Cascata São Nicolau

São Tomé


A nice roadside waterfall (cascata), with a bridge across the pool below.

If heading inland from Roça Monte Café, turn left at the fork, instead of right for Bom Sucesso.


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Nearby São Tomé attractions

1. Jardim Botânico

0.94 MILES

This botanical garden has scores of different species, many with medicinal uses. The personal tours here are excellent, with much local lore and history…

2. Roça Monte Café

1.38 MILES

Monte Café is the most pleasant roça to visit. A hillside village of plantation houses, it offers a small museum and formal tour of the coffee production…

3. Roça Agostinho Neto

5.83 MILES

Once the grandest plantation in STP, Agostinho Neto is now the grandest symbol of its decline. The impressive entrance, a wide boulevard leading to the…

4. Pico de São Tomé

6.13 MILES

This impressive peak soars 2024m above the sea like a great green tooth bleeding mist. You can see it best from the EN-1 as you drive from Neves to Santa…

5. Roça Bela Vista

6.74 MILES

While this roça (plantation) is modest in size, its buildings are in very good condition relative to those found elsewhere, and include the large manager…

6. Claudio Corallo Chocolate Factory

7.93 MILES

Claudio Corallo is both an extraordinary person and a local institution. For over 40 years this native Italian has pursued an overriding passion for…

7. Mercado Grande

8.04 MILES

Alternately fascinating and repellent, the Mercado Grande is divided into two cavernous and adjacent halls, the Mercado Municipal and the newer, and…

8. Praia das Sete Ondas

8.06 MILES

This long and shallow gray-sand beach produces many rows of waves, hence 'Seven Waves Beach'. It's good for kids, beginner surfers, and a long beach walk,…

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