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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Boa Vista

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Updated October 30, 2023
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Viana Desert

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Wreckage of M/S Cabo Santa Maria

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.
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Curral Velho

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.
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Ruins of Fabrica de Chave

The old ceramics factory on Boa Vista shows the power drifting sand has to destroy buildings.
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Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.
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