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Berlitz Pocket Guide Cape Verde (Travel Guide eBook)
Berlitz Pocket Guide Cape Verde (Travel Guide eBook)
Berlitz Pocket Guide Cape Verde (Travel Guide eBook)
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Berlitz Pocket Guide Cape Verde Islands: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to the Cape Verde Islands

Compact, concise, and packed with essential information, this is an iconic 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, and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
Includes an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
Handy colour maps on the inside cover flaps will help you find your way around
Essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
Inspirational colour photography throughout
Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2018
ISBN9781785731075
Berlitz Pocket Guide Cape Verde (Travel Guide eBook)

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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 Berlitz Pocket Guides

    The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

    Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

    Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

    © 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

    Dictionary

    English–Portuguese

    Portuguese–English

    Cape Verde Islands’s Top 10 Attractions

    Top Attraction #1

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    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

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    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

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    Fontainhas

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

    Top Attraction #5

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    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

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    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

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    Mindelo

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

    Top Attraction #9

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    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

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    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 boasts spectacular valleys and hills. Enjoy a day’s hiking or go on a mountain bike tour with an experienced guide. In the evening, take the ferry back to São Vicente.

    Day 6

    Praia

    Fly to the capital Praia, on Santiago, for a day of history and culture. Visit the Museu Etnográfico to see some magnificent examples of pano weaving and the Museu de Arqueologia for an exhibition of shipwreck salvage. After sunset head to the legendary music venue, Quintal de Música, to hear local music at its best.

    Day 7

    Cidade Velha

    Take a bus to Cidade Velha (Old Town), a Unesco World Heritage site west of Praia. Check out the ruins of the cathedral, the pillory where enslaved captives were once chained up and walk up the hill to Fortaleza Real de São Filipe for stunning views.

    Day 8

    Fogo

    Fly to Fogo, take in São Filipe’s lovely colonial houses and sobrados, then head by car for Chã das Caldeiras in Parque Natural do Fogo, to taste local wine and dine on fresh fish. From Fogo fly back to Sal.

    Introduction

    Rising in a cluster from the stormy Atlantic, the islands that make up the tiny West African nation of Cape Verde are extraordinarily varied. Hop from one to the next and you could be burying your toes in powder-soft sand one day and striding up a country track as steep as a staircase the next. You could be snorkelling with loggerhead turtles and listening to whale song, or soaking up the impassioned strains of a fiddle and guitar band; sipping caipirinhas in a sophisticated café, or sharing a bowl of maize and beans with a family of farmers; contemplating a lonely hillside with not a soul in sight, or shaking your booty with the rest of the crazy crowd at an all-singing, all-dancing carnival parade.

    Natural Beauty

    Geographically, the nine inhabited islands are divided into two groups situated around 600km (370 miles) west of Senegal – the Ilhas de Sotavento, or leeward islands, to the south, and the Ilhas de Barlovento, or windward islands, to the north. It’s arguably more convenient, however, to think of them as three groups of three: the desert islands of Sal, Boa Vista and Maio to the east, the mountainous islands of Santiago, Fogo and Brava to the southwest, and the mountainous islands of São Vicente, Santo Antão and São Nicolau to the northwest. Their combined surface area is just over 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles).

    All the islands are volcanic in origin, but all are very different in age, and this makes their landscapes diverse in the extreme. The oldest islands to the east are weatherworn and flat, while the conspicuously active volcano of Fogo - the highest point on Cape Verde at 2,829 metres (9,281ft) - in the southwest is a near-perfect cone. In between are the middle-aged islands, their fires long extinguished but their mountains still strikingly jagged and steep. All have a dry, tropical climate, lying in the direct path of the northeasterly trade winds that once powered transatlantic adventurers to these shores, and now attract windsurfers and kitesurfers in search of the ultimate adrenalin high.

    The stunning dunes of Praia de Chaves on Boa Vista

    Emma Gregg/Apa Publications

    The islands’ many kilometres of coastline include rocky shelves containing pools and blowholes; dazzling strands of white, crushed coral; and dramatic black beaches of fine dark lava gravel. Beneath the surface are ancient marine deposits, lava caves and coral reefs patrolled by tropical fish, turtles, dolphins and whales, as well as shipwrecks and their scattered cargo. On land, the landscape is

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