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Santo Antão is breathtakingly beautiful. Don’t just come exercise, get out there. Large hotels are few, but there are plenty of small hotels and B&Bs. If luxury is secondary to a warm welcome and you enjoy stepping into the lives of Santo Antão’s residents with loose words and hands, you can easily spend 2-3 weeks entertaining on Santo Antão. Take a round trip or take a few days off each time. Suitcases can be left with us in the basement.

Mindelo

99% of guests arrive in São Vicente from abroad by plane; so will you. Then you will take a boat to Santo Antão. They say you might even see dolphins and whales, but after 20 trips back and forth, you come to the conclusion that it’s a fun trip and you’ve seen flying fish, but Jonas and Flipper don’t always feel like it.

It would be a shame to skip São Vicente. Nature is beautiful, but not on the level of Santo Antão. However, the city of Mindelo is bustling. Mindelo is simply further along; more modern. If you like bars and cozy eateries then you might choose to spend a day in Mindelo after arriving in, and/or before leaving Cape Verde. Think about this before booking rooms. It also does give a little more rest on the day of the return flight.