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About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: Hotel Central in São Tomé offers air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms, city views, and modern amenities. Each room includes a work desk, minibar, and free WiFi. Dining Experience: The family-friendly restaurant serves African, Mediterranean, and Portuguese cuisines in a traditional ambience. Guests can enjoy vegetarian meals and a variety of beverages at the on-site coffee shop. Convenient Facilities: The hotel provides free WiFi, a paid shuttle service, car hire, and luggage storage. Additional services include housekeeping, menus for special diets, and free parking. Prime Location: Located 9 km from São Tomé International Airport, Hotel Central is situated on a quiet street. Guests appreciate the central location and the convenience for city trips.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 8.8 for a two-person trip.

Distance in property description is calculated using © OpenStreetMap

Property highlights

Perfect for a 3-night stay!

  • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.0)

  • Top pick by families with children

FREE parking!


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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Séverine
    France France
    Great hotel at the center of the capital with air conditioning, electricity and hot water. Staff is smiling and kind.
  • Ercan
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Very central location, clean, nice ground floor cafe, friendly staff. Staff don’t speak English but try their best. Breakfast simple and very similar every morning.
  • Chris
    Australia Australia
    The room was comfortable and clean. They had one staff member who spoke great English and helped me with car hire. The breakfast was ok. There’s an adjoining cafe which is nice but everyone seems to smoke. Great location in the centre of town.
  • Paveen
    Kenya Kenya
    Great value for money. Central location, good room size, A/C worked perfectly, clean room with good water pressure...nice balcony to watch the life below. The lady owner didn't speak English well but nothing Google Translate can't resolve. The...
  • Neil
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The hotel name couldn't be more accurate. It is right in the centre of Sao Tome city and made exploring the town on foot very easy. All the sites are within walking distance. The breakfast is excellent, albeit without a massive amount of choice...
  • Asiem
    India India
    The breakfast was great, Continental style with fresh fruits.
  • Birgit
    Austria Austria
    located in the heart of the city; we could exchange money at the hotel (very convenient for us as this was our first night on the islands)
  • Gert
    Sweden Sweden
    Very central hotel with a restaurant on site. Included breakfast was standard and ok. Generator started in seconds after every power cut and they happened frequently. Fridge in the room is a big bonus. AC worked excellent. Intermar supermarket is...
  • Florian
    Germany Germany
    The hotel's owner is really nice and helpful with everything - just ask! Perfect location downtown in walking distance to supermarkets, café, restaurants, a car rental and tour agency. I was even able to check out very late at no cost as my...
  • Clovania11
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Staff were very friendly, breakfast was amazing and it was very clean. The location was perfect, and mummy felt looked after. Thank you dona Zezinha e dona Helena for looking after mum Domingas. She misses you all.❤️ I recommend this hotel to...

Hotel surroundings

Restaurants

1 restaurant on site
  • Central
    • Cuisine
      African • Mediterranean • Portuguese
    • Ambiance
      Family friendly • Traditional
    • Dietary options
      Vegetarian

House rules

Hotel Central takes special requests - add in the next step!
Check-in
From 13:00 to 19:30
Check-out
From 00:00 to 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Free!Pets are allowed on request. No extra charges.
Cash only
This property only accepts cash payments.