My wife and I loved the opportunity to escape from the world for 9 days. Russell and Trish were very friendly and helpful hosts. Snorkelling was the reason we went to Santo so we were almost put off by Jean-Baptiste's review. However, other reviews said the snorkelling was good so we fortunately decided to believe the majority. He said the coral was dead. This was true directly in front of the Retreat but only about 10m or so to the left or right there were plenty of fish and coral. He couldn't have explored very much. The best spot we found was at an old WW2 bunker about 600m away. You can find this by walking out of the gate turning left and walking until you see a 2 metre black pole with white writing on. Turn left here and the are plenty of coral and fish to see. We went for an evening walk along the track at the back of the house and met expats and Ni-Vans each time. Everyone was happy to stop for a long chat as everyone seemed to be on island time. Russell can book a water taxi to take you places but the weather restricts this a bit. We struck good weather but we were happy to chill and snorkel locally. We borrowed a Starlink Mini for internet but we didn't use it too much and we had no internet for 3 days. It was great! We discovered that we could just sit and stare out to sea and enjoy the solitude.

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Beautiful views, peaceful setting, relaxing in every way. Trish & Russell are exceptional hosts, extremely helpful with anything you need.

La grandeur, la propreté du logement avec la terrasse et la vue magnifique. Nos hôtes très discrets mais aux petits soins pour nous. L'arrivée en barque, magique.... Le spot de snorkeling juste devant. Le petit marché du vendredi.

Rien

Everything was perfect for our holiday. The location needed to get a boat from Santa island. However the owner picked us up by his own boat. He and his wife personality was beautiful, so kind. The house is very beautiful as a cleanliness, design, scenery and atmosphere. We stayed just one night there, but I really hoped we could have stayed two nights as we could hang around more in islands. They had kitchens, shower with hot water, two beds, proper clean linens, warm blankets, hangers which was all what we needed in long holiday. It was really peaceful and satisfying staying. I definitely recommend you to stay here!!!

Just one small thing, bath room’s draining was not good. When water stops flowing through the drain (even there was nothing to block the drain like hair or something), it flows towards the toilet. However, since there is no drain on the toilet side, the water continues to accumulate throughout the bathroom. The owners were very nice people, so I felt really bad about making a mess of the bathroom.