Very close to IST Technical university, about 5mins from Alameda metro. Downtown is a few stops with the metro. Rooms not very large (no desk), but otherwise very good. Clean room, the hotel is very modern with helpful staff. Good breakfast with large choice of Portuguese pastries, sweets, coffee, etc. Would choose it again if I wanted to be in the area. I guess if you wanted to be exactly in the action, a downtown hotel would be better, but the distances are not very big anyway.