On the map is marked: Top Pictures Santo Antao - Santo Antao is one of the largest Cape Verde Islands and the farest from the African Coast. It needs a flight to Sao Viciente and an 1-hour trip by boat to be reached. The wild mountainous island has green valleys, marvellous beaches and very lost small villages, some villages haven’t streets for cars and require boats to be reached. Santo Antao is simply an adventure not to lose.
On the map is marked: Porto Novo Port - Probably Porto Novo’s Port will be the first place you will see in Santo Antao. This is the main Santo Antao’s harbour, where departs daily boats to Mindelo’s port (in Sao Vicente Island).
On the map is marked: Porto Novo Shells Beach - Close to the Porto Novo’s harbour there’s the first surprise: the pink shell beach, a beach completely covered with broken pink “buzio” shells. The contrast of the blue sea with the pink beach is marvellous.
On the map is marked: Porto Novo Beach - The town of Porto Novo has marvellous black lava sand beaches. This is a paradise for beach life, swimming and walking barefoot, a good idea for your cape verde holidays, vacation.
On the map is marked: Ribiera Grande - Tarrafal - The villages of Ribiera Grande and Tarrafal are located on the north side of the island.
On the map is marked: Santo Antao Mountains - Santo Antao is a volcanic Island, it has wild rocky mountains over 1.800 meters. A trip on Santo Antao Mountains worth a day trip to discover astonishing surprises like the Cova’s Volcano Caldera (crater) with maize fields on the bottom, and terraced coffee plant cultivations.
On the map is marked: Rio do Paul Valley - The Rio do Paul Valley is definitly the best of Santo Antao, it can’t miss in your cape verde travel. This is a green valley with plants, palms, sugar canes, papaya trees. This is a little corner of paradise.
On the map is marked: Village Near Paul - Driving along the valley there is an unbelievable primitive village along the main road. The small houses built with rocks, the harmony of the nature, the smile of the kids. This will became soon one of the greatest Cape Verde’s memories.
On the map is marked: Paul - Paul is a village near the sea located on the east Santo Antao’s coastline.
On the map is marked: Grog Factory Cape Verde - The grog is a typical Cape Verde’s alcoholic drink. Grog is made with sugar cane like Caribbean Ron.
On the map is marked: Aluger Cape Verde - The typical way to travel in Cape Verde Islands is by alugers. An aluger is the local name for small a pickup truck with wooden benches for passengers.
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SANTO ANTAO MAP - CAPE VERDE