Club Santana Beach & Resort

Beautiful location, with stunning views and a lovely garden with interesting trees, flowers and birds. Lovely safe beach with reasonable snorkeling. It is a great base for doing trips around the island. We stayed in 2 different rooms- both very spacious. Our first room was really clean and well serviced. The more expensive room- while larger, was not as clean and no water, fruit etc. It was a bit strange. Food was very nice- I am not a fan of buffets, but even on the buffet nights the selection was nice. Lovely fish carpaccio and sushi. Great lamb chops another night. Other nights we had 2 choices from a menu- 3 courses. Desserts were excellent. Breakfast was good- lovely fruit, bread and eggs to order. The coffee and hot water dispensers are really annoying though! Service is good by Sao Tome standards, but still a bit slow at times- especially at the beach bar. Chefs all have very good English. The Sat night BBQ was really good. Staff could smile more to create a bit of a holiday vibe!

Wonderful hotel on a beautiful beach. Nice rooms, quite rustic but very comfortable. You’re close to nature here, so expect a few bugs. Lovely staff. Not much English spoken but everything works out in the end. Fantastic boat trip out to Santana island included in the room rate. Food is good but not great. Buffet gets monotonous after a few days. But getting a variety of food on a remote island must be tough Overall, a lovely place on a lovely island. The only downside is that the only real way of getting to Sao Tome is on Europe’s worst airline (but that’s another story).

Clean and spacious bungalows spread across beautiful gardens with a variety of interesting plants. We had a view of the sea and could listen to the birds from our terrace, the mixture of birds, butterflies, plants and views out to sea were beautiful. A good swimming pool, nice beach all very easily accessible only a few minutes away from our bungalow. Meals were varied some were great others we didn’t enjoy at all but overall they were good.

This is the perfect place if you are looking for a resort with western standards in Sao Tomé, and want to stay away from the noise and traffic of the capital city (Pestana, Omali). Spacious rooms with fresh renovated bathrooms, new air conditioning. Restaurant has great views of the coast and ilhéu Santana, although one night the staff was really slow and we had to wait over 30min for every plate. Overall food was great, with couple of choices for each part of the menu. As I said it's a great resort by the beach, with nice swimming pool area and jacuzzi. Would stay there again anytime!

We have been at the Club for lunch. We made a reservation for a special Christmas lunch a week before. When we arrived the staff told us that there was a ceremony of some embassy and we could not have lunch at the restaurant and the option was a buffet. We have organized our day thinking in to have a good lunch at the resort, so we accepted the alternative, but we are some disappointed with the situation. Knowing about our reservation, you had to sent an e-mail telling us the change giving the option to change or accept.

O Club Santana é uma ótima escolha para quem vai de férias a São Tomé e gosta de descansar num ambiente relaxante no meio da natureza, as instalações são boas e bem estruturadas, a comida tem qualidade e quantidade, limpeza boa, empregados cumpridores mas ás vezes um pouco desligados dos clientes (não todos). O ponto negativo e muito importante, não tem primeiros socorros na praia nem vigilante, uma amiga nossa de viagem, apanhou uma picada de ouriço do mar e foram chamar o cozinheiro para tentar ajudar sem qualquer meio disponível para o fazer. Fica o alerta para a gerência.