CAPO VERDE
Domestic
flights from Santiago,
Ilha do Sal e Sao Nicolau arrive
to the airport
every week.
You can also reach Sao Vicente
from the other islands, by
ferry.
Trips around the island
Almost all the itineraries leave from the town of Mindelo. Going
to the east side you will reach Salamansa, a small fisherman village
and after this center the beautiful beach Baia das Gatas, famous for the folk music festival of Sao Vicente, taking every year in August.
Artists from various parts of the world come here to sing, play music and enjoying themselve in this magic atmosphere.
Sao Pedro, not far from the airport, in the west coast, is a fishermen's village facing a windy beach, where the furious of the water is the powerful, with waves up to 4/5 mt hight.
Here, few years ago the new windsurfing speed record was reached |
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SAO VICENTE
It’s one of the most populated, with 55.000 inhabitants mostly
leaving in the capital Mindelo.
Mountains and valleys caractherize this island which is only
14 km far from Sao Antao.
Mindelo
Considered by many capoverdean the real capital of the archipelago.
The great names of Cape Verdian music, including Cesaria Evaron,
come from the island of Sao Vicente.This charming harbour town
is the most lively and cosmopolita centre of Cabo Verde. We
suggest you to visit this town beacause it’s a small pearl of
the old West Africa style.
It was not populated till the XIX century when the harbour was built by english in 1838 as strategical point to keep here cool-deposit for their ships.
The town faces a long bay and the buildings stretch to the slopes
ot the Mount Cara. There are still some buildings in the old
english style, like the ferry ticket office and the siege of
the Portuguese Consulate.
 
From the fortress you will have a wonderfull panorama of the
town. The beach of Sao Pedro is long and spectacular and, in
the opinion of professionals, is one of the finest places in
the world for speed wind surfing.
Bust the most famous beach is "Baia das Gatas": white sand leading to deep blu water.
There are a lot of events taking place on this island every
year and we cannot forget the famous international music festival,
very renowned in Africa and South America and which takes place
every August. Artists coming from various Countries create a
magic atmosphere playing marvellous music from a stage facing
the ocean, accompanied by dancers and a warm audience of tourists
and locals.
Do not miss to visit the open market, near the harbour,famous fot its daily fresh fish or the colourful "Mercado Municipal".
But the real “movida” of this town is during the night. In Mindelo
the night is magic, thousend of lights, people meeting in the main
square "praza" and then going from one bar to another,
dancing, singing and drinking caipirinha and grog. Music creates
an eternal atmosphere. Almost every night there are life concerts.
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