My boyfriend and I stayed in Elisabete and Pedro's apartment in Sao Bento for 5 nights at the end of October and it is situated in a beautiful courtyard in a lovely quiet part of the city. The apartment had everything we needed and the location was perfect about a 20 minute walk to the main square and so close to Santos train station and the Rato metro station!
There is a lovely french patisserie just down the road past the government building where you can get fresh pastries and baguettes! There are a number of small supermarkets too!
There is a lovely Nepalise restaurant called The Ghurka whic we highly recommend as it was deliscious and such reasonable prices! We had to go twice! There were also a number of pizza restaurants in the area and a yummy chicken restaurant called Crispy Mafya which is highly recommended if you like chicken burgers, etc!!
There is also an amazing ice cream place just down from the apartment called Nannarella which was deliscious!!
Elisabete was so attentative and gave us loads of great tips about what sights to see! We recommend day trips to Sintra and Cascais!!
Elisabete allowed us to check in early as we had an early morning flight which meant that we were not carting our cases about all day!
The apartment was really easy to find from the metro and it was so quick and easy using the metro to get to the apartment from the airport!
All in all - a wonderful, comfortable trip and we will definitely be back!! Highly recommended!