Apartment is a great open space with two large double bedrooms. Everything you need for a lovely stay. The bus to the beach and town is really useful and we used this quite a bit. Lots of great restaurants in town - a variety to suit budgets. We went with our 11 & 14 year old and they really enjoyed the beach and the food. We rented electric bikes for a tour round the beach and the town. We also went to the local supermarket and ate in. The complex has a few pools - some busier than others and we used these. A really peaceful location that really suited us.

second time we rented Graham's Appartment in Vila Verde Coprosma building. Very clean and roomy, 2 bathrooms, with big kitchen and washing machine! the taxis are available after a 1 min walk (Tortuga Hotel) to take you to Santa Maria for 3 euros for a great night out with all its restaurants. Kite Beach is 5 euros away by taxi (or 45 mn away walking, which we did everyday for training!)

This was the first time we went to Cape Verde so were not sure what to expect, however this was the best holiday we have ever had. The apartment we stayed in (101 ) was perfect, very clean and well appointed, great for a family of 4. The Kitchen had every thing we needed for the family and to entertain friends . Every morning we would sit and have breakfast on the balcony and plan our day, either at the beach or the pool which is set in the gardens below in a great setting, There is also a local supermarket around the corner which stocks everything you need . The beach is gorgeous and a ten minute walk away with golden sands and a restaurant which is very reasonably priced. There is a good bus service into town which is free for guests that stay at the apartment's, the town which is a five minute ride away has plenty of good restaurants and bars too. This really is a great place to stay , hopefully we will be going back again soon.

Perfect accomadation , peaceful, well equipped , spacious and as described . Good communication with the owner from booking to leaving . We cannot wait to return.

Overall impression very well furnished and vast appartment. Quality beds, sheets and linen and towels. Calm and restful environment (no noise, music or street traffic) allowed us to sleep after kitesurfing several hours per day. Taxi met us at the airport with the keys and helped carry the bags in the appt. Vila verde has a few shops (bakery, mini market, 2 restaurants) for urgent needs but I would recommend using the free shuttles for extensive shopping or dining. This rental is excellent value for money, allow a few euros per day for using taxis to go to the busy part of Santa Maria and therefore sleep soundly enjoying the silence!

