Fogo Island in Cape Verde

Country guide

Cabo Verde

2 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.

PhotographJesse AllenImage created using data from instrument EO-1 ALI, provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 Team. · Public domain

Find your way through Cabo Verde.

The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.

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Find the shape of your journey.

See how the 2 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.

Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.

  1. Fogo

    The Wider World · An island dominated by a volcano shows how cultivation and settlement adapt to a dramatic and still-changing environment.

  2. Cidade Velha

    The Wider World · An early Atlantic colonial settlement provides a compact setting for confronting maritime expansion and the history of enslavement.

The Wider World

401–500 · 2 places in this country

Fogo Island in Cape Verde

473 · Cabo Verde

Fogo

An island dominated by a volcano shows how cultivation and settlement adapt to a dramatic and still-changing environment.

The pillory in Cidade Velha’s historic square

478 · Cabo Verde

Cidade Velha

An early Atlantic colonial settlement provides a compact setting for confronting maritime expansion and the history of enslavement.

Turn the collection into a journey.

Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.

Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.

For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.