Belo Monte Hotel and Museum

4.0 star property
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Outdoor pool, free pool cabanas, pool umbrellas
Scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, motor boating
Manor House | Living area
Scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, motor boating
Manor House | Terrace/patio

Reviews

8.8 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Free airport shuttle
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Room service

Explore the area

Map
Belo Monte, Principe Sao Tome e Principe, Príncipe Island
  • Banana Beach
    10 min drive
  • Santo Antonio Bay Beach
    21 min drive
  • Margarida Beach
    32 min drive
  • Príncipe Island (PCP)
    15 min drive

Room options

Premier Suite

  • 35 sq m
  • Bay view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Luxury Suite

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Villa, Sea View

  • 40 sq m
  • Partial ocean view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Plantation Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Family Room

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Príncipe Island

When you stay at Belo Monte Hotel and Museum in Príncipe Island, you'll be 10 minutes by car from Banana Beach. .This beach hotel is 5.1 mi (8.2 km) from Santo Antonio Bay Beach and 7.5 mi (12 km) from Sundy Plantation.

What's nearby

  • Banana Beach - 10 min drive
  • Sundy Plantation - 18 min drive
  • Santo Antonio Bay Beach - 21 min drive
  • Margarida Beach - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Armazem Restaurante - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Beira Mar - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Pastelaria - ‬12 min drive

About this property

Belo Monte Hotel and Museum

Family beach fun and outdoor pool
Belo Monte Hotel and Museum offers 15 accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and ceiling fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Stay in one of 15 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this Colonial hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Enjoy local cuisine at Hotel Resturant, one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 3 bars/lounges. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and 2 meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Hotel Resturant - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Pool Bar - Onsite restaurant. Open daily.
Praia Banana Bar - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free 24-hour return airport shuttle

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–10:30 AM
  • 3 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 3 bars/lounges and 1 poolside bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Hotel Resturant
  • Pool Bar
  • Praia Banana Bar

Things to do

  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • Boat tours
  • Children's pool
  • Ecotours
  • Fishing
  • Helicopter/aeroplane tours
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Kayaking
  • Motor-boating
  • Outdoor pool
  • Scuba diving
  • Shopping
  • Snorkelling

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Supervised childcare (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Library
  • Vending machine
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms - 2

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Free pool cabanas
  • Garden
  • Marina on site
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Ceiling fan
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 9:30 AM; Check-in end time: 4:30 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 9:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 6:30 AM - midnight
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 AM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 120.0 per day

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 120.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Roça Belo Monte Plantation Hotel Principe Island
Roça Belo Monte Plantation Hotel
Roça Belo Monte Plantation Principe Island
Roça Belo Monte Plantation
Belo Monte Museum Principe
Roça Belo Monte Plantation Hotel
Belo Monte Hotel and Museum Hotel
Belo Monte Hotel and Museum Príncipe Island
Belo Monte Hotel and Museum Hotel Príncipe Island

Belo Monte Hotel and Museum Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 21 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Marie Carell

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
It was very pleasant until the very end when my credit card information was stolen and used for an unauthorized purchase.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly, helpful staff and good drivers. Walter and Karen greeted us on arrival and arranged memorable tours for us. They made our stay extra special. This is a beautiful island with many outdoor experiences to enjoy. The hotel is in a good location to take advantage of the outdoors. It has extensive grounds and is well maintained.

4/10 Poor

Berislav

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stay elsewhere if you can!
The hotel itself is beautifuly decorated and designed. Praia Banana is stunning and the hotel gardens and scenery is something to appreciate. However, this is where it stops and everything else dissapoints. I wouldn’t be writing this review, but management never responded to my email. The food needs some serious re-think. They charge £50 for lunch per person and then dare to serve ham&cheese toast and some wraps. The full board is supposed to include two guided excursions per day. In reality, they offer only one. On the first day even though you arrive around 11am (due to flights) you cannot do an excursion. You can only do an excursion they take you to even when you ask them in advance. In reality they do not have enough cars to take everyone where they want. And the same cars take people to/from the airport, so you cannot do anything in the morning until 11am! It is only upon us insisting that we were actually taken to another beach rather than Banana and on the last day. The staff don’t communicate with each other at all (our laundry wasn’t picked up for example). In addition the New Years gala which was charged extra was disappointement. We were told that there will be local band. Instead it was a DJ playing music.The food wasn’t great either (all the creamy cakes were all melted by the time they were served). It felt like a village hall fete. When we booked there was this or Bom Bom, but there is now more choice. We are coming back soon, but will give this place a miss.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Andres, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simply amazing!
The hotel is in a histocric site with one of the best views you can ever dream of. The staff is very nice and the food was delicious. I can't reccomment it enough! It's one of the best places where I've stayed!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Oscar Matts Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very friendly and courteous and happily answered all questions. I wanted to do a small hike on my first day and instead of trying to sell me one of their guided tours they suggested one I could do without a guide, a very nice change of pace compared to other place where profit drives everything. I did use their guide for a cultural tour around Principe and it was quite good too, the only minor complaint was that the guide struggled a bit with English so information were partly in porteguese and it was difficult to ask follow-up questions. Food was excellent and I had both lunch and dinner and was pleasantly surprised by each meal. Breakfast is sparse with limited choices with some fruit, bread, cereal, eggs and sometimes bacon but that is to be expected when you are on a tiny, tiny island. Since I prefer walking I didn't utilize their beach transport to Banana beach, but that is also a great service and excellent choice after a long day on the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Clemens

