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Avenida Palace is the old-school grand hotel. It dates from 1892, sits beside Rossio station, and Hotels.com lists free parking and a gym.
Free parking is unusual in central Lisbon, but nothing says it covers a week at sea. Ask.
Breakfast is about €30 extra, and the terminal is about 1.6 km off. Plan a taxi.
Book it if
- You want a classic grand hotel
- You’re driving in for the night
- You’re taking the train from Rossio
Look elsewhere if
- You want breakfast in the rate
- You want to walk to the ship
- You want a pool
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Avenida Palace publishes and our own map estimates.
A bar and lounge, and room service, per Hotels.com. No restaurant is described.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 1.6 km in a straight line, so this is a taxi morning.
Not in the rate: a buffet, 07:00 to 11:00, is about €30, per Hotels.com.
The Lisbon Cruise Terminal is about 1.6 km away in a straight line, roughly 25 minutes on foot by our estimate. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Hotels.com lists free self and valet parking. It doesn’t say you can leave a car for a cruise, so ask before you count on it.
Night-Before Score: 26 of 100
Every point comes from Hotels.com’s listing (we couldn’t reach the hotel’s own site); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Avenida Palace is about 6.7 km from Lisbon Airport in a straight line, and about 1.6 km from the Lisbon Cruise Terminal. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No airport shuttle is listed; Hotels.com puts the airport about 25 minutes away by car.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 1.6 km in a straight line, so this is a taxi morning.
From LIS without a hotel shuttle
The airport’s own page puts the metro at about 20 minutes to Saldanha and a taxi at about €10 to €15 to the centre. Holland America gives about €20 for the taxi to the terminal, roughly 15 minutes. A metro single is €1.90 on a €0.50 navegante card, per the Metro. The airport page has the fares.
Hotels.com lists free self and valet parking. It doesn’t say you can leave a car for a cruise, so ask before you count on it.
Parking for your stay: Free self and valet parking, on site (Hotels.com).
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 1.6 km in a straight line, so this is a taxi morning.
Flying in the morning you sail? You can skip the hotel entirely; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
the Lisbon Cruise TerminalMost turnarounds use the Lisbon Cruise Terminal at Jardim do Tabaco, on Av. Infante Dom Henrique by Santa Apolónia station. Avenida Palace is about 1.6 km from our pin for it in a straight line, and about 3.3 km from Alcântara, the western quay. The port assigns the berth, so check your documents; the Lisbon cruise guide has the rest.
Source: hollandamerica.comDistance
~1.6 km, straight lineAbout 1.6 km from the Lisbon Cruise Terminal between our map pins, roughly 25 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Not statedLisbon has no hotel airport-bus stop to point to: the airport’s own transport page lists the metro, Carris buses, taxis and ride apps.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists free self and valet parking. It doesn’t say you can leave a car for a cruise, so ask before you count on it.
In town
Parking at the pier, no price publishedHolland America says there’s parking at the pier and sends you to info@lct.pt for the details; nobody we read prints a price. A few of our hotels publish garage rates for your stay, but none says the rate covers a cruise. Ask the terminal before you drive in.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteA bar and lounge, and room service, per Hotels.com. No restaurant is described.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in the rate: a buffet, 07:00 to 11:00, is about €30, per Hotels.com.
Address
Rua 1º de Dezembro, by Rossio stationRua 1º de Dezembro 123, Lisboa
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Avenida Palace and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm whether parking covers a cruise, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in the rate: a buffet, 07:00 to 11:00, is about €30, per Hotels.com.
Parking for your stay
Free self and valet parking, on site (Hotels.com)
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not allowed, per Hotels.com.
Food and drink on site
- Bar and lounge
Rooms
82 rooms over six floors, in a building from 1892, per Hotels.com.
Accessibility
Avenida Palace’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNo
Also worth knowing
- Built in 1892, per Hotels.com
- Free parking on site, the only hotel here listing it free
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast about €30 extra.
- Free parking for your stay, per Hotels.com.
- No pets.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether parking covers a cruise
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Hotels.com’s listing (we couldn’t reach the hotel’s own site), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins; the terminal pin is our estimate from its address.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Avenida Palace: the Lisbon cruise guide and Lisbon as a port of call.
A grand old hotel, free parking, a taxi to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Avenida Palace for the night before. No payment on the form.
Avenida Palace FAQ
Does Avenida Palace have free parking?
Hotels.com lists free self and valet parking on site. Ask whether you can leave the car while you cruise.
Is breakfast included at Avenida Palace?
No. Hotels.com lists a buffet at about €30.
How far is Avenida Palace from the cruise terminal?
About 1.6 km in a straight line by our map. Take a taxi.
Booking the cruise too?
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