Name: Pestana Tropico
Address: Praia - Cape Verde, Cidade Da Praia, 413, CV

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2026

Charmika

The staff were kind and helpful.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2026

Daniel

This is an exceptional hotel. My family and I actually live in the city of Praia and wanted a simple getaway from home on the weekend. The staff and hotel manager were amazing, super friendly, really welcoming and it made our stay very enjoyable. We will be back again to enjoy the space. Great pool for kids!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2026

Eugene

Na

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2026

Eugene

I enjoy staying at this hotel, going forward every time I come to Praia I will be staying at this hotel

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2026

Josina

Nice place to stay

Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

christine

Staff friendliness!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2026

Stephen

Friendly staff, great location, nice hotel.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2026

CARLA

Ever thing was perfect!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2026

Hailey

Great stay for work

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2026

Dirk

Fine but rather bland hotel outside of Praia. OK if you have a flight out or want to explore the island of Santiago, but beyond that, NOT a holiday destination given the price. Santiago is a great Island to explore.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2026

Joana

We absolutely loved our stay at Pestana Tropico. The best thing about the hotel is the feeling of being in a family hotel, with staff who are attentive to detail. I would like to thank the staff at the reception, at the bar, restaurant, and the staff cleaning the rooms - they were absolutely lovely and very helpful! Great hotel!

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2026

Jonathan

Very nice hotel. A few shortcomings: Much of The equipment in the gym is non-functional and the elliptical is broken and dangerous; We had a roach in our room; they do not regularly provide water —you have to ask for it; the bead only have sheets (no blankets) but there are comforters in the closets

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2026

Renel

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10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2026

Owen

Room wasclean , staff are always helpful

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2026

Erica

This Hotel is wonderful. Rooms are big and spotless clean.
The saltwater pool was nice as well.
It is like a little paradise in Praia

8/10

Excellent

11 Feb 2026

Daniel

Good hotel with decent facilities. Nice rooms, pool is a salt one, makes swimming a bit tough. Staff at front desk were excellent and the rest were good without being particularly friendly. Food was ok, breakfast fine without being exceptional. Marked it a 4 because for the cost and bar prices etc it was pretty good.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2026

Andrew

Room was uninspiring - no balcony and very dirty windows
Excellent breakfast

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2025

Cornell

Great property and friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2025

Bruno

O

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2025

Helio

Quiet with beautiful view.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2025

Didier

Great

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Apr 2025

Jean Jamil

It was an OK stay. The staff was pleasant, the rooms are large, but window area cleanliness was not perfect when I arrived. It's a very nice hotel for a one to two-day tourism stay. I stayed for a week on a business trip. Breakfast did not have a lot of variety. Not sure I'll stay there again next time I am in town.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2025

ALDO

La camera e la piscina molto buone e anche la reception

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Mar 2025

Jorge

Nice hotel to be updated

This is a ver old hotel that needs to be updated.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2025

Barnaby

Pleasant hotel with a nice central pool. Food was plain and fairly uninteresting. Staff generally v helpful. One weird encounter with a waitress who evidently hadn't been taught that the customer comes first.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2025

Dimitris

Very nice property with very friendly staff

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Comfortable stay

A good breakfast. Lovely pool but rather too windy to enjoy it while we were there. Room ok....very spacious

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2025

Sylvia

Nice pool and easy walking to some nearby restaurants

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2024

Robert Ray

The hotel overall is okay but the food in the restaurant is limited and the chicken is do tuff until you cannot chew it. Do is the tuna which they pride themselves on.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2024

Phillip

The best hotel for value

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Oct 2024

Luis

Fairly nice place; friendly staff.
Will be even nicer after upcoming (long overdue) remodeling.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2024

Darina

Great hotel and staff

Leisure

2/10

Poor

12 Jul 2024

Antonio

The people who work at reception rooms and breakfast are very good but this hotel in terms of menu need to change a lot of things. I don’t understand why if you order a plate of steak or fish it’s doesn’t come with any side. In terms of food and the management,this hotel is in a bad way

Self

2/10

Poor

14 Jun 2024

Antonio

Checked in a 2:30 am almost half hour for computer to boot up so I can pay. Since it was so late I could have paid next morning at check out.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2024

Audilia

This was my second time staying at the hotel. We were to stay 3 nights, however our flight from S. Filipe was cancelled therefore we missed or first night, we requested a refund of the first night since flight cancellation was no fault of ours, however it wasn’t honored, was disappointed with that, however, the stay was nice, staff were friendly and eager to help out. Breakfast buffet was exceptional. Lunch was superb.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Apr 2024

Jimmy

Good location and comfortable bedding.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2024

Cesarino

Beautiful hotel friendly staff - room maintenance can be better but overall great stay

Loved the breakfast

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2024

Verified traveler

Working to please.

