Aquiles Eco Hotel

3.0 star property

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Suite, Sea View | In-room safe, desk, blackout drapes, rollaway beds
View from property
Fishing
Beach nearby, white sand
Exterior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast included
  • Laundry
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
aldeia de Sao Pedro, Mindelo, São Vicente
  • Sao Pedro Beach
    9 min drive
  • Mindelo Marina
    12 min drive
  • turtle beach bar
    1 min walk
  • Sao Vicente Island (VXE-Sao Pedro)
    5 min drive

Room options

Suite, Sea View

  • 689 sq ft
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Design Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 205 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Single Room

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Twin Room

  • 205 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

São Vicente

Located in São Vicente, Aquiles Eco Hotel is by the ocean, within a 15-minute drive of Sao Pedro Beach and Fish Market. .This hotel is 7.2 mi (11.7 km) from Torre de Belém and 7.4 mi (11.9 km) from Mercado Municipal.

What's nearby

  • Sao Pedro Beach - 9 min drive
  • Cultural Center of Mindelo - 12 min drive
  • Mindelo Marina - 12 min drive
  • Monte Verde - 14 min drive
  • Laginha Beach - 23 min drive

Getting around

  • Sao Vicente Island (VXE-Sao Pedro) - 5 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪turtle beach bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Le Gourmet - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Escale - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Bar Bistro Santo André - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪Bistro St.Antao - ‬20 min walk

About this property

Aquiles Eco Hotel

Hotel in São Vicente with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
Aquiles Eco Hotel offers 13 accommodations with fireplaces and complimentary toiletries. Rooms open to balconies. Business-friendly amenities include desks and safes. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and bidets. Rollaway/extra beds are also available. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 13 guestrooms, featuring fireplaces. Rooms have private balconies. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as bicycles to rent. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Take advantage of the hotel's room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served daily from 8 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include express check-in, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
Room service is available.

Languages

English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free extended parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free local cuisine breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway/extra bed

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massage

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • 2 floors
  • Built in 2014
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Rollaway/extra bed

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Room service

More

  • Desk
  • Fireplace
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 7 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.49 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: EUR 5 per room (one way)

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 credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Aquiles Eco Hotel Sao Vicente
Aquiles Eco Hotel
Aquiles Eco Sao Vicente
Aquiles Eco
Aquiles Eco Hotel Hotel
Aquiles Eco Hotel São Vicente
Aquiles Eco Hotel Hotel São Vicente

Aquiles Eco Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 47 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

T M

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base for exploring Sao Vincente
Fab hotel which blends a beach cabin vibe with Scandi style. The team, particularly Stephen, were very helpful. Right next to a great beach - beautiful but the waves are too strong for yourlng children.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Geno

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved our time.
Service was excellent. Staff was friendly, helpful, and accommodating. Food is also exceptional.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The concept of a sustainable hotel establishment embedded in community is great. The staff are nice. The place was extremely clean
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Colin, London - UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to the airport and comfortable
The hotel is literally a stone throw from the beach. It met the expectations from the photos, and reviews which was great. The room to my experience had everything I needed. The Wi-Fi from the ground floor will not reach the 2nd floor unless you are outside on the balcony, but for me, this was perfect! No wi-fi signals (except CV mobile Telecom), sea-fresh air, and generally very quiet atmosphere. If you require amenities like an iron to press creased luggage clothes, they can supply one for you. Most staff are bi-lingual with Portuguese and English, and are very friendly and welcoming to get on with. They can provide sound recommendations of the sights to see on the island, in addition to calling taxi services for you to wherever you wish to go. The intermittent sounds are school children playing in the daytime, aircraft landing and taking-off once or twice an hour which is a far and distant noise not to worry about. I was fortunate enough to experience the 'I love Sao Pedro' community party (mid-September) where the town all come together, and have an enjoyable time from Friday-Sunday afternoon. If you like music like I do of a younger crowd, you will enjoy the moment right through until 5am! The hotel is only 3-years-old, and definitely has the potential in this area to become more popular than it is. I would say in my opinion that it is suited far more to single travellers like myself, and couples.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Jutta, Darmstadt, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel is situated close to the beach, but it doesn’t offer a view to it , no Terrasse, no sun beds or umbrellas. The restaurant of the hotel was closed, the restaurant nex door as well. We even couldn’t get a biscuit with our coffee in the afternoon. At night the room was really hot and loud because there were many dogs barking in the neighborhood . The room was small, basic but stylish .
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Tom, Hobart, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This place is amazing!
The hotel itself is wonderful. I loved the simplicity of this building and everything felt very clean and open. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was a simple fruit, yoghurt, eggs and coffee affair but freshly made by the lovely staff with local ingredients. Fantastic! There was only one thing that caught me off guard with this place, and that was the little town where the hotel is situated, Sao Pedro. The town is very basic with many buildings in somewhat dilapidated condition. This is probably just a reflection of the simple way of life in this small fishing village and my first impressions are probably more a reflection of my rather sheltered travels in recent years. The town seemed safe and the locals nice enough. Just be aware before you go that this is a simple town that has seen little wealth. To many people this could just be another draw card for staying in the wonderful Aquiles Eco Hotel. Other than that, the beach is breathtaking, the landscape is fascinating and the lighthouse built on the cliff at the end of the beach captures the imagination. Overall, I loved my stay here.

