Jinfeng Sauna

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The street-level frontage after dark: beneath a bronze-gold facade, twenty-four red lanterns fill the window in a neat grid, and through the glass door you can see a potted bamboo and a pale-wood reception desk. Walking in from Avenida de Sidónio Pais, it is hard to miss.

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A full wall of gold banana-leaf relief anchors the round-bed room; the tan leather bed is dressed in white, with an orchid and a glass of water at the bedside. The frosted glass partition on the other side carries a watercolour splash, with the shower just beyond.

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Reception doubles as a tea lounge: a blue-and-gold neon fern panel and a wall clock hang above the wood-grain counter, with two bar stools in front; white marble tables pair with orange leather chairs, and the doorway on the right leads inside.

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The canopy round-bed room: sheer white drapes fall from the ceiling over a tan leather round bed, against gold monstera-leaf wallpaper; the black-framed glass shower on the left has a rain head, and towels sit folded on the bedside cabinet.

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At the corridor's turn, a silver monstera-leaf artwork sits inside a stepped bronze frame against fan-patterned beige wallpaper; the passage to the right runs over patterned carpet, with room doors on either side.

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The en-suite shower room type: the lower half of the black-framed glass shower is frosted with a leaf pattern, with a hand shower on the wall; the round bed has a grey-lilac top and an orange leather headboard, a single copper leaf hangs on the wall, and white towels sit at the foot of the bed.

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A row of blue-grey velvet recliners in the rest lounge, each with a brown towel laid out; behind them a full wall of gold sequins, a mirrored column in the middle, and an orange-and-blue patterned carpet underfoot. This is where you wait or sleep over.

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A second style of round-bed room: a coral quilted velvet headboard against a curved cream leaf-relief wall, flanked by smoked-mirror columns; a white arched frosted-glass door leads to the shower, and a digital clock sits on the bedside table.

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Beige travertine on all four walls of the massage-and-shower room, brightly lit from a ceiling light cove; a white towel lies on the dark grey massage bed, a hand shower and a small toiletries shelf are mounted on the wall, and a glass door closes it off on the right.

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The canopy round-bed room from another angle: the white sheer canopy hangs from a round ceiling medallion over a tan leather round bed with white bedding, backed by the gold banana-leaf relief wall; a TV hangs on the left wall, and a phone and tissue box sit on the bedside cabinet.

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The corridor to the rooms: beige wall panels divided by white mouldings, warm light from the ceiling coves, a white door at the far end; a white orchid on a slim side table, geometric-patterned carpet underfoot.

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The other side of the rest lounge: grey fabric recliners with white towels laid out, a silver sequin wall glittering under the lights, TVs mounted on a mirrored column, and two snake plants under round ceiling lamps. There is walking room between the recliners, so it never feels packed.