HOTEL XAGUATE, S. Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde Islands
Situated on a cliff above the ocean in Sao Filipe, it has commanding
views to the west towards Brava, Cape Verde's most southerly and
most remote island. Renovated in 2006 to a good standard, with tiled
floors and wood doors. About 10 minutes transfer time from airport.
Convenient for visiting Fogo's volcano crater. Click here for info on flights to Fogo.
Rooms
39 rooms. Each room has a panoramic view, TV, telephone, fan, safe,
mini bar and bath/shower room, and air conditioning. Suites available.
Rooms are laid out with the bathroom right in front of you as you
open the door from the corridor, with the bedroom to the side, and
a large balcony. It is possible to accommodate up to 3 people in
a room.
Dining
Full and half board available in a dining room with views towards
the ocean and towards the island of Brava. Breakfast is buffet style.
Waitress service at lunch and dinner. There is also a bar by the
swimming pool (music played all day) where you can order food.
Cape Verde Jetaway's comments
The hotel has been well decorated, and has a spacious feel, in
a quiet position. The bedroom balconies are a decent size, and quite
large enough to have lunch on (room service), or spend time outside.
We had lovely views towards Brava, which sometimes disappears almost
completely under its mountain cloud. Many of the guests came here
to see the volcano on Fogo, and climbed to one or two of the high
points in the crater. The Hotel Xaguate is a much more comfortable
place to stay than anywhere inside the crater and we were very pleasantly
surprised at how much better the hotel was than it appeared in its
photos and the staff were all helpful. You can walk into Sao Filipe
and down to its huge black sandy beach within about 10 minutes.
There are some good local restaurants, the nearest of which was
about 4 minutes walk, called Calerom. The volcano has erupted as
recently as 1995, and the lava flows over the years are shown on
a map to have been to the other side of the island which is reassuring
for those staying in Sao Filipe. We particularly enjoyed the Fogo
wines, the rose being one of our favourites (not quite up to Baron
Philippe but not far). A hotel you will need to combine with other
Cape Verde Islands, in order to reach
Fogo.
Guide Prices
Whenever possible, we show total prices inclusive of all airport
taxes, local taxes and any additional charges. Prices are
in £ sterling, based on 2 sharing a room.
HOTEL XAGUATE |
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MEDIUM |
HIGH |
Departures on
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Number of nights |
7 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
Hotel b&b pp |
£ 190 |
£ 380 |
£ 190 |
£ 380 |
£ 210 |
£ 420 |
Hotel b&b + flight
from Lisbon + visa + transfers pp |
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Prices are based on double occupancy, bed and breakfast. Seaview,
air conditioning, full, half board, 3 in a room, suites, 3 week
stays, two or three centre holidays, euro pricing contact us. Accommodation
only available for 5 nights or more. All prices are
subject to change.
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