Rue Banana

Historic village atmospheres

Beautiful Cidade Velha, so peaceful. We only had an hour there, could have spent the day. Both looking at the historic sites and enjoying the villige atmosphere.

Definitely the best attraction around Praia. I spent around 3 hours in Cidade Velha

Cidade Velha is charming. It was the first capital city the Portuguese built when arriving to Santiago Island. Which means, this street is the oldest paved one in Sub-saharan Africa. As new competit...

A reminder of what life was like in the 16th century ...

Rua da Banana is believed to have been one of the first Sub-Saharian streets and the fact that as visitors we are alowed to feel what it must have been like to live here then is in my opinion a privil...

Ir a Ciudade Velha

Pienso que es una parte de ir a Ciudade Velha. Llegas a la plaza, te das una vueltita y luego tomas algo en la playa. Cuando fui, la iglesia estaba en restauración. Con eso, tienes una hora. Pero pued...

Primera calle de cidade velha

Es algo especial caminar por una calle que hablase nos contaría muito algo nos dice cuando adentramos en ella pero ya poco....