“Pure heaven on the island of fire”

Fantastic stay in an old colonial house. Great pool area. Good value, cosy and tasty restaurant. Right in city centre so good starting point to discover Sao Felipe, Fogo volcano and Fogo surroundings.

“Lovely place”

Lovely old building. Good friendly staff. Reasonable breakfast. Downstairs bar is a good place to drink and food is reasonable. Swimming pool area made a comfortable place to cool off prior to afternoon siesta!

“All good”

Friendly staff. Good breakfast. Cool pool to beat the heat. Room hot at night but good fan. In the room to minimise this issue.

Nice historical building. Authentic interior.

Great place. The house looks like a museum, so lovely. Great breakfast. Very central location.

Lovely old building filled with antique furniture. Good central location in Sao Filipe. Small swimming pool (if chilly). Pleasant outdoor seating area. The owner kindly upgraded us to a room with ensuite, as someone else had been put in the room we booked.

“I fell in love with the charm of the house.”

I was thrilled by living in this old colonial house. The house has such charm! It is located in the best place of the town. What makes the house particularly likeable is that the owner is not some distant capitalist, but is very much present on the premises doing general repair work. Before booking, one should know that there are two rooms with sea view and balcony. They come with the disadvantage of having no adjacent bathroom. However, you have your own private bathroom - just some meters over the hall. Contrary to the description, we had WIFI in the room. There are other rooms with adjacent bathroom, however without balcony. Below the balcony is the hotel restaurant on the terrace. This is also frequented by locals. Friday night, there can be live music until very late. Depending on the number of guests, breakfast is served as buffet or - if there are only few guests - is brought directly to your table. In the latter case, there is not much selection. One should ask - e.g. for omelette.

The Colonial style was very authentic Rooms with high ceilings and airy Dark wood floors and furniture Attractive soft furnishings and effective fans Balcony with shutters gave view of life below and glimpse of the sea Lovely inner courtyards with climbing plants and area to sit peacefully Small swimming pool area easily accessed from my room with seating for pool snacks and drinks Staff great especially the manager

“Very comfortable and pleasant stay in beautiful surroundings”

Beautiful architecture and decoration. Nice link to the history of 100 years ago. Bar was nice. Staff were helpful. Very comfortable beds and spacious rooms. Nice to have the swimming pool and terrace to spend time on.

“good place, very nice staff and cosy feeling.”

Gorgeous room very well decorated. Location is very central, friendly staff and helpful. The swimming pool was a great extra since the ocean was too strong to get into the water.

Very charming old colonial-style guesthouse, tastefully decorated, centrally located.

Great central hotel. We really enjoyed our stay.

Nicely decorated old colonial house with very pleasant common areas, including a swimming pool. Rooms are spatious and have air conditioning (trust me, you will need it!). The location is also great, right in the historical center of São Filipe.

Colonial setting