I am used to Holiday Inn Express as a spartan choice, but this one is for the chief spartan. It is close to the airport, my primary reason for getting my early morning flight, but its charms , if that is a charm, end there. Its industrial setting on the side of one of Lisbon's major highways guarantees total isolation from anywhere to eat or to visit. The clientele seems primarily American undoubtedly lured by the familiarity of a logo. But if you succumb to the bait, my advice is to eat elsewhere, arrive late, go to bed immediately and on the way to your presumably very early flight, think about something you enjoyed on your visit because this will not be on that list. read more