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Cabo Verde

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Cabo Verde

8 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cabo Verde

Updated July 31, 2026

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Unusual Attractions in Cabo Verde

Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Viana Desert

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

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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Pedra de Lume

An incredibly salty lake inside the crater of an extinct volcano.

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Praia de Santa Monica

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.

View of Cidade Velha from the fortress.

Cidade Velha, Cabo Verde

Forte Real de São Filipe

The defense built to protect one of the last found pieces of land on Earth.

Ruins of Fabrica de Chave

Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

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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