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Monte Café

Monte Café, in the interior of São Tomé Island, offers a way to trace coffee from cultivation to processing and to understand how an agricultural roça was organized.

Monte Café
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The place

What makes it special

  • The Coffee Museum explains cultivation, harvesting, drying and processing.
  • The local coffee route links communities between Bemposta, Novo Destino and Monte Café.
  • The layout and buildings reveal agricultural and residential uses.
Historic buildings at Monte Café plantation in São Tomé
Photo by Ji-Elle Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Monte Café
Photo by Ji-Elle Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Monte Café

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Historic buildings at Monte Café plantation in São Tomé

Heritage route through Monte Café, Água Izé and São João in São Tomé

Three former plantations show why a roça is more than an isolated farm: it was an infrastructure for production, housing and control. This route invites you to visit them with time and context.

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Profile updated: 28/09/2026