Cape Verde - Traveller's Information

General Information

• World Fact Book 1996 - Cape Verde
• Travel Advisories and Consular Information Sheets (U.S. State Department )
• Currency Exchange Rate - Updated daily.
• Current Time in Cape Verde
• Today's Weather in Praia, Cape Verde Islands
• Phoning to/from Cape Verde
• Portuguese for Travellers

Travel Books The following are three very good books for travellers to the Cape Verde islands. The first is from the very popular Rough Guides series. The second is from the also very popular Lonely Planet series for budget-conscious travellers. It also contains a short but excellent overview of the history of Cabo Verde. The third is devoted to the Portuguese-speaking Islands of Cape Verde, the Azores and Madeira.

• Rough Guide to West Africa
• Africa on a Shoestring - 7th Ed. Crowther et al. Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet on a Shoestring, 1995
• Atlantic Peeks: An Ethnographic Guide to the Portuguese Speaking Islands. Ludtke, Jean. Hanover, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1989.

Tourist Info and Personal Accounts - Various Sources

• Embassies and Consulates of Cape Verde

• INATUR - the National Institute of Tourism
  Cha d'Areia, Praia, Santiago
  C.P. 294
  Phone: (238) 61-44-73; Fax: (238) 61-44-75

• Tourist Info - from SOLTRÓPICO (Portuguese)
• Crónica de uma Viagem (Portuguese)

Air Travel

• Air Cabo Verde (TACV)
  Lisbon, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Boston, Frankfurt, Dakar
• Air Portugal (TAP)
• South African Airways (SAA)
• Air Senegal
• Aeroflot
• EAS Europe Airlines
• Air Angola (TAAG)
• Air Bissau
• Mozambique Airlines (LAM)

Inter-island Travel

Ferry connections to all nine inhabited islands.

Hotels and Accomodations

• Santiago

• Sal
  • Hotel Atlantico
    C.P. 74 - Espargos, Sal
    41-12-10 Fax: 41-15-22
    

  • Hotel Belorizonte, B.P 63 - Santa Maria, Sal
    42-10-45 - Fax:
    

  • Morabeza - Hotel and Sport Center
    C.P. 33 - Santa Maria, Sal
    42-11-11 - Fax: 42-10-05
    

• Sao Vicente
  • Hotel Porto Grande
    C.P. 103 - Mindelo, Sao Vicente
    31-13-13 Fax: 31-19-17
    

  • Aparthotel Avenida
    C.P. 120 - Mindelo, Sao Vicente
    31-34-35/31-43-08 Fax: 31-23-33

  • Chez Loutcha
    Rua do Coco e Calhau
    C.P. 303 - Sao Vicente
    31-16-36 Fax: 31-16-89

• Fogo
  • Hotel Xaguate
    S. Filipe, Fogo
    81-12-22/81-12-03

Calendar of Events

• Carnaval, Praia - March, 1998
• Festival of Bandeira de Sao Felipe, Fogo - May 1, 1998
• Independence Day, National Holiday - July 5, 1998
• Baia das Gatas Festival, Sao Vicente, August, 1998

Things to Do - Places to See

• Sailing to, and in, Cape Verde
  See Street, Don. An Atlantic Outpost. Cruising World, Feb. 1988, Pp. 59-.

• Sportfishing, Diving and Spearfishing
  • Diving Sites in Sal
  • The Underwater World of Cape Verde
  • Stingray Dive Center - Santa Maria, Sal

• Windsurfing
  • Diving and Windsuring in Cape Verde - (in German)

• Hiking
  • Climber's and Hiker's Guide to the World's Mountains

• Other Places of Interest
  • Volcano, Fogo
  • Delgadinho Road, Santo Antão
  • Rebeira Vale do Paúl, Santo Antão
  • Cidade Velha - the first European settlement in the tropics.
  • Centro Nacional Artesanato - Mindelo

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