Insight Guides Pocket Cape Verde (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.

Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring the Cape Verde Islands
Covers Top Ten Attractions, including Praia de Santa Maria on Sal, Faja d'Agua on Brava and Parque Natural do Fogo, plus Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Pocket Guides come with a free eBook
Inspirational colour photography throughout
Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786719744
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Cape Verde Islands, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Cape Verde Islands, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Cape Verde Islands are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Cape Verde Islands. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Cape Verde Islands’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Tour In Cape Verde
Introduction
Natural Beauty
Blend of Cultures
Recent Growth
A Brief History
Exploration and Settlement
The Trading Years
Droughts and Disasters
The Struggle for Independence
Independent Cape Verde
Cape Verde Today
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Which Islands?
Sal
Boa Vista
Maio
Santiago
Fogo
Brava
São Vicente
Santo Antão
São Nicolau
Sal
Santa Maria
Exploring Sal
Boa Vista
Sal Rei
Exploring Boa Vista
Maio
Vila do Maio
Exploring Maio
Santiago
Praia
Cidade Velha
Exploring Santiago
Fogo
São Filipe
Parque Natural do Fogo
Around Fogo
Brava
Vila Nova Sintra
Exploring Brava
São Vicente
Mindelo
Exploring São Vicente
Santo Antão
Porto Novo to Ribeira Grande
Exploring Santo Antão
São Nicolau
Vila da Ribeira Brava
Exploring São Nicolau
What To Do
Sports and Outdoor Activities
Watersports
Hiking
Wildlife Watching
Off-Road Adventures
Local Pastimes
Shopping
Entertainment
Children’s Cape Verde
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Where to Eat
What to Eat
Fish
Speciality Dishes
Cheese, Fruit and Desserts
What to Drink
Reading the Menu
To Help You Order in Portuguese…
… and Read the Menu (a Ementa)
Restaurants
Sal
Boa Vista
Maio
Santiago
Fogo
Brava
São Vicente
Santo Antão
São Nicolau
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airports
B
Bicycle Rental
Budgeting for Your Trip
C
Car Hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting There
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
L
Language
LGBTQ Travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening Times
P
Police
Post Offices
Public Holidays
T
Telephones
Time Zone
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
Travellers with Disabilities
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Recommended Hotels
Sal
Boa Vista
Maio
Santiago
Fogo
Brava
São Vicente
Santo Antão
São Nicolau


Cape Verde Islands’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Carnival
Noise, colour, glitter and feathers add up to an unforgettable celebration, at its best in Mindelo. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Fajã d’Água
A stunningly situated village on Brava, one of the country’s smallest and prettiest islands. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
Alamy

Praia de Santa Maria
Turquoise sea off the coast of Sal, perfect for watersports. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Fontainhas
An impossibly picturesque mountain village on Santo Antão, reached by a winding coastal road. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Parque Natural do Fogo
Cape Verde’s only live volcano, Pico do Fogo, is a perfect cone of lava and ash. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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Vale do Paúl
Lush, green hiking country on Santo Antão, bursting with tropical fruit trees. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

Cidade Velha
The cradle of Cape Verdean society on Santiago, with a fort and ruins to explore. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Mindelo
The capital of São Vicente is an invigorating place to experience café culture, island-style. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Parque Natural de Monte Gordo
A unique mountain region in the shadow of a mighty extinct volcano on São Nicolau. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Deserto de Viana
Enormous drifts of beautiful, shifting sand, accumulated on Boa Vista over millennia. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Tour In Cape Verde



Day 1

Santa Maria
Head for Santa Maria and spend half a day at the sandy Praia de Santa Maria beach, sunbathing and swimming in the turquoise water. In the afternoon take a stroll in the village, watch the fishermen unload their catch at the Pontão jetty, then enjoy a relaxed dinner at a local restaurant.


Day 2

Ponta Preta and Pedra de Lume
If you‘re into surfing, head for Ponta Preta, Cape Verde’s most famous windsurfing location, slightly northwest of Santa Maria. Alternatively, hire a car and drive to the east coast to the Salinas at Pedra de Lume’s, a rudimentary saltwater spa in an extinct volcanic crater. Float effortlessly on the salty water and treat yourself to a relaxing massage.


Day 3

Boa Vista
Fly to Boa Vista, then hire a 4x4 and go off-roading amidst picturesque shifting dunes and extinct volcanoes. Visit the small, cosy town of Sal Rei and watch Cape Verdeans playing oril , the local version of the game of holes and seeds.


Day 4

Mindelo
Fly to São Vicente. On arrival in São Pedro’s aerodrome, check out the monument to the São Vicente-born “Barefoot Diva,” Cesária Évora. Stroll the cobblestone streets of Mindelo and admire the colourful merchants’ houses, and be sure to grab a snack at the hippest place in town, Café Mindelo.


Day 5

Santo Antão
Hop on a ferry from Mindelo to Santo Antão. The only truly green island in Cape Verde, it bo