(Shocking) Santa Maria, Cape Verde in 2024

In this video, we will take a walk through the city of Santa Maria, the epicenter of tourism on Cape Verde's Sal island.

The walk will start in the downtown area before making our way to the backstreets of the city and finally the famous Santa Maria beach. We will stop at several restaurants along the way.

[tarinideviyoga]

Santa Maria was my resident town for 7 years. I worked in tourism and later as a yoga teacher. I felt at home there. I am Croatian, from a coastal town (Adriatic Sea in the Southern Europe). I learned portugese and creole but I am able only to speak and read it and not write it. Saudade de Cabo Verde ❤

[deescottlass]

Beautiful video! Just booked my vacation woop woop! 🙌

[fraolgudeta]

been watching your videos for quite sometime and i am a big fan of the quality of your content. the colour, the camera quality is really good.
I really want to see you making similar contents in my country ethiopia.

[seemo]

I appreciate your videos. I visited Praia last month, staying a month. Long travels from California. Cheers 🍻

[matthewbell]

If I go to a place this beautiful I’m walking the whole time I’m there

[importedmusic]

Visited last year on a package holiday. The audible gasps from my fellow package holiday Brits when they departed the airport realising that Cape Verde wasn't exactly Benidorm was quite entertaining. Nonetheless the package holiday was great and Cape Verde well worth a visit. Can recommend.

[SocialNetArchitecks]

I'm about halfway through the video, but at the risk of being redundant, it'd be interesting to know where these people are from, why do they come there, and even get a locals perspective on these people?

[kfckillie]

Cheers for the post, was thinking of coming but thanks to you, you can stuff it

[PhilippMa]

I was there in November 2024 from 2nd to 16th. I Love this Island🥰

[edwardmusa]

thank you for highlighting cape verde i am thinking of moving here, you have highlited alot about the culture

[MINIMALISTIKEMENT]

Merci pour cette vidéo tres plaisante à regarder. Nous allons à Santa Maria en novembre et cette vidéo m'a donné encore plus envie d'y aller 😉

[cosmichappening]

With the push back by Spanish and Portuguese locals against mass Tourism, Cape Verde may become an attractive alternative for many European holiday makers...

[jotazejay]

The Hotel Odjo d'agua that you visited is Cape Verdean owned and the restaurant Americos is also Cape Verdean owned.

[angeniquemedina]

Correction, those are not abandoned homes of the salt miners. The town of Pedra De lume where the salt mine is still is very well populated and those are home from many of my family members.

[jzk]

It's a shame they have such a minor role to play in their own economy. The government should step in and a crash course in group economics, CO-OPs & entrepreneurship.... Then everyone they passes that 1-3 month course can band together and borrow government back loans for to establish CO-OP owned super markets, clubs, hotels, restaurants and transportation companies.

Imagine 100 people come together and each borrows 5000 euros ... And they have to pay back just 50 euros per month over 10 years.... They'd have 500, 000 euros to start a decent business.

[SubServ]

Hi, my family migrated to the U.S. in the 1800s - 1950s, and they were from Brava. I'm rigging my 44-foot sailboat and plan to visit sometime next year. I'm also looking into getting dual citizenship. My family still owns property in Brava, and I look forward to watching more of your videos. I can still understand Kreolu but have lost my ability to speak it.

[AT-guby]

The African diaspora need to visit the island more.

My kind of beach !, meaning fewer people !.

[David_N]

I was in this hotel about 2 weeks after this video. Really nice place to stay.

[SrasMort]

Came for the sun and beaches, stayed for the economy and social sciences.