Ponta Preta

Accommodation is very dated. Website photos do not reflect the hotel. Many of the properties on the resort are old and dilapidated. Wifi in room was the worst I have experienced in the last 10 years and we was lied to about this. For example you will have Wi-Fi on the sofa but less than three metres away you can’t use Wi-Fi in the bed to make a phone call. It was that bad. It was explained as a blackout across Cape Verde however good internet in bar area and other parts of Sal. Friendly and helpful staff especially Duke and the restaurant and bar staff. Free shuttle to Santa Maria twice a day was useful.

Friendly staff. Excellent spa and pool area great. The hotel is a little tired and ready for a refurb. Entertainment wasn’t the best but they did try.

Disappointing stay. Beautiful location but things like the cleaners taking towels and not replacing them, which happened every day, black mould in the pool of the swim up rooms and swim up bar, cats roaming around all bars and restaurants, even in kitchen areas and on furniture and not being able to book à la carte restaurants during the stay as they were allegedly fully booked but then appeared to have ample availability each evening made it a disappointing experience.