Getting Away From It All In Tarrafal (Cape Verde) • Indie Traveller

The remote seaside town of Tarrafal de Monte Trigo was the one place that surprised me most in Cape Verde.

I almost didn’t go, just because it’s a bit far removed from other places on Santo Antão island (and potentially hard to get to). There also wasn’t much information online about Tarrafal.

But I went anyway, and I loved it so much!

I was later kicking myself for only having one day there, wishing I’d stayed for at least two or three. I have a real soft spot for laidback places like these, where you can simply chill, read a book, or do activities around the water.

It’s a gentle place with tourism is still in its infancy, though it has enough to make for a comfortable stay. It has about half a dozen of guesthouses and about an equal number of restaurants. This hidden gem of a town also had a surprising number of things to do, not to mention one of the rare few beaches of the island.

The drive to Tarrafal

The small town (population under 1,000) is located on the west…