Most British visitors to Boa Vista eat 21 consecutive meals inside an all-inclusive resort. The buffet is decent, the variety is adequate, the drinks are included, and by day four the idea of getting a taxi into town sounds like unnecessary effort. Resist that logic. The single biggest regret we
Cape Verde is consistently ranked among the safest countries in Africa, and Boa Vista is one of its safest islands. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) describes Cape Verde as “generally safe for visitors,” and the vast majority of British travellers return home with nothing to report beyond sand
British travellers arrive in Boa Vista better-informed about the beaches than about the paperwork. Nothing below is theoretical — every item is the product of a logistics problem we have watched a Cape Verde first-timer run into at least once. Work through it before you pack. If you only take
If you are reading this while rain slides down a window in Manchester, Birmingham or London, you already understand the problem. The British winter is long, grey and stubbornly cold, and the mainstream winter-sun destinations — the Canaries, Madeira, Marrakech — have started to feel crowded, repetitive, almost inevitable. You
