Islands rarely come as off-the-beaten-track as the paradise two-island nation of São Tomé ... And, while some larger hotels may accept credit cards, ATMs are scarce, so it's advisable to bring ...

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the island's first settlement, ruled over in the 19th century by Maria Correia, a mestiza (mixed-race) woman who owned hundreds of slaves. Others have been sensitively restored as hotels.

Swanborn recently purchased two hotels on Principe and, backed by local authorities, aims to plug this island of about 6,000 people into the ecotourism boom now spreading across West Africa.

A gray-bearded lepidopterist, one of the hotel’s guests, appears occasionally from the undergrowth, net in hand, questing for specimens of the island’s unique butterflies; he has been coming ...

Swanborn recently purchased two hotels on Principe and, backed by local authorities, aims to plug this island of about 6,000 people into the ecotourism boom now spreading across West Africa.

Principe, an island roughly the size of Rum ... which appear all over the resort. Obviously the bigger the hole, the bigger the crab and the children had great fun crouching down by the largest ...

Principe became of-interest in recent years to foreign investors developing tourism. In addition to constructing beach resorts, they rehabilitated old colonial homes found on cocoa and coffee ...