Unique Experiences at Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon

Whether visiting for a weekend break or an extended vacay, Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon is filled with unique experiences and amenities to suit different moods, and which you’ll remember fondly long after leaving. Here are 10 to get you ready:

1. Download the Hotel’s free Portuguese Contemporary Art Collection iPad app. With intuitive, easy-to-use features, the app provides a fascinating historical and cultural walk through the Hotel’s museum-calibre collection, which includes dozens of works of art from some of Portugal’s most renowned artists, such as Almada Negreiros, Pedro Leitão and Estrela Faria among others, and which can be found in the public areas of the Hotel. Together they represent one of the largest and most important private collections of contemporary art in Portugal.

2. Trekking up and down Lisbon’s seven hills got to you? Experience a moment of pure indulgence by having a genuine synchronised four-hands massage at the Ritz Spa, where you can be immersed in complete relaxation for 90 minutes of pure bliss.

3. Weekend brunch at the Hotel is a smashing success for Lisbon's locals and Hotel guests alike. So whether you’re craving crispy bacon or smoked salmon bagels, a pair of Ritz eggs benedict or a big bowl of granola, or even sushi - there's something for everyone at Chef Pascal Meynard's brunch - the most indulgent in town.

4. Work up a sweat and get an early start on sightseeing in the Portuguese capital on the Hotel’s one-of-a-kind 400-metre (1,300 foot) U-shaped rooftop running track, then head down to Eduardo VII Park with a personal trainer to experience a series of CrossFit On-the-Road Workouts, or a dynamic fitness scavenger hunt.

5. Sit outside on the terrace at the Ritz Bar and take in the view, or pull up a bar stool while sipping one of bar's signature cocktails of the month. Past editions have included a chilled Porto Tonic, a Ritz Mojito, and Cherry2 mixed with local delicacy, ginginha. You never know what could be headed your way.

6. Celebrate the city's food specialty, fish from the Atlantic, by learning to make one of the Chef’s Portuguese specialities, cataplana. Cataplana is both the name of the traditional aromatic seafood stew, and of the clam-shaped copper pan it’s cooked in. But first, head to the fish market with the Chef to learn how to choose the freshest fish and how to clean and filet it for cooking. Visit the 24-hour concierge desk for more details on this activity.

7. Check out the floor-to-ceiling windows in the Pedro Leitão Ballroom, which also boasts grand crystal chandeliers and handmade tapestries by Pedro Leitão, one of the most acclaimed artists of Portuguese contemporary art - and plan to come back to host your wedding or your next party there.

8. For months, Pastry Chef Fabian Nguyen dreamed of creating a chocolate blend unique to the Hotel. In 2016 he flew to Cacao Barry’s OR NOIR laboratory in the small town of Meulan in France to create a distinctive chocolate that reflects both the Hotel’s and city’s personality. The Almada Negreiros Lounge with its grand orchid display is the perfect setting to enjoy a rich hot chocolate made with the CHOCO RITZ blend, and sit back and relax.

9. Take a selfie near the emblematic blue neon R-I-T-Z letters that have been shining bright atop the Hotel since 1959.

10. Sleep like a king and queen in the Hotel’s Royal Suite, and why not enjoy breakfast for dinner in the comfort of your private terrace overlooking the city’s sparkling lights and Eduardo VII Park? 24-hour room service will bring you a stack of the sweetest pancakes and golden waffles.