Holiday Homes in Mão para Trás

This place is more like a whole experience, and not just a place to stay. To reach it is around an hour mountainous walk after the road ends.They send someone to help you finding the place and help carry your bags. Mine were carried on the head of the person helping me, for one hour! I felt bad for bringing too much. A bag pack is highly recommended. You will be the only tourist in a very small town of around 10 houses. Lovely views and very quiet, except for when they play loud music in town, but mostly it is nice and peaceful. The people are super friendly and welcoming. If you do not speak Portuguese bring an offline translation app. I made some nice hikes to Lomo Branco and Ribeira Grande, all around 1.5 hour each way. It is quite basic, but just think about how difficult it is to reach the place and build a living there! These people deserve nothing but respect. How they build their lives and live independently and largely self-sustainable is amazing. Great opportunity to see another side of Cape Verde and help local communities. Anita is an amazing host and Arlinda can answer questions concerning the reservation and travels. Thank you both for your help and patience.

Location was perfect and wifi was very good!

Isa and Jailson will do everything to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable. They also have a car for rent, essential if you want to explore the island. The pool is awesome, the location dreamlike. Simple but efficient accommodation. The fridge was filled with complimentary goodies. Recommended.

We were met by Lieve at the Ferry Terminal, she arranged a rental car and guided us to the villa (10 minutes from the Ferry Terminal). Lieve and Geert went out of there way to make our stay as comfortable as possibe. The Villa has been built by them with an eye for detail. The villa is very spacious, 3 spacious bedrooms, each with a toilet/bath room, in two of these rooms next to the double beds bunkbeds for two kids. In living room an additional seperate toilet on top. Also a spacious kitchen with everything you need. The swimming pool is covered every evening so it stays warm (28 Celsius). Very important in winter months, we were at some other places where swimming was only for the brave (24 C) or even unbarable (20 C).

Wooden interior gave it a beachhouse optic, beautiful! Mosquito nets in the bedroom (door and window + below door), basic kitchen utensils, secluded at the beach far away from city, giving it a Robinson Crusoe vibe! So far so good.