The island of Cape Verde, discovered by the Portuguese in the middle of the fifteenth century, today is called differently - in the original language. At the time of its opening, it was uninhabited, but now Creoles live there, who profess Catholicism and speak their own dialect. True, the inhabitants of tiny patches of land near Africa perfectly understand French, English and Spanish, and Portuguese is the official language.
Some general data
The Cape Verde Islands are easy to find on the map: this is an archipelago located off Cape Verde in Africa. To the mainland about 600 km in an easterly direction. The group includes a dozen small islands that form something similar to a circle in plan. Nine of them are inhabited and known among tourists.
The archipelago is located in the Atlantic Ocean. If you swim north from it and overcome 1500 km, then you can get to the Canary Islands, which are about the same distance from Europe.distance. Having sailed 6000 km to the west, the ship will land on the shores of the New World. After 2000 km to the south is the equator, but you should not move further. There is not a single piece of land all the way to Antarctica.
Cape Verde Island is separated from other parts of the archipelago by straits 100-150 kilometers wide. The ocean in them is very worried, and sharks are teeming in the waters. Therefore, travelers are increasingly choosing the air route. Even between the islands of this state, small modern airplanes fly. Daredevils, of course, can use the services of ferries, there are two of them in the state. But the trip on them will be long - up to several days, so vacationers from abroad do not want to waste precious time on the road.
Tourist's paradise
The island of Cape Verde - and that is how this corner of the planet is usually called, has wonderful opportunities for recreation. The sea here is very good - warm, clean, gentle all year round. Very wide beaches with fine golden sand conquer at first sight. And lovers of the exotic will love the black beaches strewn with dark sand of volcanic origin.
Gourmets of Cape Verde Island will treat you with huge fish and seafood dishes. Portions in Cape Verde are also very large. Meat is served in restaurants, although cattle breeding is poorly developed here due to adverse climatic conditions. But there are more than enough vegetables and fruits in the markets.
Mass tourism
There are very few visitors to the archipelago, although tourism is actively developing there: about thirty thousand come here a yearpeople who stay in cozy modern hotels (there are even four-star hotels). The institutions have swimming pools, a tour desk, a rental point for various transport, discos, diving centers. The service here is excellent, the staff is very polite. Therefore, Cape Verde Island may well compete with Turkey or Egypt.
Cape Verdians are hospitable and polite, but they expect guests to respect the rules of decency. Here you will not actually encounter a conflict of cultures, an exceptionally friendly atmosphere, better than at home.
Lunar landscape
But this piece of paradise off the African coast is fraught with danger. Not from sharks, no. They rarely attack humans. There is a very bright and hot sun and a strong fresh wind. And although it seems that the heat is quite bearable, you can get sunburned on the beaches very soon.
Cabo Verde is a desert with a characteristic landscape (lunar) and only half of one island will please with a little greenery. The wet season here begins in August, and then the barren sands are reincarnated. Rains and hurricanes rage until October, and then the islands turn into a desert again.
This is the country of Cape Verde - beautiful, special and very musical!
