Reviews of Surfactivity Guest House
Zona Tanquinho Norte, 4111 Santa Maria, Cape Verde
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Reviewed: 29 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 14 June 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 26 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewPlace was clean, cool and near dive centers and outdoor gym👌
Reviewed: 9 May 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewVery clean Friendly host Good location
Reviewed: 11 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewThe Owners very friendly and helpful. Lovely and clean room . Nice view from the balcony. Highly recommended. Obrigada 🌟⚡
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Dear Alina, Dziękuję for spending your holiday with us.
Reviewed: 11 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewSurfactivity Guesthouse is a cozy and warm guesthouse, artistically decorated and really quite lovely. It has more atmosphere than most places I came across in Santa Maria. I stayed in a studio with its own private terrace, which was absolutely delightful. It's on the outskirts of town, but only 5 mins from the beach and you can easily walk to the centre. Barking neighbourhood dogs were a bit annoying at night for me and the place was in generally not well sound insulated, but all the positives made up for that. A special thank you to Amadou who helps take care of the place for making me feel at home.
Hi Celie, thank you for spending your holiday with us and for your honest and positive review. see you soon! Lilly
Reviewed: 21 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewFor sure I liked everything!! Thanks Lilly and Simon! And thanks beautiful Amadu!
Olà Carla, Vocês são sempre ben-vindas! it was a pleasure to hosting you. Amadu, Simon &Lilly
Reviewed: 19 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified review- Very friendly host. Lily is very responsive and gives a lot of tips. - Easy check in - Using of kitchen is really handy! - Lovely relaxing spaces and roof top. - Very lovely community with lots of people to meet.
- Not quiet at night. You can hear a lot of yelling, talking and music from the apartment next door. - Because of location at the end of the village it becomes dusty inside. They try to keep it clean though. But I imagine it's difficult because of the location and strong winds getting the dust everywhere. - Hot shower only runs for a few minutes. Just enough to wash your hair and body.
Reviewed: 13 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewThe property was within 10 mins walk to the town centre and the beach. Nearest small shop is within 3 mins walk. The staff are pleasant and helpful. Shout out to Lily and Amadou! They even set up a WhatsApp group for guests to interact if they wish to. I would stay again if I have a room facing the street! 🙂👍🏿
I was in an studio apartment at the back of the building that faced some very noisy inconsiderate neighb who were shouting at the top of their voices most of the day and night! The dogs bark incessantly and music gets played very loud till the small hours.......Unfortunately the property was fully booked so the staff couldn't swap my room. Luckily I had booked for just 4 nights so I found a much quieter 1 bedroom flat with a view of the beach and only 1 min to the beach!
Reviewed: 27 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewPeople and Staff are very kind and make it good
Very loud from outside
Reviewed: 2 February 2025 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewLilly was a great host. She helped us organise kite surfing which was great. Perfect location, and nice place to meet others. Would go back.
Reviewed: 22 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewNice decorated and cozy room
A bit noisy neighbours
Reviewed: 27 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewLily and Simon were the best hosts and thankfully were able to offer us extra nights accommodation due to our flight to Mindelo being cancelled. They went out of their way to help us and we are very grateful 🙏 beautiful, clean rooms with a real African feel. Perfect location if you don't want to be in the busy main town. Lily and Simon really made our holiday, they were helpful, knowledgeable and accommodating...thank you so much guys 😊
It was perfect...nothing we didn't like.
Reviewed: 4 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewHost Lily & Simon
Reviewed: 21 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewThe place is good, ocean view in distance was great too. Really the hosts made my stay even more amazing. Will definitely return!
No AC, but there is a fan and with the windows open I got used to it after two nights
Reviewed: 18 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 14 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewLilly is so friendly
Nada
Reviewed: 10 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewWhat a gem of a hotel! From the efficient check-in/check-out process, each moment was delightful. Also, the hotel has a very secure and safe environment. Overall, I had a great experience,the staff was accommodating, and the amenities were great. I booked a spacious studio which was beautiful, clean, and perfect to continue our trip in the Cape Verde islands!
Reviewed: 1 July 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 17 April 2024 · Stayed in April 2024
Verified reviewthe studio was very nice. had everything which was needed and the contact was also very nice
was very loud because of the neighbours. but with earplugs no problem
Reviewed: 25 February 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 25 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewLily was an excellent host she would go out of her way to help we landing sunday teatime and were tired she went to the shop for us And amadu was outstanding too
The steps up to the penthouse apartment
Hi Ian, thank you for sharing your experience with us! We are so glad you had such a wonderful time and we hope you will come back to see us again soon. Warm Regards, Surfactivity Staff