Only a one night stay. Lovely ambience with bar area and reception well designed. Not too sure if it's suitable as a holiday destination, but good for a short visit.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2023

tracy

Cleanliness of the room was the only fault. Otherwise the hotel staff were super friendly and helpful. Restaurant food was very very good. Breakfast buffet very good too

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2023

Daniel

Staff was incredible. Becky, Carlos, Silvana, Mr. Lopes our housekeeper Maria and the entire staff made the trip. They took care of everything we needed. This is the only place to stay in Praia.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2023

ROGER

Always very helpful staff, the best hotel to stay at in Praia.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Sep 2023

Aichetou

Noise

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2023

Tarik

It is the best hotel in praia. It just not a reel 4 stars. a bit old.
the room is not made sometimes.
The breakfast buffet is ok ... nothing fancy

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2023

Karl

Clean, AC worked well, Staff was friendly .

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2023

Nouhou

Friendly staff at front desk, restaurant and room service. My kids andd I had the best time in Praia.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2023

Latir

Great place to stay in Praia. Staff is excellent, facilities are very nice and pleasant, and the location is very convenient.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2023

FRANCISCO

Nice plastic to stay

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2023

Eric

Decent stay, convenient when working in Praia.

Decent three star hotel, standard sort of small island place. Staff are friendly. The beds aren't great though... the matresses are very basic, can feel the spring coils through the thin padding, and the pillows aren't very good either. The towels are nice and fluffly though.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2023

hm

Perfect place to end the holiday

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2022

SEMYYA

Best Hotel in Praia

Had an amazing stay here!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2022

Paulino

The food was no good

8/10

Excellent

27 Aug 2022

Rosa

The property is beautiful and well kept. Will definitely stay again with no hesitation.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2022

Licinio

Family trip

I was so impressed with this hotel it was very clean and well organized and the crew were nice. It will be on my list for the future trip to CV 👌👌

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2022

Audilia

We only stayed one night because we were traveling next day to the USA, the hotel and staffs were exceptional. Smooth transition from
Check in to check out, staffs were friendly and helpful. We were welcomed with a fresh fruit platter. Wish we all had enough time to enjoy their continental breakfast, which l was able to take a quick bite before we hurriedly headed to the airport. During out next trip to Caoeverde, We will definitely consider staying again at Hotel Pestana!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

02 Aug 2022

Monica

The hotel staff is friendly and accommodations are clean.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2022

Maria T

Great location, room was clean and friendly staff

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2022

Anthony

Large clean room. Property clean. Staff really nice with the exception of the bartender in the late afternoon. He was just miserable.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2022

Lashon

Best hotel in Praia

It was an amazing stay and love the pool!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2022

Edson

Clean beautiful food is amazing I had great time staying there.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2021

Anne

The staff was very helpful.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

10 Dec 2021

Danijar

Not great

Out of the two 4-star hotels in this area, I prefer the other one.
The pestana has the worst food in Praia in my opinion, the overall hotel service isn’t great, rooms dated…wouldn’t recommend.

Business

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2021

Joao

It was a very good stay, and good location. Just missed a gym

Business

6/10

Pleasant

04 Dec 2021

Frederick

Pros: room clean, bathroom clean, AC working fine, location is safe
Soso: breakfast
Cons: infrastructure (there was no hot water in my room) hotel staff reaction (no action taken or room change)

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Dec 2021

Nikki

Everything was great except the last minute notice of the wedding that did not allow the guests to use the amenities the day of. If you wanted to relax that evening the band was set up as a full concert

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2021

Roderick

I didn't like people begging for money, every time I exited the hotel.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

19 Nov 2021

Eli

The rooms were nice.
Location was convenient

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2021

Nana

The location was prime for walking around Praia city and close distance by taxi to locations that were further out. The staff were lovely and happy to help us, especially Eunice in the restaurant and all the front desk attendants. The restaurant was delicious as were the free breakfasts. The pool was a sublime saltwater surprise.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2021

