(Cidade) Mindelo

The most famous Capverdian dish is the catchupa, which you can get at any stand in the Quiosque Praça Nova, expect to pay around $200 (€2) for a catchupa or a feijoada with fish. There are also several cafés between Praça Nova and Rua Lisboa (Café Dalia, Café Confiança, etc.)

• • Pica Pau — Excellent lobster
• • Restaurante Chave Douro — Price: Mains from 500-800$
• • Pizzeria O Cocktail — Nice pizzas. Live music (mornas) on Thursday to Sunday. — Address: Avenida 5 de Julho — Price: from $400
• • Restaurant Anchote — Good atmosphere and a great seafood selection. Live music on Saturday nights (100$ surcharge). — Address: Alto S. Nicolau - Rua Irmas do Amor de Deus — Price: Mains from 500-2100$ — Phone: +238 232 39 16
• • Gaudi — French cuisine with an African touch. Probably the only place in Cape Verde with a kitchen close to fine dining — Address: 5, Rua Sanador Vera Cruz — Directions: on the small street next to the Mercado Municipal — Phone: +238 951 26 34
• • La bodeguita de Mindelo — Caribbean food. It is common to see Capeverdians play the guitar. — Address: end of Travessa do Cadamostro — Price: $600

• cheap grog (rum) and pontche in the local bars of rua Santo Antonio
• • Quiosque Praça Nova — Outdoor cafe bar in Praça Nova — Address: Avenida 5 de Julho — Phone: +238 232 70 50
• • La bodeguita de Mindelo — Play urim and listen (or sing!) with capverdians, write your name on the walls. — Address: end of Travessa do Cadamostro
• • Mindel Hotel Bar — Has an outside terrace. — Address: Av 5 de Julho — Directions: Just off Praça Nova to the west
• • Café Lisboa — 1970s-80s rock music. — Address: Rua Lisboa

• • Chave Douro — A basic hostel with rooms for 1-2. Located in the center. You can bargain the price if you stay more than a few days. — Address: avenida 5 de Julho — Price: 1000$
• • Residencial Maravilha — A charming place with friendly management. — Price: 4500$ double including breakfast
• • Foya Branca — Address: Sao Pedro — Phone: +238 230 74 00 — Email: reservas@foyabranca.com — Website: http://www.foyabranca.com/
• • Residencial Beleza — Bed and breakfast hotel with wireless internet in all the rooms. There is a cybercafé, a bar where you can try exotic drinks and a restaurant on the terrace of the hotel with a great panoramic view over Mindelo and the sea. — Address: Rua Oficinas Navais — Phone: +238 2324094, +238 29839183 — Email: all@resid-beleza.com — Website: http://www.resid-beleza.com/
• • Casa Colonial — Classically Mindelo - in style and value. Casa Colonial is a beautifully restored historic home in the heart of Mindelo, the cultural capital of Cape Verde, on the island of São Vicente. The house is one of the oldest homes in the City and is perfectly located in a quiet residential street within meters of the Presidential Palace and the cafés, restaurants, bars, and shops of Rua Lisboa. Mindelo bay, the Marina, the Historic Fort, and Ponta D’Agua resort are 2 min by foot. Laginha Beach is just 10 min by foot. Casa Colonial has four large double bedrooms, two reception rooms, a dining room, reading room, study, fully equipped kitchen, utility room, and 4 wet-rooms each with open plan shower and w/c. The accommodation is very flexible with three King-sized 4-poster beds and six large single beds. The house can sleep a maximum of 12 guests in 7 separate rooms and is ideal for couples, families, and groups. All the furniture is handmade from solid mahogany by local, skilled craftsmen. The floors and ceilings throughout the property are mahogany and the kitchen and wet-rooms are finished with local, handmade tiles. — Address: Rua 24 de Setembro — Directions: Centro Historico — Price: €40 — Phone: +238 9238206 — Website: http://www.casacolonial.info

From the airport at São Pedro taxis take you to Mindelo for $800 (Cape Verde escudos) during the day and $1000 in the evening.

You can also walk the 100 m from the airport up to the main road. From there it is probably possible to flag down an aluguer.

The port at Mindelo has regular ferries across to Porto Novo on Santo Antão. Make sure you have a driver's license or passport before buying the tickets. Their website does not work very well.

A lot of the town is walkable. Local buses travel some limited routes and taxis are common.

150 escudos gets you around town.

You can also take buses.

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