Cape Verde
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) is a volcanic archipelago off the coast of West Africa, blending African and Portuguese influences into a unique Creole culture.
Cities & regions
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Assomada is the main town of the Santa Catarina municipality, sitting in the fertile green interior of Santiago, Cape Verde's largest island. It is the third…
Open guideCidade Velha — officially Ribeira Grande de Santiago — is a small seaside village 15 km west of Praia on the southern coast of Santiago Island, and the most…
Open guideEspargos is the capital of Sal island and its geographic centre — a sun-bleached plateau town of roughly 20,000 to 24,000 people, 2 km east of Amílcar Cabral…
Open guideMindelo is the cultural capital of Cape Verde and the main city of São Vicente, wrapped around the deep natural harbour of Porto Grande on the island's north…
Open guidePraia is the capital of Cape Verde and the country's largest city, spread across a group of dry, sun-bleached plateaus on the southern coast of Santiago Isla…
Open guideSal Rei is the capital of Boa Vista, a town of around 10,000 people on the island's north-west coast, facing a sheltered bay and the small offshore Ilhéu de…
Open guideSanta Maria is the beach town at the southern tip of Sal, and the base for almost everyone who visits Cape Verde's most tourist-ready island. An 8 km arc of…
Open guideSão Filipe is the capital of Fogo — Fire Island — and one of the most beautiful towns in Cape Verde: a colonial hill town of roughly 22,000 people perched on…
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