Plan a trip to Cape Verde

Places to see in Cape Verde

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Cidade VelhaUNESCO

  Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Cidade Velha)

  Town · Sotavento Islands

  Cidade Velha is a city in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Founded in 1462 by Portuguese traders, it is the oldest settlement in Cape Verde and its former capital.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ji-Elle (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Nossa Senhora do Rosário churchUNESCO

  Religious · Sotavento Islands

  Nossa Senhora do Rosario church is a 15th century church in the town of Cidade Velha on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is located in the northwest of the town, near the right (west) bank of the stream Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ji-Elle (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Sé Catedral (Cidade Velha)UNESCO

  Religious · Sotavento Islands

  Photo: Xandu (Public domain). Map

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  Praia

  City · Sotavento Islands

  Praia is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality. Praia is the political, economic and cultural center of Cape Verde.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Xandu (Public domain). Map

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  Santiago

  Island · Santa Catarina

  Santiago is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio and Fogo. It was the first of the islands to be settled: the town of Ribeira Grande was founded in 1462.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: FamilieInTarrafalKapverden.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Sal

  Ilha do Sal

  Island · Barlavento Islands

  Sal is an island in Cape Verde. Sal is a tourist destination with white sand beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, 350 miles (560 km) off the west coast of Africa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Martikkk (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Mindelo

  City · Barlavento Islands

  Mindelo is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and the municipality of São Vicente.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Manuel de Sousa (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  São Vicente

  Island · Barlavento Islands

  São Vicente is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West African coast. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Kotoviski (Henryk Kotowski) (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Boa Vista

  Island · Barlavento Islands

  Boa Vista, sometimes spelled Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At 631 km2 (244 sq mi), it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Andrezza Mariot (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Pico do Fogo

  Crater Pico de Fogo

  Mountain · Sotavento Islands

  Pico do Fogo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, rising to 2,829 metres (9,281 ft) above sea level. The main cone last erupted in 1680, causing mass emigration from the island. A subsidiary vent erupted in 1995.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Holger Reineccius (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Espargos

  Town · Barlavento Islands

  Espargos is the capital and main commercial centre of the island and municipality of Sal, Cape Verde. The city is situated in the heart of the island.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ingo Wölbern (Public domain). Map

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  Tarrafal concentration camp

  Museu do Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal

  Museum · Sotavento Islands

  Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the village of Chão Bom, in the Municipality of Tarrafal, on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Gagum from Lisbon, Portugal (CC BY 2.0). Map