Cape Verde Holiday Islands - an exciting holiday and property destination
The Cape Verde Holiday - empty beaches, warm sea, cool wind
Midway between Portugal and Brazil, the 10-island Cape Verde archipelago is a paradise for Holiday sailing, wind, board or kite surfing , fishing and diving. Every day is like a perfect English summer day with Cape Verde temperature range from 24C to 29C through the year Cape Verde seasons are the same as in the UK but much warmer in winter months. In winter it is 10 degrees warmer than southern Spain. The Cape Verde coastal water is almost as warm, ranging from 22C to 27C. It scarcely ever rains and there are no hurricanes, although some start in the Cape Verdes. So unlike Florida or the Caribbean where you sit inside, shivering in the air conditioning, you can nearly always dine outside on your Cape Verde holiday.
Discovered by the Portuguese in 1460, the population today is just 400,000. The Cape Verdes share a Catholic, Portuguese-speaking, friendly and welcoming culture and cuisine with Portugal and Brazil. Many Cape Verdes people have relatives in the USA, so English is also spoken. The first British visitors were the Royal Navy. Both Captain Cook of the Endeavour and Lieutenant Bligh of the Bounty called to re-victual in the Cape Verdes on their way to the South Seas. The British anti-slavery flotilla was based at Boa Vista. Later Sao Vicente in the Cape Verdes became a coaling station and telegraph post on the route to Cape Town. Water is expensive and only 10% of land is farmed but desalination has transformed existence on the main islands of Sal, Santiago and Boa Vista and made holidays possible . It will come elsewhere.
Cape Verde Holiday Information
This Cape Verde Holiday site is a collaborative operation for English-speaking people interested in Cape Verdes. It shares ideas and information, that are so hard to find out in the Cape Verdes. You will find much valuable timesaving and money-saving help with holiday booking and Cape Verde hotels, Santa Maria villas and Cape Verde flights from Mancchester and Gatwick. The Cape Verde Owners Club Forum, where you can put questions about Cape Verde holidays to other Cape Verde owners and Cape Verde investors and make new friends and contacts free from commercial pressures.
Cape Verde Food and Drink
Most visitors to the Cape Verdes are Italian so good pizza and pasta are on offer as well as local specialities like cachupa (fish and bean stew), fresh tuna and lobster. Cape Verde Wine is made on Fogo Island in the Cape Verdes, and a decent lager is brewed on the populous Cape Verde island, Santiago. Cape Verde cuisine is Portuguese inspired and most food comes by ship. Tomatos, peppers and papaya are grown locally on Sal but there is not much variety. So don't expect Maxims.
Cape Verde Weather for sailing and surfing
The Ca[pe Verdes lie in the Trade Winds belt, with a gentle Atlantic swell, Cape Verde conditions are perfect for sailing or surfing. Cape Verde winter winds are steady Force 4 to Force 5, but slacken in summer. National teams come to Sal, Cape Verdes for winter wind and kite surf training. Board surfing conditions in winter are excellent and Ponta Preta on Sal, Cape Verdes has one of the best breaks in the world. Grouper and tuna are plentiful inshore off Sal and Boa Vista and further out marlin, wahoo, sailfish and tiger shark can be caught in Cape Verde waters.
Cape Verde clear warm water for diving
Diving in crystal-clear warm Cape Verde water reveals brilliantly coloured reef fish and there are three wrecks off Santa Maria, Sal, the main Cape verde holiday island at 10m to explore. Humpback whales bring their calves into Murdeira Villas Bay, Sal, Cape Verde for weaning in winter and dolphins and turtles are prolific in Cape Verde waters. There are some very rare and unusual Cape Verde sea birds on the outer Cape verde islands. Cape Verde has no green Golf courses or yacht marinas but Golf and Yach facilities are planned for Sal, the Cape Verdes holiday hub.
You can buy Cape Verde holiday studio apartments for £45,000 and Cape Verde two bedroom penthouses for £70,000. If you take your Cape Verde holiday now, you will be ahead of the crowd, moving down from the Canaries and Algarve, as they get spoiled.
Cape Verde weather - air and sea temperatures in Cape Verdes
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Air | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 |
| Sea | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
Payment in cash only for Cape Verde holidays
Just about no Cape Verde hotel or Cape Verde restaurant on the Cape Verdes takes credit cards. So payment in advance is to be advised. You will need either Euro notes or Cape Verde Escudos to pay Cape Verde hotels, Cape Verde restaurants, rent Cape Verde holiday sports equipment or hire a car for a Cape verde holiday. There are cash machines at the Caixa in Espargos, Sal, Cape Verde and the Banco Atlantico in Santa Maria. Sal. Cape Verde but they charge £10 a time and then Visa or Mastercard will charge another 4%. Cape Verde escudos are only available in the Cape Verdes so we advise pre-payment before Cape Verde holiday travel.