The Cape Verde islands are situated in the crossroads of three continents bordering the Atlantic, there is a mandatory stop in the middle of the ocean, the archipelago of Cape Verde. The former Portuguese colony, Cape Verde is situated 450 km from the coast of Senegal in the african continent and is composed of 10 islands and 8 islets which are divided into two groups, the Barlavento group (windward) and Sotavento group (leeward).
The Barlavento group consists of the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia (uninhabited), Sao Nicolau, Sal and Boavista. The second group, situated further south, includes the islands of Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava .
The country capital city is the city of Praia on the Santiago Island, but the islands of Sal and Boavista are those which attract more of the foreign tourists. In any of the islands, you are sure to find a very welcoming and humble people, a preserved nature, and a tranquility very characteristic of its inhabitants.
The climate is tropical with an average temperature of 25 ° C and the changes do not exceed 10 ° C throughout the year.
In particular note are the 3 islands most appreciated by tourists:
Sal island
It is an island of natural beauty, turquoise sea and golden sands that overlap the arid and sterile nature. The name is due precisely to the amount of salt produced in the island. Sal is one of the smallest inhabited, but because it is so flat, it hosts the main airport of the Cape Verde archipelago.
Boavista island
Boavista is the third largest island in the archipelago, and the one which is located closer to the African continent coastline. It has the longest beaches of Cape Verde, with optimum conditions for snorkeling in the many islets that surround it.
São Vicente island
Discovered in January 22, 1462, the Sao Vicente day, this island remained virtually uninhabited until the mid-nineteenth century. Only in 1838 with the construction of a large harbor, that served to supply the ships crossing in the Atlantic routes, created a solid foundation for the population to settle on this island.