Angel

Everything

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2021

Masse

Nicest people

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2021

Carlyne

Amazing time! Just what I needed during these difficult times - no stress country and hotel!!! I will be back!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2021

jeannie

Not prepared to help with Covid testing

Very nice hotel with wonderful staff. Hotel was what I expected, breakfast had a lot of choices.
My only complaint is that the front desk did not have a clue as to help with Covid 19 test needed to leave the island. They sent us to the wrong place originally and we had to take another cab to a different testing site. We were lucky some random person was able to help us with our cab driver to give him the correct location. We were told that our results would be emailed to us the next day. They were not. We found out from another guest that we needed to pick them up. The pick up location was supposed to have closed at 1:00 it was now 1:40. The 2 ladies at the front desk would not call the site to tell them we were coming. It worked out in the end but was a lot of unnecessary stress. All they need is clear instructions printed in a few different languages to hand out to guests.
There is not much English spoken on the island.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2020

Daniel

The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. The pool area is great. I highly
Recommend.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2020

Jacqueline

Welcoming hosts of pandemic proportions

We were semi stranded waiting on an emergency flight back to the US. Gonçalo and his staff made us feel at home and were available to help with any small detail. They kept us well informed and calm. Room, pool, and meal services were excellent! Thank you so much!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2020

MikeRuscitti

Excellent hotel. Very clean, great breakfast, many ammenities. Highly recommended.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

This hotel is good for working environment conference etc... for vacation i don’t recommande it.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

13 Dec 2019

RonZ

I was in the farthest room from the restaurant/bar/reception which was nice for privacy but not so for convenience

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Dec 2019

kat

I loved its close proximity to restaurant and beaches

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

nice staff.............................................

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2019

JohnM.

Our stay at the Pestana Tropico was perfect in every way. The hotel staff was incredibly nice and accommodating. I give the hotel the highest rating. I would most certainly stay again.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Overall was a good stay. However, the pictures of the massive swimming pool overlooking the ocean is not a reality. Its 4 times smaller and you don't see the ocean from it as it covered by vegetation. I also think that this hotel is overpriced. I would pay $60 per night but not a $100 +... (No soap in the room only dush gel that drys your skin)

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2019

Johan

Good pool area, great restaurant

Great pool area (though salt water), but most importantly not too windy as the other hotel I stayed at!

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2019

Ruben

a taste of Praia

Fantastic place to enjoy a few days in Praia...close to good food, good music and local sights and beaches.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2019

John

Nice hotel near seafront. Brilliant view depending on which room you get. Nice room spoilt by 2 single beds instead of double. Why do hotels think couples want to sleep on 2 single beds? Also spoilt by door to balcony getting stuck on floor and key not working properly. No kettle to make your own beverages. Friendly helpful staff, some could be trained better. No communication between shifts. Salt water swimming pool leaves salt taste in mouth as expected. Buffet breakfast with cold and hot food with indifferent staff. Safe in room useful to keep your valuables worry free. Helps if you speak Portuguese or Creole.

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2019

Steven J

Nice but neither worth the money nor the 4* rating

Nice place but not worth the price nor the high rating.
Gym pretty much non existent
Pool extremely cold
No facilities such as table tennis, games etc.
Limited space around pool, all in direct sun (tarps against sun protection would be highly recommended)
Nice breakfast but very limited selected for this price
Room service did not provide towels and took 3h and 2 calls to finally get them

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2018

Jamie

Nice, no resort beach

Very nice place to stay. Within short walking distance to a beach. Would be nice to have better WiFi options.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2018

Michel

Beautiful hotel, great swimming pool (salt water which makes total sense given the water issues in Cabo Verde). Attentive staff and very helpful manager who helped me with setting up business contacts. And the restaurant is excellent, try the suckling pig

8/10

Excellent

02 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Cape Verde Hotel

We were getting off a boat and waiting for a flight around midnight. There were three of us and just needed a room to crash for a few hours. No elevator but staff carried luggage up the stairs to the room.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2018

Clive

A clean and modern place to stay.

The hotel provided transport to and from the Airport. Check in and check out were painless. Rooms have been refurbished. I’d choose a room which overlooks the open air pool area. Breakfasts are very good and the quality of food served in them Restaurant is excellent. There are always taxis waiting outside to take you wherever you want to go. The Hotel’s hapoy to arrange for English speaking drivers to take you on longer excursions too. If you ask for tea/ coffee making stuff it will be provided. Although there’s building going on next door, I’d stay there again.

