A bizarre mountain world with fantastic beaches and ideal vacation weather opens up to the visitor of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Africa.

Multicolored volcanic mountains, vast landscapes, lonely sandy beaches and green oases characterize the picture of the 15 islands that lie close together, almost like a string of pearls. Nine of them are inhabited, the other six uninhabited. To the northwest are the dry, mountainous but inhabited islands of Santo Antão, São Vincente and São Nicolau. The more eastern islands of Sal, Boavista and Maio are characterized by endless fine white sand beaches. Predominantly mountainous and volcanic landscapes are found on Santiago, Fogo and Brava.
Even though the dry and warm climate has made it difficult for the locals to survive for centuries – for holidaymakers the weather is simply fantastic. Almost every day the sun shines from a flawless blue sky, low humidity and the constant trade winds rarely make it too warm and oppressive. The temperatures are on average between 22 and 29 degrees. Thus, many vacationers from all over the world enjoy the “eternal summer” on dreamlike sandy beaches all year round on the Cape Verde Islands.