Sergio’s apartment is located half way along Rua Sao Bento - uphill takes you to the cool neighbourhood of Principe Real, downhill past the Parliament building to the modern city, river and transport links. Nearby is Praca das Flores - there are plenty of decent eating places to be found in this area along with the supermarket.
The apartment itself is bright and roomy. The kitchen has everything that we needed, particularly a Nespresso machine and electric orange juicer. It includes a washing machine and dish washer. The bedrooms are at the back of the property. They both have electric shutters, which were very efficient at blocking out light and noise, along with individual AC units. Plenty of wardrobe space and the linen was clean and good quality. The beds are UK Doubles rather than Kingsize. Having two bathrooms with showers was an absolute bonus.
The only negative for us was the noise of the people in the apartment above moving about along with their squeaky floorboards. We were maybe particularly unlucky as during our stay there were 4 adults up there who got up at 6:30 in the morning and never seemed to go out - they liked pacing up and down a lot though.
In conclusion, a well located apartment in a great area. The apartment is comfortable and has been extremely well thought out and has everything you could possibly need, the only downside is the potential of noise of people moving about upstairs.