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Hotel Dunas de Sal

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A hotel with a swimming pool, palm trees, and outdoor seating areas. - Hotel Dunas de Sal (Sal)
A modern building with a pool, stone wall, and outdoor seating. - Hotel Dunas de Sal (Sal)
A beach with rows of sun loungers under white canopies, facing the ocean. - Hotel Dunas de Sal (Sal)
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A spa area with a hot tub, wooden chairs, and a tiled wall. - Hotel Dunas de Sal (Sal)
Located close to Santa Maria Beach and Santa Maria Town Square, Hotel Dunas de Sal provides a free breakfast buffet, a poolside bar, and a terrace. Adventurous travelers may like the cycling and scuba diving at this hotel. Treat yourself to a body wrap, a massage, or a facial at the onsite spa. Stay connected with free WiFi in public areas, and guests can find other amenities such as a garden and laundry facilities.

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Spa
  • Parking included
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning

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Room options

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A balcony with two wooden lounge chairs and a black sunshade, overlooking a garden with purple flowers and palm trees.

Superior Room, Balcony

  • 36 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with a bed, a coffee table, a desk, and a balcony with a view.

Junior Suite

  • 49 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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A bedroom with a bed, a nightstand, a bench, a ceiling fan, and a wall-mounted shelf.

Deluxe Room

  • 36 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A neatly made bed with white linens and decorative pillows with leaf patterns, a dark headboard, and a visible closet with a hanging rack.

Superior Suite

  • 36 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two single beds, a dark headboard, and wall-mounted nightstands.

Twin Room, Garden View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 25 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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A bedroom with a bed, bedside table, and a small desk.

Double Room, Garden View

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 25 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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A balcony with a seating area and a spa tub.

Master Suite

  • 64 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

About the neighborhood

Located in Sal, Hotel Dunas de Sal is near the beach. Santa Maria Town Square and Palmeira are notable landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Santa Maria Beach and Shark Bay Beach. Don't miss out on a visit to Viveiro Botanical Garden & Zoo. Water skiing, windsurfing, and sailing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with horse riding nearby. Visit our Sal travel guide
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Ponta Preta, Santa Maria, Sal, 21100

What's nearby

  • A boat on a sandy beach with a dog lying nearby.
    Santa Maria Beach
    18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Santa Maria Pier
    18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Nazarene Church
    2 min drive - 1.2 miles
  • Santa Maria Town Square
    3 min drive - 1.4 miles
  • Santa Maria Municipal Market
    3 min drive - 1.4 miles

Getting around

  • Sal Island (SID-Amilcar Cabral Intl.)
    22 min drive

Restaurants

  • RIU Cabo Verde Restaurant Promenade
    12 min walk
  • Papaya
    16 min walk
  • Pool Bar - Riu Palace
    19 min walk
  • Bar de Praia - Oasis Atlantico
    12 min walk
  • Capuchino Pâtisserie
    11 min walk

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Internet access
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle available on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Gym
  • Outdoor pool
  • Scuba diving
  • Steam room
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage
  • Spa open daily
  • Spa treatment rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Bathroom emergency pull cord
  • Elevator
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business center
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2005
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Minibar
  • Room service

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 1:00 PM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room

Property payment types

  • Mastercard
  • Visa

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: CVE 276.00 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: CVE 40 per vehicle (one way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Frequently asked questions

Does Hotel Dunas de Sal have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

Is Hotel Dunas de Sal pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Hotel Dunas de Sal?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight.

What time is check-out at Hotel Dunas de Sal?

Check-out is at 1:00 PM.

Does Hotel Dunas de Sal provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of CVE 40 per vehicle applies.

Where is Hotel Dunas de Sal located?

Situated near the beach, this spa hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Santa Maria Beach, Nazarene Church, and Santa Maria Town Square. Viveiro Botanical Garden & Zoo and Shark Bay Beach are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Hotel Dunas de Sal Reviews

8.2

Very Good

8.6

Cleanliness

7.4

Location

8.4

Staff & service

8.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 95 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 52 out of 95 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 95 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 95 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 95 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, clean and tidy, and the breakfast had a good selection. The air conditioner was quiet and the “do not disturb/clean room” door handle tag was a cute touch.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Relaxing hotel

