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The Island of Principe is Throwing Off a Troubled Colonial Past to Tell New Stories
By SG Editor·
A grand African mansion surrounded by a well-maintained garden, featuring tall trees and a stone pathway, exemplifying elegance and heritage.
If the idea of heaven were as simple as a deserted beach and the freedom to roam safely, then Príncipe, a remote island in the Gulf of Guinea, is that lost Eden. The archipelagic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are mere grace notes on the vast score of the Atlantic, perched near where the equator and the zero longitude meridian cross paths. They are reminiscent of Middle Earth: improbable fingers of phonolitic rock erupting from mists and preternaturally green forest.