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gabriel

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vista magnífica
Uma antiga roça recuperada situada numa encosta sobre o mar. O nosso quarto com uma vista linda do recorte da ilha sobre o mar Bem decorado equipado e limpo Casa de banho grande com banheira com vista para o mar Bastante limpa
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Tiago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paraíso
A vista da Roça é fenomenal. E o pôr do sol... fantástico. As praias são paradisíacas. E o hotel muito luxuoso, com traços coloniais. A comida também é boa. O aspeto menos positivo, foi nas restrições de comida. Foi questionado de facto, mas não foi tido em conta.
Praia Macaco
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Experiência 5* em Príncipe
Gostámos muito da Roça. Confortável, muito bem preservado com um staff 5*. Se voltarmos a Príncipe é aqui que queremos voltar a ficar.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Rune

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Colonial days
Great Place with all that Colonial vibes you can imagine. Stayed at the Manor house Preimier suite which was fantastic with bath tub an private pool with great view over the bay - can be highly recommend. Great service, did an effort to serve Hot Choco and cake, which was awesome while relaxing in the tub. The Roça also have an interesting and informative “museum” where you can learn more about the history of Príncipe. Even the drive did an extra effort to stop and show me fresh Cocoa beans and tasting on the way from the airport.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

manuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paraíso
Magnífica estadia com serviço impecável
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tiago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastico
Já nos tinham dito que a Roça Belo Monte na ilha do Príncipe era um paraíso mas a verdade é que superou as nossas expectativas. Não só pelo luxo das instalações, que propiciam a quem ali fica uma viagem ao passado, com as comodidades do presente, e que nos marca para sempre. Mas também pelo ambiente familiar que é proporcionado pelas pessoas que lá trabalham. A recepção do Válter e do Helder, os passeios com o José Luís, o Joaquim e o Fernando, o Chá de "agulha de pobre" da Ana Cristina, o Carinho da Marilda, a atenção com o nosso quarto pela Dona Francisca e pela Cadi, o sorriso constante do Amílcar, os cocteis do Manuel, a "ginga" da Quelmira, a timidez do Tó. Em fim, uma experiência enriquecedora, que nos faz querer voltar. Agradecemos também à minha conterrânea Verónica e ao Miles pela atenção que teve na noite extra que ali tivemos.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Peter, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Positiv: Shuttle zum Strand, freundliches Personal, gutes Essen. Negativ: Zimmer samt Matratze und Kissen stinken unzumutbar nach altem Gemäuer, Stock und Schimmel. Pool unbenutzbar, weil total trüb. Fazit: Preis absurd hoch, steht in keinem Verhältnis. Tipp: Hazienda als Tagesausflug besichtigen lohnt, aber woanders wohnen. Ich würde dort nie mehr übernachten wollen.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lindo hotel que, na verdade, é uma antiga roça restaurada. Serviços excelentes e instalações excelentes. Chegamos ao Príncipe com um dia de atraso por causa de voo cancelado pela péssima STP Airways e o hotel se prontificou a compensar a diária perdida com uma diária adicional ao final da estadia, da qual não pudemos desfrutar porque não havia mais vagas no voo de retorno a São Tomé da péssima STP Airways. Altamente recomendável — o valor da diária é alto, mas vale cada centavo.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Toller Service
Toller Urlaub, Superschönes Hotel mit unglaublichem Service Ich empfehle All Inklusive zu buchen
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

paula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sítio magnífico
Paz interior

8/10 Good

Ricardo

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Magnifique hôtel, service à améliorer
Magnifique roça au milieu d'une plantation, vue sublime, chambres confortables, propres et élégantes, nombreuses activités (superbe plage à quelques minutes à pied, randonnées dans la forêt, plongée, et bien plus)... Un très bel hôtel mais le service et l'écoute des clients sont à améliorer grandement.