The best accommodations Cape Verde

Budget & Tips

Numerous websites help you find accommodation at the best price. To help hoteliers and enable them to be paid for the whole night, without owing a commission to the platform, you can look at the rates on the comparison site, then phone the hotel or guesthouse to tell them the price you found and negotiate it with them. Be careful: when hoteliers kindly ask you whether you'll be taking a meal or breakfast, they may fail to specify whether there's an extra charge, and you may be in for a little surprise when it comes to settling the bill. So be sure to ask whether it's included or not.

Average room rates. Depending on the category of accommodation chosen, prices range from 2,000 to 10,000 CVE for single rooms, and from 3,500 00 to 11,000 CVE for double rooms. The highest prices are found in Sal, Boa Vista and Praia, where the average is 3,500 CVE for a single room and between 4,000 and 5,000 CVE for a double.

Don't forget that a tourist tax of 220 CVE per person per day is compulsory and applicable throughout the country. This must be paid directly to the establishment where you are staying. When you book through an agency, these practices are normally included in the reservation. However, it's a good idea to ask the question and check all the services involved. Good to know: this tax is capped at a maximum of 10 nights in the same establishment, and children under 16 are exempt.

To be booked

The archipelago is particularly busy in February, August and November, so we strongly advise you to book your hotel nights during the high season, as well as inter-island flights. The tourist season peaks in December, the ideal winter month for warming up under the African sun. From mid-June to mid-September, the Cape Verdean diaspora returns home for the summer vacations. And during Carnival, especially in Mindelo, reservations become almost compulsory, at the risk of not finding the room of your dreams in the pousada with its evocative photos.

For food lovers

If you want to immerse yourself in Cape Verdean culture as soon as you get out of bed, do as the locals do: forget croissants, toast and baguette for breakfast and dip your spoon into a good cachupa. As a reminder, this is a kind of stew made with corn and beans, topped with root vegetables, meat, sausages or chorizo. Locals also eat the cachupa from the previous day, fried with onions and eggs, which is then called cachupa refogada. The principle is to add what you find to a classic base, adjusting it to your own taste. More original and traditional is impossible.