Sanzala | Route 3

On this route you will visit the old Roças located in the north of the island of Príncipe. We started the tour at Roça Sundy, a former cocoa plantation, where in 1919, during an eclipse, Einstein's Theory of Relativity was proven by Arthur Eddington. Sundy is today a restored jewel that houses a hotel that mixes luxury and history. Despite the hotel being installed, the local community still lives in the train houses. You will learn about the cocoa and coffee production process, visit the old hospital, the chapel, old machinery and traces of railways from the locomotives that transported cocoa. Next, we pass through Roça Ponta do Sol, a small farm, but where you can watch a stunning sunset.