Cape Verde [Paperback]

Packed full of practical information, this guide is a must if you are planning a trip to Cape Verde.Cape Verde Travel Guide - Travel tips and advice including Praia highlights, island itineraries and activities, homestays, hotels, local culture and music. Also covering the best beach and surfing sites, national parks and ribeiras, Cidade Velha and UNESCO sites, Ch? das Caldeiras, Ponta Preta, Maio and Mindelo, festivals and local cuisine.This new 7th edition of Bradts Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) has been fully revised and updated and remains the only comprehensive English-language guidebook available to the islands of this alluring Atlantic archipelago, described by some as Africa light. The guide includes well-researched history and cultural sections, with a particularly strong section on music, and brings an honest approach to reporting the fragile balance between tourist development and protecting the environment. This new edition reflects the many changes since the previous one, including the introduction of charter flights from the UK to Sal and the first casino-hotel on Sal, as well as providing full information on how to make the most of the less developed islands away from the main tourist hotspots.There is a massive Cape Verdean diaspora in the USA, especially around the Eastern seaboard and Massachusetts in particular. Many emigrants and their descendants return each year to visit their extended families, particularly around festival times, and many own houses in the archipelago. Stable and peaceful, quietly isolated by its mid-Atlantic location, Cape Verde continues to grow economically and to develop its tourist infrastructure at a leisurely pace. With few natural resources, the islands are heavily dependent on imports, foreign remittances and still to some extent on foreign aid. The reduction in the latter has heightened the focus on the importance of tourism as an economic driver and visitor numbers continue to rise. Year-round sunshine makes Cape VerdelăŔ