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Dare Lisbon River
A 20-room three-star hotel near Mercado da Ribeira, with attentive service and selected river views.
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Essentials
- Area
- Cais do Sodré
- Registered capacity
- 40 people
- Registration
- RNET 12160
Information verified against the official register and other public sources on 1 September 2026. View the official register
The hotel
Full hotel service on a tucked-away lane
Dare Lisbon River is a small full-service hotel on Travessa de São Paulo, tucked between Mercado da Ribeira and Praça de São Paulo. Its 20 rooms and suites cover a wide range: compact doubles at one end, a 50-square-metre signature suite at the other, and selected rooms with Tagus views. Breakfast, a lift and a 24-hour front desk make arrival and day-to-day logistics straightforward.
The lane keeps the entrance away from the centre of Pink Street while leaving the station and riverfront close. Room names cover very different amounts of space, so the measurements are more useful than the consistent interior style. A standard room is genuinely compact, river-view rooms face a particular direction, and suites add a notable amount of space. Decide which of those differences matters before booking.
Planning your stay
Rooms, beds and practical details.
- Registration
- RNET 12160; 13 rooms and 7 suites; registered capacity 40
- Classification
- Three-star hotel
- Address
- Travessa de São Paulo 5-7
- Room range
- Compact standard rooms through to a 50 m² signature suite
- Views
- River views are available only in selected categories
- Access
- Lift and one registered accessible unit
- Reception
- Open 24 hours
- Check-in
- From 15:00
- Check-out
- By 12:00
- Children
- Children are accepted; cots and extra beds are not available
The official register classifies Dare River Hotel as a three-star hotel with 13 rooms, seven suites and capacity for 40 people. The property has a lift, 24-hour reception and one registered unit for guests with reduced mobility. Check-in begins at 15:00, check-out is by noon and the current offer does not provide cots or extra beds.
Details checked on 1 September 2026. Times and house rules can change.
Before you book
What recent guests consistently mention.
Guests are most enthusiastic about the team, whose welcome comes with useful local advice rather than rehearsed pleasantries. Breakfast, cleanliness and comfortable beds are also consistent strengths. Standard rooms can feel tight, and not every window opens to a river view; the larger suites offer substantially more space. The discreet entrance is easy to walk past on a first arrival, so save the map pin and check the room dimensions before setting off.
This summary draws on guest reviews published between January and August 2026. We last reviewed it in September 2026.
The area
São Paulo, just behind the riverfront
Travessa de São Paulo is a short lane between the market and Praça de São Paulo. The station and nightlife are close, but the front door is removed from the centre of Pink Street.
Travessa de São Paulo 5-71200-431 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Praça Duque da Terceira, Cais do Sodré Photograph by Iván Hernández Cazorla on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0