Clean, well-kept hotel with large pool, garden and beach area (across the street). This hotel is a nice place to relax compared to louder mega hotels in the resort. Breakfast was lovely and varied. However, two suggestions from me: Please provide free bottled water daily in the room and more fresh juice options at breakfast. I would definitely stay here again and look forward to doing so.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's small, a family run feel, which we like the low key, personal, quiet experience. Paula at reception and all other staff are very welcoming, helpful and friendly. That makes it easy and comfortable. Our room was ideal, good space in a double room, private balcony and beautiful colours of Bourganvillea to admire, a well maintain green garden space and pool in the centre. We had breakfast in the hotel every day, however we were away by day and dined out across the island. Very simple, easy walk down into Santa Maria or across the road to the beach and beach board walk.
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and helpful staff and kept rooms and everywhere very clean. So much choice at breakfast. A great stay 2 minutes to the beach and easy walk in Santa Maria.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Love it
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The lowrise building, simplicity, gentle and genuinely helpful staff and service was appealing. The hotel was peaceful, quiet rooms and lovely hammock areas, yoga in the garden, top floor small gym, reading and relaxing spaces and a short walk across the road to the beautiful beach and a 15 min walk into the centre of Santa Maria along the beach boardwalk. Lovely time.
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was advertised as having 2 double beds, but it only had 1 bed. 2. The photo of the bedroom, taken next to big mirrors, was misleading, as the actual room was smaller than expected
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean, stylish room ( we had a junior suite), lively gardens around pool- full credit to cleaners gardeners and the staff we met. It’s not in the beach ( 3 min short walk ) on a road but not noisy and hid from view with cleaver design touches. The problem is in some policies. Charging for water in the room is outrageous. It’s not complimentary coffee when you have to spend £2.50 to put water in the machine. Straight off a flight, with no water and paying for it - no shops nearby at all, is really poor. A hotel at this price should have complimentary room water, every day.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness
The room was OK, evening dinners were ok and the hotel is well located - 5min walk to a lovely beach, 15mins walk to town centre, restaurants etc. Breakfast was poor - limited choice, poor quality, constantly running out of glasses, cups, cutlery. Coffee and juice machines repeatedly out of order. No GF offering. In a word chaotic. Lift was often not working properly, with door only partially opening. Most of the staff were friendly and reasonably helpful though some were fairly indifferent if not rude in their service. Overall, very poor value for money hotel in my opinion
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Superbe petit déjeuner
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Une équipe fantastique et au petit soin Bravo à eux
Stayed 10 nights in May 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Das war ok
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nous avons trouvé cet hébergement en dépannage suite à une erreur de réservation sur un autre établissement. Nous avons été très satisfait par la gentillesse et la qualité du personnel . Mais déçus par certains points qui ne sont correspondent pas au standing affiché et au prix : la salle de bain avec une baignoire et déco d'un autre age . Nous étions obligé de fermer le vasistas de la salle de bain pour ne pas entendre le ronflement de la ventilation des cuisines situées juste sous la chambre . Il fallait souscrire un abonnement payant pour avoir les chaines nationales françaises à la TV. Dernier point négatif sont les délais d'attente des plats au restaurant ( 1 heure en moyenne de délai entre le choix des plats et le service ) Points positifs : la qualité, la gentillesse et le professionnalisme de tout le personnel avec lequel nous avons été en contact . La qualité des plats servis au restaurant . En bref un bon séjour
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2026
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Poreamme ei toiminut tullessamme. Jouduimme pyytämään 3 kertaa, ennen kuin tilanne korjattiin. Henkilökunnan asenne ei ollut asiallista. Ruoka ei ollut hyvää. Televisio oli rikki.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ascenseur qui ne fonctionne pas pendant tout notre séjour bien que signalé tout les Salle bains vétuste présence de rouille sur la baignoire Mérite 2 étoiles pas plus
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wirklich gutes und schönes Hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Zimmer mit Balkon

Überteuertes Essen, bzw. dem Preis nicht angemessene Qualität. Schummrig, enger Raum. Pool ok, aber kalt. Zimmer ok, Balkon z.T. sehr schön. Etwas abgelegen.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Qualite du service en restauration, amabilité et sourire du personnel, qualité de la nourriture, calme de l'hôtel piscine et ocean et ville à proximité.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Très bon séjour dans cette hôtel Très calme le soir pour des bonnes nuits Personnel très à l’écoute et très agréable
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ótima escolha em Santa Maria.

Passamos dias muito bons no Hotel Dunas de Sal. Ficamos em uma suite junior muito espaçosa e a atenção de todos os funcionários merece destaque. Foream gentis e prestativos, nos ajudaram imenso com problemas que tivemos que resolver durante a estadia.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Quiet location, relaxed atmosfere, nice breakfast buffet.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bien

Ras
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

HOTEL PERFEITO!!

Foi uma experiência muito agradável hospedar nesse hotel. Os funcionários são muito educados, atenciosos e solícitos. Agradeço demais o atendimento diferenciado que nos deram. O café da manhã era muito gostoso. Tudo novinho, alguns itens preparados na hora mesmo, ao gosto do cliente. A área de lazer era impecável. Uma piscina ótima para prática de natação ou mesmo para recreação. As redes no jardim são uma ótima oportunidade para um descanso ao ar livre. O hotel fica próximo da praia, próximo do cassino, e tb muito próximo da parte comercial/turística de Sal. Deu pra fazer tudo andando poucos metros. O quarto muito limpo, a internet excelente. Consegui até mesmo assistir um jogo de futebol via internet em HD. E o meu Cruzeiro ganhou!!!! Quando eu retornar a Sal, com certeza esse será o meu hotel!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr sauber, tolle Lage. Sehr freundliches Personal. Dreist, einen Zuschlag für ein Zimmer mit Balkon zu verlangen- gab keine anderen (aber vielleicht das auch nur eine Frechheit von expedia.de; will der Hotelführung nichts unterstellen
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
To Whom It May Concern: What I liked about the property is that it is centrally located and convenient to everything. The uniqueness had a gym. What I did not like going to the gym, and there weren’t any Towels, trash can or anything to disinfect the machine before or after use. Thanks.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2019