
Waterfront holiday rentals in Santa Maria
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Felicity62 - Cozy studio in residence with pool
I had a fantastic stay at Nina’s apartment in Santa Maria! The location is perfect. The apartment itself was clean, cozy, and had everything I needed for a comfortable and relaxing stay. You can tell Nina really cares about her guests – communication was smooth, she was super helpful with local tips, and made check-in a breeze. If you're heading to Sal and want the ideal spot to unwind and enjoy the beauty of Cape Verde, Nina’s place is it. I’d come back in a heartbeat. Highly recommend!

Porto Antigo 2 Beach Club
A fabulous apartment, small complex with pool and direct beach access - just as described. Peter was a great host - met us on arrival and gave lots of helpful local tips. The apartment was spotless, very comfy bed, and had everything we needed for our stay. Really recommend it and Santa Maria is beautiful! Thank you 🤩

Penthouse with panoramic Zeezicht. FREE WIFI
A great apartment with sleeps 4 people. Great views of the sea and beach. At night quiet location and yet very short distances to the beach, center, shopping and restaurants. The kitchen is well equipped, even to cook for yourself. We stayed there for 1 week and felt very comfortable. The construction site in front of the house already has a certain construction progress, so it is to be hoped that the temporary construction noise will decrease. The communication with Katja was excellent and also the on-site support (Adrian) supported us very much and provided us with very good recommendation

Magnolia Seaview Apartment
We had a wonderful stay at Bo’s appartment. The location in Santa Maria is perfect - close to the beach and center, but far enough away to be in a quiet and peaceful environment at night. The view from the balcony is beautiful, we can see the sunset every day and the sea. The appartment is beautifully decorated and very well equipped. Highly recommend this place for a holiday in Santa Maria!

Surf view , beach front App.
Great location, Han was really helpful. Basically all of Santa Maria is in walking distance

WHITE SAND BEACH & Sea Front - Free Wifi
Apartment with an excellent location, next to the famous pontoon, on the 2nd line of the beach, next to the main pedestrian street of Santa Maria. The only if not is the noise of the rental of motorcycles that is underneath, audible in the rear of the house but for those who leave in the morning and return at night, will not feel this problem. Nearby restaurants at the price of the Portuguese (between 5 and 15€ pp) and supermarkets (Chinese at prohibitive prices). Táxis in door. Host always available and responsive. I will again choose this site.

Aqua-Studio in Leme Bedje Residence - E297
Every ting was good. Great host and apartment. Good location and 5 min walk do main street.

Stylish Apartment By The Beach
Really cute and clean apartment! We had an amazing time there! Thank you to Emmanuelle and his lovely wife!!
Waterfront house rentals

Melia Tortuga Beach Villa
we've just come home from a fabulous family holiday at Agnes beautiful front line villa. We all felt very comfortable in the villa home from home. Kitchen is very well equipped and had a washer and dishwasher which was an added bonus, beds were very comfortable and it was lovely to have 6 sunbeds all to ourselves! It was very busy around the communal pool. Air conditioning was essential and worked well as did the wifi Agnes also provided fans and organised a taxi for us and we were able to have a late check out which was very much appreciated. Taxis are readily available at the hotel into Santa Maria. Two lovely bars are bar Marley and Bikini Beach fabulous food although was a little noisy on Saturday night. All in all a fabulous time was had on Sal lots of amazing experiences for our grandson Joey thank you Agnes for your hospitality.

VILLA IN THE MAGICAL MURDERER'S BAY
We are very happy with our stay in Murdeira. Murdeira Bay is a quiet and warm place. It's very easy to get around the 4 corners of the island. This place has a great location, facing the pool and the sea. Benoit is a welcoming, available and responsive host. We hope to come back soon. We highly recommend

Private surf house & garden, v near beach & town
Bibis place is perfect or kitesurfers, with a backyard, not faar from the town centre with many high qualitiy restaurants.

Vila Paraíso
The bay of Murdeira is a great place to visit. Make the walk all along the beach until u find the two volcano. Greta place. Reminding of our island La Reunion, the volcano.

Tranquility and Exclusivity
We had a wonderful stay. The Airbnb is right by the sea and restaurants are a 10-minute walk away. The view of the sea at sunset is breathtaking. Our host Peter welcomed and said goodbye to us very warmly, we felt very comfortable and can fully recommend Airbnb.

Surf House - Exclusive Getaway
Ralf was a lovely friendly person and Eric the taxi driver amazing 👏

Ocean View - Front Line - 3 Bed/Bath Large Patio
The accommodation was a great fit for us. The villa is very well decorated and generously sized. Having a rental car was an advantage for us. Wayne and his deputy José are thoughtful and committed hosts.
Waterfront condo accommodation

Franmay: 1 bedroom Penthouse with terrace nº 8
The place was fantastic and highly recommended. The location is excellent and central. The communication was great, always got a super quick response and I was even organized a taxi. The equipment is all you need and the roof terrace is the absolute highlight. I highly recommend!

One bedroom Oleandro
Alba helped us at all times and gave us great recommendations, she was a great host. The apartment comes with everything you need for a short stay. The neighborhood is very quiet and is very close to the beach, restaurants, and areas of interest... Very recommended!!

Spacious bright 2 bedroom apartment 40 beach front
We had a wonderful weeks stay in Santa Maria. Lorraine’s place was fabulous with everything we needed. Walking distance to shops & lots of restaurants. The pool was lovely and right on the beach too & staff at the complex helpful & friendly. Lorraine did a great job in giving us all the checkin details clearly & many recommendations where to eat. Hopefully we will return next year.

Ibiscus - beautiful, near the sea and central
Marco was exceptional active in solving problems and answering questions to make the most of Isla do Sal. The functional place as I wanted... away from the chaos but close to the center. Fantastic experience. Thank you . Obrigada !!!

Luxe app. in Tortuga Beach
Nice and clean apt. Close to 2 pools. Good resturants close by. We did not have remotecontrol for the aircondition, but this was fixed in a day or two. We would like to come back in the future.

Paraiso Tropical wifi & pool. Djadsal villas
we had a nice stay, bright apartment and 8 min walk to a beach. the bed base is however to be changed because it formed a hollow in the middle of the bed so complicated to sleep and the pillows too big (but it's a personal opinion). leila welcomed us very warmly, accommodating to pack and very responsive to our questions. there is wifi, a welcome binder with activities and some games that are very nice.

Ibiscus Ocean View Appartment
We had a great stay at Sandro's place! The space was clean, stylishly decorated, and exactly as described. Sandro was an attentive and helpful host who gave us valuable tips for the area. The location was ideal – quiet yet close to all the main attractions. We felt completely comfortable and would come back anytime. Thank you for the great hospitality! 😊

Porto Antigo 2 Studio - Balcony - OCEAN VIEW
we were very comfortable in the apartment, the beach literally 10 meters away, quiet place although some nights there was noise from nearby establishments being the season of many people on the island. we will definitely be back, hopefully soon. Thank you for everything
Quick stats about waterfront rentals in Santa Maria
Total rentals
120 properties
Nightly prices starting at
$31 AUD before taxes and fees
Total number of reviews
3.2K reviews
Family-friendly rentals
50 properties are a good fit for families
Pet-friendly rentals
10 properties allow pets
Rentals with a pool
70 properties have a pool
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