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A date with a touch of São Tomé and Príncipe.

In São Tomé and Príncipe, cocoa, coffee, island cuisine and coastal light can give a small date a sense of direction.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

A date at home

  1. Cook calulu together

    Choose a recipe for calulu from São Tomé and Príncipe and make a version at home using safely sourced fish or vegetables.

  2. Coastal light along a public route

    Choose a local stretch of coast that's open to the public and each take three photos of the same view at different times.

Try two new things

  1. Cocoa from bean to bar

    Choose a tour or tasting that explains where cocoa comes from and compare two flavours together.

  2. Coffee alongside cocoa

    Taste a coffee and a chocolate drink one after the other and discuss how aroma, bitterness and sweetness affect the conversation.

Try two new things

  1. Cocoa from bean to bar

    Choose a tour or tasting that explains where cocoa comes from and compare two flavours together.

  2. Cook calulu together

    Choose a recipe for calulu from São Tomé and Príncipe and make a version at home using safely sourced fish or vegetables.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in São Tomé and Príncipe. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Blind tasting at homeSet out three everyday snacks and try to guess the flavors with your eyes closed.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Local juice blind tastingTaste three fruit juices together without looking at the labels first.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Pumpkin soup competitionMake one pot of soup and let everyone come up with their own topping.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Hot chocolate taste testMake two kinds of hot chocolate and give each other a blind tasting.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A kitchen cupboard journeyChoose a country on the map and cook with ingredients you already have.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A tasting without labelsTaste three versions of the same product without knowing which brand each one is.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Photograph the sunsetFind an open view and each take one photo as the sky changes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Thermos walkFill a flask and walk a short route together with one lovely place to pause.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE An unfamiliar neighborhoodChoose a neighbourhood you rarely visit and walk for an hour without a set destination.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Blossom trailFind a tree-lined street or park and look together at the colors already on show.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Urban nature bingoMake a bingo card with birds, plants and small natural details in your neighbourhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Colorful flower routeFind five different flower colours along the way and make a photo collection of them.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Coffee in an unfamiliar neighbourhoodTake the bus or cycle to a neighbourhood where you've never had coffee together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Ice cream flavor juryTry two different ice cream flavors together and give each your own rating.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor cookingMake a simple meal together that you can eat outdoors.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sunrise breakfastHave an early breakfast together somewhere you can watch the sky slowly brighten.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Spring playlist walkEach choose five songs and take turns listening to them during a walk.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Coffee with time to lingerAgree on half an hour to start with and see whether you'd like another stroll.View the idea
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