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Sal

Sun, salt flats and turquoise sea

🗓️ Best time: Year-round💰 Mid-Range · ~$90/day📍 Cape Verde

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About Sal

A flat, sun-baked Atlantic island off West Africa — endless white beaches and warm turquoise water, a natural salt-lake float, kitesurfing winds, and a relaxed Creole island rhythm year-round.

⭐ Things to do in Sal

Santa Maria beachPedra de Lume salt crater floatKitesurfing & windsurfingShark Bay wadingBlue Eye (Buracona) lagoonBuracona "Blue Eye"Salt-crater floatingKite Beach

🍽️ What to eat in Sal

Signature local dishes worth seeking out.

Cachupa (national stew)Fresh grilled fishLobsterGrogue (sugarcane spirit)

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🚕 Getting around

Taxis and aluguer minibuses; walkable Santa Maria.

💡 Local tip

Float effortlessly in the hyper-saline crater lake at Pedra de Lume, an old volcanic salt mine.

Sal

About Sal

⭐ Things to do in Sal

🍽️ What to eat in Sal

✈️ Know before you go

🚕 Getting around

💡 Local tip

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