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. Binding it all is morna and funana music, Creole…
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.