“It is a prestigious acknowledgement for the Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel and for the entire group, in which confirms the projects quality and professionalism of all the team that has worked to make this possible”, says Manuel Duarte Fernandes, the Heritage Hotels administrator. 

The Heritage Av Liberdade Hotel is a result of a wary rehabilitation project entrusted to the famous Portuguese architect Miguel Câncio Martins, which is also known by other projects made in foreign hotels like the W Hotel in Montreal and in some public areas at the Raffles in Singapore. The building façade kept all the elements of the eighteenth century; inside the building the Pombaline azulejo tiles have been restored, together with the wooden shutters with their original iron-fittings and several items of furniture that belonged to ancient residents, which is the case of the herbalist also from the XVIII century. In the rooms, Miguel Câncio Martins reached out for the combination between the modern and the traditional, while the lobby evokes the Portuguese way of life inspired in the urban residences from the countries bourgeoisie.

This prize comes across as a reward to the effort that the Heritage Hotels have made through out the years in order to rehabilitate buildings in the centre of Lisbon that are in a very bad stage of degradation. The goal has been to create spaces where the decoration and the atmosphere have a strong bond to the city of Lisbon.