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São Tomé
Featuring free WiFi and an outdoor swimming pool, São Pedro Guesthouse offers accommodation in São Tomé, 300 m from the main sea front and 5 minutes drive from the CBD. The property features a terrace, bar and garden. First and foremost, this is a place that provides a high level of service (and management) for reasonable cost. Sao Tome can at times be a little bit daunting for travel (in some ways part of the fun). Few places accept credit cards, no viable international ATM I could find, so you have to research/budget and bring Euros or USD and do money exchanges with random people on the street. Reminded me of travel to Eastern Europe in the 1980s. This guest house, however, removes all of those stresses. They not only take credit card for the room and change money with you at a decent rate, they will also give you dobras against a credit card charge if you run out of the cash you brought. Easy and a big relief if you're stressed about managing your money. They offer airport transfers (the owner himself drove me in his own car because the country had otherwise run out of gasoline and he had a diesel SUV); they have an reasonable and upfront policy about extra charges for late check out, which takes into account the schedules of the TAP flights to Accra and Lisbon; they have a reasonable bar out back by the pool. I'm sure some of the higher end hotels in town offer many of these services, but at least double if not triple the price. I was very happy to find an affordable hotel that also provided these extra services and would stay here again based on that. They had to ration diesel for the generator at certain times of the day due to the fuel crisis in the country but again this was all stated up front with signs in multiple languages, and was a very rational solution to a problem outside of management's control. Apart from that, the room was nice and quiet and to be able to swim in the big pool at dusk and watch the bats circle around overhead was a memorable experience.
Santana
Domus Guesthouse features an outdoor swimming pool, garden, a terrace and restaurant in Santana. There is free private parking and the property offers paid airport shuttle service.
Featuring a private bathroom with a bath or shower, rooms at the inn also have free WiFi, while selected rooms will provide you with a balcony.
Simple accommodation, very spacious, with huge terrace overlooking the ocean. The staff was very kind and friendly, and available for any support needed. Location is perfect to see the sunrise over the ocean. Payment possible with MBway (portuguese system) or bank transfer which is very convenient. They have a restaurant but you need to pre-book for lunch or dinner.
The owners of the guest house are friendly enough!
This is the place to go if you really want to get away from everything... it's at the end of the road at the end of the island, on a hill overlooking the turquoise ocean. The view is amazing, and the cabins are cute and clean. The staff were super helpful and kind, cooking all the fresh fish for dinner and eggs for breakfast. They were super helpful and even found us some stuff for sandwiches when we were stuck for lunch one day in a rain storm. They organized a boat to collect us and take us to the equator island across the channel.
Very nice hotel with a great beach. The room was spacious and beautiful and the facilities were good. Breakfast and dinner were also included and the food was very nice.
An amazing place. We could see the sea from our huge balcony, everything you might wish for was exactly where it should be, we received the best breakfast on the island and dinner was also very good and not too expensive. Bike hire, late checkout (including the use of an outdoor shower), money exchange and guides were all possible. The room was huge and very quiet.
Property is very nice and well taken care of. Pool and beach area is very beautiful! Staff members at the restaurant are very polite and gracious, especially Lunilda. She is a wonderful person and professional employee. Dinners are delicious and well presented.
Our hosts Célia and her cats and dogs made sure to make our stay very pleasant. The very large garden and the bungalows are decorated with care, and make it comfortable to spend some peaceful and quiet time in there. Célia cooked us a very tasty local dish dinner. People in the community around are very friendly.
This was my second time staying there and as usual, it was very comfortable with wonderful breakfast included and a great menu variety for lunch and dinner. Very peaceful place to be.
Nice views over the ocean, a lovely pool (for which they can time the cleaning a bit better tbh), tasty breakfast and the dinner that we had was also good.
The garden and landscaping is well taken care off. The location is good - not to far of the main road and is a good basis for discovering the various beaches along the east coast, or if you want to do scuba diving with the Santana resort, but are not staying there. The breakfast is superior. Best breakfast we had on Sao Tome. The dinner menu is very Portuguese, which we liked, but it could use some vegetarian options. The wine menu is great. They offer quite some options.
Everything was more than perfect! The lovely bungalow we stayed in, the breakfasts and the dinners, the place itself… but over all the priceless time spent with the owners, Ricardo & Joana, who made us feel home from minute one. Lots of laughs and good conversations in the evening around the table with them and the other guests made our stay absolutely perfect! Thank you for all the good memories and warm wishes from Rosa & Guillem.