Casa de São Bento St Benedict House

I don't agree with all the wonderful comments here. We had a "luxury apartment" for three. The design of the rooms is elegant but not convenient ( bath in the middle of the bedroom, glass partition around the toilet) The extra bed was in fact a convertible sofa in the middle of the living room, which made using the sofa impossible and the room as such as well. There is no lift to take the luggage up, the room for breakfast is small and noisy. The cleaning of the room was not done until 7pm. I gave some laundry to do and I had to wait until 10pm to get it back. And the young lady at reception obviously does not care much and does not know what a smile is . It is not worth the price we paid.

I stayed in one of the rooms with terrace and kitchenette. The rooms are well appointed albeit a tad small, but since this is a remodeled old villa, lack of space was already expected as I booked. The beds were confortable and the bathroom was functional, no problems there. Breakfast was buffet, with good variety of breads and biscuits and also a mistery assortment of jams that one of the maids could not identify for me. They tasted nice, though. The main complaint was the noise in the rooms. Central ventilation system is located next to the terraces (see attached photo) making it impossible to use them because of the permanent humming. Also, sleeping with an open window, which is my preferred way of sleeping with good weather, for adequate ventilation, was impossible as the noise never stops and every 30 to 60 seconds the main fan turns on an startles me. Soundproofing between rooms and from the room to the hallway was very poor, one can hear other guests talk as if they are standing next to you. Overall nice rooms but a pity that the noise does not give one the desire to return.