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Sao Felipe Fogo Cape Verde Cruise Port Guide
Location:
As cruise ships are not able to dock here you will be tendered ashore.
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Sightseeing:
The historic center of São Filipe - the Bila Baxo - gets its typical character from the many mansions of the former Portuguese colonial dominion, the sobrados. Some have already been renovated. Others are waiting for someone to make them come to life again. But by all means they possess a form of pride and dignity, which is unique even to their occupants.
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Shopping and Food
Fish lovers will be in heaven on Cape Verde. The grilled lobster is superb as are the fresh tuna, octopus and multitude of other delicacies.
Currency:
Cape Verde Escudo (1 Euro= 113 Escudos)
Hotels and banks may charge slightly more.
Credit cards are accepted at an increasing number of up-market hotels,
but not all of them. MasterCard and Visa are the most widely accepted
so far.
Communication:
Portuguese
Opening Hours and Holidays:
Everything is closed on public holidays and on Sundays, and many
shops also close early on Fridays. Opening hours tend to be Mediterranean
- that is, Monday-Friday 08:00/08:30 - 12:00/12:30 and 14:00/14:30
- 18:00/18:30; Saturday 08:30 - 12:00. Banks are often shut in the
afternoon. Restaurants operate from about 19:00 - 23:00. Nightclubs
tend to open at midnight.
Public holidays:
1 January New Year
20 January National Heroes Day
1 May Labour Day
5 July Independence Day
15 August Nossa Senhora da Graça [Our Lady of Grace]
12 September Nationality Day
1 November All Saints Day
25 December Christmas Day
Mardi Gras and Good Friday are also national holidays.
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