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2018

Kate

Very Comfortable hotel in Praia

We enjoyed a very restful break here in February. The hotel has all the amenities & comfort that we required. Our room was spacious and very clean with good views of the pool, patio & the sea. All the staff were very welcoming and helpful. We stayed on a half board basis. The buffet breakfast was good and varied. The evening meal choice was rather repetitive & limited. We ate out on one occasion at the wonderful portugese restaurant Chef Theresa, which is only minutes away from the hotel. We toured the island with a very friendly & informed taxi driver, who spoke very good English.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Tropico Pestana & would recommend it. They even provided a birthday cake for a special birthday celebration without any prompting on our part!!

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2017

carl

very reasonable hotel

hotel manager very helpful regarding late night departure

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jun 2017

Verified traveler

Nice hotel but lacking in service

Although the hotel is overall fine & our stay went well, it lacks in service for a 4 star hotel.

For example, they advertise a free shuttle to the airport upon request. Although we had requested one in advance, our shuttle was nowhere to be found on our arrival. For our return trip to the airport, we had to go through 3 people before getting ''approval from management'' for it. Another example: they advertise room service. However, there is no room service menu in your room & absolutely no breakfast options once they get you the restaurant diner menu. We were a couple and only had 1 bathrobe. Every single day of our 3 day stay, we never had a pool towel available. Nobody offers you drinks at the pool and there are only 2 umbrellas for shade. Etc etc...

Basically, clean hotel, we liked our room and had a nice stay, staff was friendly... but definitely not a 4-star hotel service in my book.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2017

Robert

Not as nice as the photos

We reserved a room with two queen beds, and were given a room with two iron single beds made up as a double. The poor bellman had to remake the beds into two very uncomfortable and squeaky singles.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2017

DP

Outstanding hotel in Praia, Cabo Verde

I am an American who has traveled extensively and I must commend the Pestana owners for hiring a talented and energetic new hotel director/GM who has already made a huge difference with this hotel from last year when I visited and stayed for two weeks.

In sum:
- The staff is now much more customer focused, attentive, and friendly;
- the food and drinks are much, much better;
- the rooms are in much better shape with greater attention to detail in both cleanliness, appearance, and comfort.

While other hotels nearby may have more rooms or appear to be more midern, I have visited and dine there, and I would rate this
hotel as by far the best in Praia due to its superb new GM, great staff, more comfortable rooms, consistently great food, and genuine fit with the country and wonderful people (the President of CV lives to visit the hotel for a coffee).

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Great food, specially the tuna!!!

had to change rooms because WiFi did not work in first room

8/10

Excellent

10 Dec 2016

Ashley

Hidden Gem

1. One of the really great restaurants I've ever tried is a 2 min walk from the hotel; Chef Theresa. Fab individually cooked (home cooking style) menu heavily influenced by Portugese cuisine (owners/chef are Portugese) and one of the best wine selections you'll find on planet earth! Prices above Cape Verde average but still realistic and tremendous value. Super décor, tables indoors in a/c or 'al fresco'.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2016

Drew

Great Hotel!

great hotel! Staff was very helpful and dedicated to making you stay a pleasant one. Would definitely reccommend this hotel

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

The service was great with friendly and very much willing to help hotel staff. The room was nicely decorated and comfortable/relaxing to stay. The only item that needs to require improvement is food. The breakfast/dinner was better at the nearby hotel of a similar rank.

6/10

Pleasant

26 May 2016

ados

basic hotel for a night or two in Praia

hotel is nice, the food choices are limited and the view not so great.

4/10

Poor

12 Feb 2016

John

Four Star Hotel!

First I must say that the hotel staff were excellent and very helpful But a four star hotel it is not. In the UK it may have rated three stars at most. The following is a list of deficiencies in the room.

There were no tea/coffee making facilities.
No iron or trouser press.
No easy chair(s)
Very little drawer space for anyone staying more than a few days, my wife and I ended up living mostly out of our suitcases!

Also we had no clean sheets for our entire two week stay!
The bathroom was quite small and the door could not be closed..
There were greasy finger prints on the wardrobe doors when we arrived and still there when we left, I am sure they are still there now!
A safe was provided for our valuables etc which was good but unfortunately it was not secured, anybody could have picked it up and walked off with it.
The door to our balcony could not be opened from the outside, maybe the lock had been changed. So instead of a short walk down our steps to the pool we had to walk the entire length of our wing to get there, about five minutes rather than thirty seconds.
There was very little useful information in the room in regard to useful info. eg things to do, information on the local area, day trips, restaurants and places of interest. There was helpful info in the foyer but nothing in the room.
There was no separate lounge area for guests, there was only the bar or foyer area.

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2015

Mariane

Kap Verde - Tropico recommanded

I am not good in English write

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