It is the best “picture” of the archipelago. In a bend of the coast that reminds a banana, is a smooth golden
sandy that is sheltered an infinity of coconut trees and palm trees inclined, that seems as if they are bending
in a courtesy gesture to this marvellous art of nature. The sea, warm and of a translucent blue draws the
final lines to the excellency. And it is not by chance that Bacardi chose this scenario to record its best advertising campaign spot. Dreams exist.
It is in the north of the Island that we can find the most famous plantation of Príncipe. And it is understood
the reason of that big famous besides the usual compartments of the important plantations (the house of
the administrator, the houses of the workers, the hospital, a church, the warehouses, the houses of the foremen),
the Sundy restored the majority of the spaces. The main house, particularly, is an isolated case, because
it is in the same state it was left by its last Portuguese owner: the paintings, the furniture and faience are
the same of the other times, happening the same with the wood ceilings and the floor in wall-tiles, the leaving
room, the dining room, the marquise, the bedrooms and the veranda of the second floor, with privileged
eyesight to the sea. And everything was duly repaired. It is by that reason that when the president of the
Republic of São Tomé visits the Island he chooses it as the official residence.
But it is outside of the house that there is the most surprising element: the stable compartments that remind
a stone castle with towers and crenels.
The horses, in that era, were a possession very much appreciated.
The northeast edge is the largest treasures of Príncipe. It is not only because of the plantation Belo Monte,
a beautiful example that makes the difference by its marvellous localization in the heights, from which we
have a rare landscape but it is above all what is in its foothill: the Banana Beach the most beautiful of São Tomé-e-Príncipe.
Probably the smallest city in the world
In spite of very few visitor who is lodged in a guest house of the city, the majority of the tourists prefer the Bom Bom Island Resort. And you can understand the reason of that choice: nothing better than be in a balcony of a bungalow few steps – from the sea and with a swimming pool behind, having the possibility to socialize in a bar very well decorated with a refined meal in a restaurant beneath over the sea. The distribution of the resort is a discovery The large wood bungalows are in the north tip of the Island of Príncipe aligning along the two almost
parallel beaches, and only the bar, the restaurant and the harbour are in the Islet of Bom Bom. Linking them
there is a suspended wood bridge, with about 150 metres over the undulation of the Atlantic.