Day 1 · Mindelo
Arrive on São Vicente
Your driver meets you at Cesária Évora airport and takes you to your hotel in Mindelo.
8 days · 7 nights
Music and colonial streets in Mindelo, then four slow days among the valleys and sea cliffs of Santo Antão.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesBegin in Mindelo, the cultural heart of Cape Verde, with a guided walk through its squares and markets. Cross by ferry to Santo Antão for four free days split between the island's interior and the seaside village of Ponta do Sol, then return to São Vicente for a last evening.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Mindelo
Day 1 · Mindelo
Your driver meets you at Cesária Évora airport and takes you to your hotel in Mindelo.
Day 2 · Mindelo
A local guide leads you on foot from the old English Street to Amílcar Cabral Square, past the Eagle Monument, the municipal market and the house of singer Cesária Évora. The walk ends by the Belém Tower, the fish market and the waterfront, and the visits are from the outside only.
Santo Antão
Day 3 · Santo Antão
An early transfer to the harbour for the crossing to Santo Antão, where a driver takes you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
Day 4 · Santo Antão
A free day on an island of volcanic peaks, deep valleys and terraced hillsides. Walkers can head into the Paul Valley, known for its green slopes and farming villages.
Ponta do Sol
Day 5 · Ponta do Sol
A short transfer brings you to Ponta do Sol on the island's north coast. Spend the afternoon on the beach, then look out over the valleys from the Miradouro da Cova viewpoint.
Day 6 · Ponta do Sol
Stay by the sea, walk the painted waterfront and its cafés, or follow a coastal path along the cliffs.
Mindelo
Day 7 · Mindelo
Transfer to the harbour and take the ferry back to São Vicente. The afternoon is free in Mindelo's streets and seaside cafés.
Day 8 · Mindelo
A last breakfast before your transfer to the airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Mindelo · 3 nights
Your first two nights and your last night. Or similar
Santo Antão · 2 nights
Or similar
Ponta do Sol · 2 nights
Or similar
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Cape Verde
8 days · 7 nights
Mindelo → Ribeira Grande → Ponta do Sol → Paul → Mindelo
There are no set excursions on this trip: hotels, ferries and transfers are arranged, and the days are yours. Start with two nights in Mindelo, then move around Santo Antão from Ribeira Grande to Ponta do Sol and the green Paul Valley before crossing back to São Vicente.
Begin in Mindelo, the cultural heart of Cape Verde, with a guided walk through its squares and markets. Cross by ferry to Santo Antão for four free days split between the island's interior and the seaside village of Ponta do Sol, then return to São Vicente for a last evening.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
Other ways to see Cape Verde, closest in length first.
Small group tour | 8 days | Mindelo · Ribeira Grande · Paul
