fee):

- 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 travelers that want to spend one night only.
We can only accept cash. Every traveler should pay upon arrival.

Accommodation Information

Ola backpackers! has 3 bedrooms available and in an extension of the Hostel, has another shared apartment just across the street, providing 2 extra double rooms with private WC available.

Rooms:

- Private Room for 1 (An extra bed can be added but please notice that it makes the room much smaller).

- Dorm 2 beds (bunk bed). Again, there is room to set an extra-bed upon arrangement.

- Dorm 4 beds (two bunk beds) + additional bed (couch for one). This room includes a small outside area with a summer shower.

- Private Double (double bed) with Private bathroom. There are two rooms available in the same apartment. Once you book the 2 Private Double bedrooms, you'll get a full equipped apartment with outside area.

Location Information

The Hostel and Apartments are located in Principe Real which is an elegant 18th century and 19th century neighborhood with a pleasant centenarian park and a quiet open air cafe. Also nearby are frequent flee markets and the water museum – Museu da Agua.

We are also 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 center that can be reached by foot in about 15 minutes.

The Hostel and apartments are also 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 a 15 minute walk 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).