Best Cabo Verdean Santo Antão, São Vicente Mindelo, Fogo Volcano, Praia, Cidade Velha and Cape Verde Deep African-Portuguese Island Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Cape Verde travel | Africa destinations Best Cabo Verdean Santo Antão, São Vicente Mindelo, Fogo Volcano, Praia, Cidade Velha (UNESCO 2009) and Cape Verde Deep African-Portuguese Island Heritage Tour Destinations I have done this archipelago three times across seven years, and I still think most travelers underestimate how layered Cabo Verde actually is. The country is ten volcanic islands sitting roughly 600 km west of Senegal in the central Atlantic, total land area 4,033 km², total population around 593,000, and a diaspora abroad that outnumbers the resident population almost 2:1. The first European settlement in the tropics was founded here in 1462 at what is now Cidade Velha on Santiago island, inscribed by UNESCO in 2009. Morna, the slow nostalgic music carried worldwide by Cesária Évora (1941-2011), was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list on 11 December 2019. Pico do Fogo, the 2,829 m active stratovolcano on Fogo island, last erupted f...