The islands lie on an alignment of once active volcanoes, with rugged landscape, dense forests and virgin, palm-fringed beaches. These islands provide unspoiled beauty and isolation from the world now rarely found anywhere else. Tom is picturesque, with colonial Portuguese architecture and attractive parks. Tom became independent from Portugal in 1975. Today the country is a multiparty democracy, with market economy.
People are genuinely friendly to strangers.
At present only 20 tourists arrives each week to S o Tom . This means that you must book and reserve the trip by yourself. Reservation of hotels and flight tickets can easily be done online. AF - Air France.