In designing Fontana Park, the prominent Portuguese architect Francisco Aires Mateus recovered an early 20thcentury building, incorporating historical Lisbon into his modern design view of architecture. The Portuguese designer Nini Andrade Silva created a clean, comfortable interiors using pared-down geometry and a simple palette. The architects took advantage of the original lines of the building, and bet on black and white contrasts to enhance details. Decoration is elegant, in tons of white, black and grey. Contemporary furniture, with simple lines, makes them sober and spacious, without neglecting comfort.
With a total of 137 rooms and 2 suites, all equipped the latest modern facilities and amenities, Fontana Park Hotel is the perfect venue to welcome all type of guests, either those participating in big meetings and events, or simply for people wanting to use this unique property as base to explore the city. For business customers, Fontana Park has nine meeting rooms for all sorts of events, with modern equipment, wireless connections and simultaneous interpretation. But Fontana Park is also a youth Hotel. Aimed at a young public, that increasingly travels all over and that chooses hotels with design.
The 137 hotel rooms and 2 suites featuring concrete walls softened by the sleek, clean furniture that extends out of them. Windows generous in size and number assure that visitors are in constant communication with the dynamic urban landscape surrounding them, while an interior, open-air courtyard – complete with a waterfall and bamboo trees – references the green side of Lisbon.
Fontana Park has a bar and two restaurants which take advantage of the natural richness of the Portuguese maritime coast. Saldanha Mar is a white space, full of light, with a rich variety of fresh fish and shell fish. Chef Agostinho is responsible for the selection of dishes and is also the executive chef for all restaurant areas within the Hotel. It is open daily for lunch (from 12:00pm to 3:00pm ) and dinner (from 7:30pm to 11:00pm).
The Bonsai Restaurant, home to a bonsai tree more than 100 years old, celebrates Asian gastronomy. It is a dark space, intimistic, bringing Nipponian tastes to the table. Chef Filipe’s sharp knife promises sushi and sashimi on the spot, but Japanese gastronomy has a lot more to be discovered. Open from Tuesday to Sunday for dinner (from 7:30pm to 11:30pm).
Fontana Bar intends to be an evening meeting point in Lisbon with good music, for having a drink or a light meal and a chat. The exotic décor and atmosphere is ideal to try different cocktails, an aperitif before lunch or your favorite drink in a new and trendy setting (opens daily from 10:00am to 01:00am). Its Interior Court-Yard is the perfect place to relax any time of the day whilst having a snack or a drink. The waterfall’s sound and the bamboo trees will transport your thoughts to faraway exotic places. A perfect place to chill-out in the city of Lisbon (opens daily from 10:00am to 01:00am).
The Restaurantes, the Lounge Bar and its Interior Court-Yard are open to the public and are meant to welcome hotel guests, as well as visitors and habitants of the city of Lisbon.
Fontana Park Hotel was distinguished with the Best Interior Design – Rooms and Bathrooms award, at the European Hotel Design Awards 2008 ceremony.
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