10/10 Excellent

John and Gill, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Quirky and Innovative
We booked the suite. This was on the top floor and had a large terrace with brilliant beach, mountain and sea views with lovely sunsets. The photographs and hotel description on the website do not fully prepare the visitor for this very unusual hotel where all the rooms are basically very well equipped wooden sheds. We loved ours but were aware that other rooms were smaller and did not have the benefit of a large sea-facing terrace. I would advise travellers to book the suite - or the 'penthouse shed' as we came to call it.

8/10 Good

SANDRINE

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simple et beau, esprit nature
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Marcel

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel ist gleich beim Strand, sehr schön. Aber die Zimmer bestehen aus Holzcontainer dadurch ist es sehr hellhörig da auch gleich die Schule und die Ecke ist. Sehr Eco wie der Name sagt. Schlichte Zimmer die aber täglich sauber gemacht werden. Mehrere Restaurants in Laufweite. Morgens immer das gleiche Frühstück leider keine Abwechslung. Für lange Aufenthalte nicht zu empfehlen. 2,3 Nächte i.O.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

karin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ich bin wiederholungstäter und immer wieder begeistert von der architektur und inneneinrichtung: schlicht&clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stefan

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overpriced
I booked the "suite" after reading other reviews, and it is a tiny little sweat box up three flights of stairs. Wild to charge so much for so little value. What saved it was the view, which is indeed lovely, and the kindness of the staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christoph

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sandro

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Die Nähe zum Strand war perfekt.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Zuzana

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
"Un grogue!" Aquiles is a fantastic, warm host in an iconic building in the heart of a cute village with a great beach. Definitely worth staying a few nights!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Mário

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel in a lovely fisherman's village
I had a lovely 2 night stay in Aquiles hotel , the building itself is brilliant, built with recycled materials and the rooms and breakfast area are brilliantly built ! The bed was very comfy and the room had a nice balcony to relax... The staff was great,welcoming and always eager to help...Breakfast could be improved. The hotel is located 10 meters from the beach and right on the main square of the small village of São Pedro.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Flavien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Suoerbe séjour !
Dans un village de pécheurs, à deux de la plage, l'hôtel est éco responsable. La réception nous a donné des conseils et très bien orienté !
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ruediger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stilvoll und modern, äußerst freundlich
modern und schlicht eingerichtetes Hotel mit viel Holz und hellen Zimmern. Nach Verfügbarkeit den Seaview-Room auf der Dachterrasse buchen, nicht nur wegen der Aussicht, sondern auch weil etwas windgeschützt. Unheimlich freundliches Personal, da haben wir selbst bei nur 1 Übernachtung frü um 5.00 Uhr ein sehr liebevoll hergerichtetes reichhaltiges Frühstück bekommen. Fluglärm ist trotz Nähe zum Flughafen kein Thema. Restaurantempfehlung: zentral im Nachbarort am anderen Ende der Bucht.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Alexandra

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Mauvais rapport qualité/prix
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kristina

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everyone was very friendly and helpful within our stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eco lodge de charme
Eco lodge tenu par un Italien hôtel familial il nous raconte son histoire construit par son fils architecte Tres agréable établissement nous avions la suite au 3ème une superbe terrasse vue panoramique Possibilité de dîner sur place et petit dej super La mer est à deux pas même si elle bouge beaucoup A recommander
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A tester
Conception de l'hôtel novatrice. Chambre fonctionnelle et confortable. Petit-déjeuner composé de délicieux produits frais. Personnel très sympathique et aux petits soins. Le propriétaire, M. Aquiles, est atypique et très intéressant. Idéal pour une fin de séjour à Sao Vincente.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019