Cape Verde is a sun-baked Atlantic archipelago off West Africa where each island has its own character. Sal and Boa Vista draw beach-lovers and wind-sports fans to long pale strands; mountainous Santo Antao rewards hikers with green ravines and cliff-edge trails; Santiago, with the capital Praia, holds the islands' African heart and the historic former slave-trade port of Cidade Velha. Volcanic Fogo grows wine on black ash.
Barefoot diva Cesária Évora carried morna from Mindelo's port all the way to the Grammys — São Vicente's airport now bears her name, and the genre is UNESCO-listed.
On Fogo island, the village of Chã das Caldeiras sits inside the volcano's caldera itself — and grows a celebrated wine on its ashes. Last eruption: 2014.
Every island has its own tempo: Sal and Boa Vista for kitesurfing, Santo Antão for hiking, Mindelo for music. An eSIM helps: inter-island ferries with shifting timetables, domestic flights checked online and live wind forecasts.