Terraço Das Quitandas Design Accommodation-Al

Very nice stay. Nice location, friendly staff, good rooms. Overall I very much enjoyed my stay here a lot. Isla is pretty small, so 2 nights was enough. And a few more to meet the minimum 200 character requirements (Tripadvisor, stop that!).

A beautiful place with beautiful people. The House is amazing, with a top wonderful and tasty decorations, the room was stunning and beyond comfortable, warm, and restful. The view of the beach, in front of the house, is beautifully astonishing. The staff is always there for whatever you need, and always with a smile. The owners that we were lucky to meet were marvelous and warm, ready to talk about the history of the past and present of the Island and the amazing local people. They have a boat with a Pilot that you can hire, so you can enjoy the amazing surrounding islands and the beautiful and colorful sea. A place to go back

The best place in Ilha de. Mozambique. Beautiful property, gorgeous accommodation and superb service. It’s “the Spot” in ilha de Mozambique. Place to revisit every time you want to be connected to nature and sea.

The hotel is beautifully designed and centrally located on the island. The major plus points for the hotel are the friendly and helpful staff, we were greeted and given a tour of the property when we arrived and they were always on hand when needed. The manager assisted us with renting motorbikes for the day and one of her colleagues accompanied us as we went to the beaches on the mainland. The rooms are spacious and beautifully designed with antiques. I would say that the Wi-Fi situation was far from ideal. The hotel uses a small portable Wi-Fi dongle that frequently ran out of data and wasn’t particularly strong. When I needed to use the Wi-Fi I ended up going to Cafe Central across the road. So I would not recommend staying here if you had work commitments that required you to be connected to the internet. There were also issues with the card machine used for payment. Also the breakfast was a little basic and could have done with more options such as cereal or granola. However despite this, it is a wonderful characterful hotel which I will recommend to anyone going to Isla.

We stayed at Terraco for 7 nights which is located in a quiet corner with a private garden leading onto the most beautiful little beach. Terraco offers you a mixture of premier comfort, central location, an intimate atmosphere with beautiful furniture pieces hand selected by the Owners from all over the world on their travels. The staff are incredibly helpful and accommodating which made us feel at home. With a mixture of exquisitely decorated rooms, they cater for solo, couples and family stays. The owners are hands on and very dedicated to their guests. This place is HIGHLY recommended. Unforgettable.

We want there for a long weekend with some friends and we had a beautiful weekend at Kitandas. We had a lovely weekend due to the location of the hotel, the people who works there is amazing, the owners was there to take care of their clients, the food was amazing. The activities they organized to us was so nice. I really recommend everyone to try Kitandas.

Beautiful place, wonderful staff welcoming, friendly and the food out of this world. Activities were well organised and on times. They made me feel like I was at home. Thank you very much for a fabulous experience. I would recommend this place to all my friends.

An 11 of 10! Yes, it can happen! Spent 5 wonderful days within the gracious company of Isabel y Manuel. If the adage that people make a place it is relevant here while the place is an extraordinary one. It is essentially a very large mansion albeit with separate rooms within dedicated quarters adorned with just the right mix of old Mozambican and Indian Ocean curious collected and walled pastels. It is intimate yet serves up large open laze-about spaces. Carefully and passionately recovered from entire ruins this 200 years-old wealthy, merchant-trader's home has ALL in-room amenities needed (including excellent wifi) while all other measures are very much antiquity preserved. Add perched seating on the upper deck-roof or in the garden to welcome in sundown at the waterfront with a bottle of wine or other. Next door at 'Las Reliquias' with its like-waterfront seating you also have the best restaurant in Stonetown, bar none. Amelia runs a superb ship here too. Both sit within the shortest possible walk past the customs house, to the museum, cathedral, pier, and the fort. Within mere minutes on a casual stroll you also have all of Stonetown's colonial past. Add traditional boat trips to various historically important islands, boarded within a short walk across the front garden to the beach... Transfers from the airport are arranged and reasonably priced. I loved all!

Can’t wait to go back after returning to Europe. My friends and I spent 5 days on vacation at the Terraço das Quitandas in the Island of Mozambique. Facing the beach, just a few meters from the door, this guest house is located in a quiet and peaceful area where you can enjoy the most beautiful sunset of Africa and where the major monuments are located. Restored to its original design, Terraço das Quitandas offers its guests, or friends, which was how we all felt, the most unique experience, due not only to Isa and Manuel and the rest of the staff, who were most friendly and accommodating, but also to its character and charm. Boat trips and tours can be arranged, allowing the guests to visit other islands with amazing beaches or just enjoy the natural beauty of the island making a return to the past. The grounds surrounding Terraço das Quitandas are beautiful in the way only African country can be, and one of the greatest experiences is just lounging on a chair in the terrace enjoying the view, soaking in the most memorable sunsets or moonlight. When temperatures lower, I recommend the recreation salon, where you can enjoy some games, read or just chill out. Breakfast is exceptional. You can also have lunch and dinner served with a mixture of African, Arab, Indian and Portuguese flavours and scents. Food is homemade by nice and warm local staff. You can also enjoy amazing seafood in restaurants nearby. We will return to this african family, no doubt about it.