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This boutique-style hotel captures the Cape Verdian relaxed spirit perfectly. Curving its way around its very own secret cove, it’s popular with couples, and once discovered, brings people back time and time again. Bedrooms flooded with light look out over the shimmering shores, tastefully decorated with large black and white tiled bathrooms. The restaurant has equally stunning vistas, jutting out over the ocean.
Step inside the modern style lobby and you are transported to a world where you can escape from it all. Leading into a laid-back bar area, you can shelter from the sun with a cool drink, sliding glass doors from here look out onto the piece de resistance – the peaceful lagoon style pool.
Whether your idea of a holiday is working on your tan or trying out as many things as possible, both are kinds of holiday come together here. Away from the water, beach football, volleyball and minigolf are all on offer, and the hotel's entertainment team will keep you from getting bored.
All the public spaces open out onto the sun terrace, so you can head straight from the shade of the lounge to a sun lounger beside the freshwater pool. The hotel's diving centre has a resident instructor to help you uncover the depths. And of course, there's the beach, just across the road.
If waking up to the sight of colourful fishing boats sitting on snow-white sand sounds like your kind of holiday, the mesmerising Morabeza Hotel is the place to kick back and unwind. Its name means ‘welcome’ and you’ll see why the minute the friendly staff greet you like an old friend. Set in gardens ablaze with bright pink flowers and dotted with teak tables and chairs shaded by nodding palm trees, the elegant two-storey buildings are reminiscent of Tuscan stone farmhouses strewn with fuchsia-coloured bougainvillea. Contemporary white rooms are a cool, welcoming sight and all have a balcony or terrace with captivating views out to sea.
Aparthotel Ponta Preta is only ten metres from this ten-kilometre long beach. Sun streams through large windows into these modern, roomy apartments, each of which is decorated with a funky, European-influenced style.
Fronted by a towering circular entrance, the Hotel Pontao fans out into a light and airy reception with a contemporary feel that’s reflected in its polished marble floors and squishy sofas. And if you like to feel at home when you’re on holiday, the apartment-style rooms will be right up your street. Light and spacious, they are furnished with wood finishes and have all the mod cons. Most look out over the elegant pool, which is bordered by tiled terraces and colourful flowerbeds.
This quirky, colourful complex is so close the sea you can practically step from the cool waters of the pool into the warm saltwater. Some apartments fringe the pool and the decking sun terrace. You really can do as much or as little as you like here.
The airy lobby, which spills out into the landscaped grounds is filled with North African furnishings and is the perfect spot morning, noon or night to sit on a plump chair with a chilled glass of your favourite tipple.
The beach is just 100 metres away and what's more you're only minutes from the centre of the resort, where you can organise a range of excursions across the island's sand dunes or out to sea. If you want to get away from the fussiness and fullness of everyday life, this is the place to come.