Room 101 is absolutely perfect…if you wish to not enjoy your holidays at all and keep arranging things like in your normal life. The apartment is quite spacious, and has room for 4 people, and has most of the utilities advertised, however, you must not think this is any normal holiday, you are going to no-stress island after all. So, first things first, when you arrive at the apartment, you must not forget to pay the taxi driver that the owner arranges for you as he keeps the key. If you are lucky, you arrive during the week, so the cleaning will have taken place. Even though we arrived during the middle of the week, after 16h00 – according to the owner to give time to the ladies to clean(!!), the apartment is and was quite dirty. Don´t ever take it up yourself to ask the cleaning ladies when they will show up the next time, they will announce themselves by standing in the middle of the living room with just a knock on the door as a warning (doorbell is not working). No-one knows when they will show or if they show, nor what they will do, they themselves have no clue either. If you do dare asking when they will show up next time to them directly, all cleaning will be suspended by the owner, as you´ve just verbally abused them (quite the adventure when they have no idea what you just asked them, the moment someone talks they seem to lose all memory of English and even Portuguese), and no-one is able to tell you how you´ve abused people. We directly tried to send an email to the services that would provide these (no internet inside the apartment so it took some work). 2 weeks later we are still awaiting a reply. Trying to keep the owner in the loop even though he dismisses every complaint, he starts replying on a CC, and is unable to grasp what Is going on, even though we complaint before about the abominable state of the apartment. Sending pictures of this to the owner results in him only replying after a reminder, that he will make a report of it. To give a brief overview: there are 2 bathrooms, both shower units have black spots on them (probably mold, very unhealthy) faucets have never been cleaned before etc. The dining room table had unclean spots on them, and when we left they were still there. One of the many papers you receive will tell you that cleaning is your own responsibility, however, if that is the case, why would cleaning services be advertised and what are the ´cleaning´ ladies doing in the apartment? After both times the cleaning ladies had been in the apartment, we found ants all over, even in the bathrooms and bedrooms (on the front side of the apartment. The first time the ladies came, they knocked on the door, and stepped inside, we asked politely if it was possible to come back the next day as we had just gotten back from a short trip to another island, the ladies answered this was no problem at all, and 3 hours later we received an angry email from Mr. Fox that we denied access to the apartment – as we just came back it seemed our luggage had exploded, so even if the ladies would want to clean it was impossible. But now the best part comes: as we believe you cannot clean when every surface is occupied, we made sure the ladies could access every surface in the apartment, meaning, the only personal things in the rooms were the suitcases, this did not, however, encourage them in any way to clean, and while we were there the only things done were: bringing 4 towels for 2 persons for the whole week, changing the bedsheets – we took them off as we wanted new sheets, noticed the week before it were the same sheets we had already used, they just made the beds, swept some floors, mopped the floors as far as we could observe (not the whole apartment), they start in the kitchen and then mop to the bed- and bathrooms, which brought a whole colony of ants with them. Although Internet and Wifi are advertised, you shouldn´t actually hope to have access to this inside the apartment, you´ll only have a public wifi in the public areas, notifying the owner about this only results in you being called a liar, and after about 6 emails back and forth, according to him there is Wifi inside the apartment…but where is still a mystery. For the price you pay per week in the apartment (€500-,) , please do not expect to have spot-free or even whole sheets, the mostly white sheets come with blue ink spatter and with sizeable holes in them. Also, do not expect more then 2 towels per person per week! Such luxuries only exist in hotels, and as Mr. Fox so colorfully explained, this is not a hotel. The promised ocean view is probably there…we could only check after a week when a key was delivered so the windows could be opened, which in turn allowed for the blinds to be able to be opened, though to actually be able to see the ocean you must be on the floor above this apartment. Would love to give a review about the resort, however, it is like a ghost city, there is 1 supermarket, in which daring to ask why there is no price on vegetables the reply is: ‘if you don´t like it, get the **** out of here´. All in all, what was supposed to be a relaxing 3 weeks in an apartment, turned out to be a constant and growing irritation

we had a great time at room 101,clean modern apartment with lots of space, the taxi took us from the airport to the door, he had the keys and even made sure we got in.we didn't use the kitchen, but chose to eat out in santa maria, but the apartment has a great kitchen, I recommend that you read the information available, it will save you a lot of money in the long run, thank you graham, Terence jerrom

Nous avons loué cet appart pour une semaine pour 4 personnes. L appartement est grand et spacieux. 2 grandes chambres 2 salles de bains 1 coffre la cuisine équipée ouvert sur le salon. Bien décoré. Vraiment un bonne location. Le fait qu'il y ai une épicerie dans le complexe est un plus également.

The apartment is beautiful a home away from home. Everything we needed while we were away. Would definitely book this apartment again. Thankyou

We were recommended to book this apartment by friends who had stayed here last year, and we were relieved when the apartment lived up to the hype. It can sometimes be very awkward when a friend recommends somewhere and you end up disappointed. The apartment is big, with two large double rooms with build in cupboards, ensuite and family bathrooms and all the luxuries of home you need - including decent TV. The apartment is part of a larger complex of private owners (very nice as you get a decent level of holiday resident and is situated further back of the resort with views across landscape to the back and the local pool from the balcony. The pool is rally clean and lots of sun bathing by the side. There is a building by the pool which is waiting to be finished, I assume it will be a local bar for the pool. Inside the apartment is tastefully decorated and has great quality furniture, no shoddy rubbish from Argos here - the owners clearly have good taste. There is a fully equipped kitchen including oven, hob, fridge/freezer, microwave and kettle etc. The resort has a number of bars and pools with a central shopping area which currently includes a small supermarket (reasonably priced), restaurant and pool side bar near to reception. There is a free shuttle bus into the town although we chose to walk most times which took about and hour depending on how fast you walked. There is WIFI in reception and at different public locations around the resort, however as in most tourist destinations this can be very patchy.. We had to call the owners a couple of times in advance as I have a disability and found them to be incredibly helpful and friendly. They went out of their way to provide us with transport information, including arranging for transport from the airport and back. Top results for customer service. If we went back to Cape Verde we would definitely book this apartment again.