Things to do in Cape Verde

1. Mt Fogo

   • Cape Verde
   • Sights › Volcano

   Cape Verde's highest peak (2829m/9382ft), the conical, cinder-clad Mt Fogo, rises dramatically out of the floor of an ancient crater known as Chã das Caldeiras. A scenic, cobbled road, punctuated by hamlets with lava block houses, encircles the island.

   It's still an active volcano and last erupted in 1995, yet intrepid farmers raise coffee and wine grapes on its black slopes. The volcano's cone remains intact and can still be climbed. However, you'll need a good pair of boots and a guide as the slopes are covered in slippery cinders. The taxing ascent takes three to four hours, but the view from the top is magnificent. Afterwards, it's a gentle trot to get back down.

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2. Mindelo

   • Cape Verde
   • Sights › Waterfront

   Set around a moon-shaped port and ringed by barren mountains, Mindelo is Cape Verde's answer to the Riviera, complete with cobblestone streets, candy-coloured colonial buildings and yachts bobbing in a peaceful harbour.

   Safely around a bend is the country's deepest industrial port, which in the late 19th century was a key coaling station for British ships and remains the source of the city's relative prosperity. Today, its prominence in Cape Verdean culture remains: it produces more than its fair share of the islands' poets, musicians and stylish bars.

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