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The island's most attractive
place to stay, oceanfront Sol na Baia offers a handful of tastefully appointed rooms (some
with balconies), French- inspired meals and a delightful garden full of birds and bees.
O Poeta
CAPEVERDIAN
$
(mains CVE600; 8am-midnight)
On the main street leading up from the square, this restaurant
with a terrace serves decent fish and meat dishes off a picture menu. There's live music on
Saturday night, plus free wi-fi.
Getting There & Away
There are no flights to Brava and until just a couple of years ago the only way to get there
was with a tiny fishing trawler that crossed the treacherously rough channel between Fogo
solid boat that runs between Praia, Fogo and Brava several times a week. Schedules
change often, so it's best to consult the website for the latest. The journey from Fogo to
Brava lasts 40 minutes and costs CVE1550; from Praia to Fogo it's 3½ hours and costs
CVE3350 (if heading to Brava, a one way-ticket is CVE3750).
Note that the ferry from Fogo departs at night from the port outside São Filipe, which
looks like a giant construction site. You may be confused when the taxi drops you off in a
dark middle-of-nowhere surrounded by shipping containers - yes, surprisingly, you are in
the right place and the boat will come.
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Maio
POP 6952
Glittering like a white crystal in a sea of turquoise, Maio is a place of squeaky-clean
beaches and days that drift slowly by in a haze of sunshine and long conversations. Aside
from the pretty if slightly overdeveloped main town of
Vila do Maio
(also known as Porto
Inglés), the sleepy fishing village of
Calheta
11km to the north and the many
beaches
, the
only other 'attraction' is the scrubby acacia-dotted interior with its string of 13 villages.
But for the discerning traveller after something a little different, Maio is begging you to
leave your footprints on its gorgeous beaches.
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