Mato Raia
Mato Raia is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.
Mato Raia is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It is located about a kilometer north from the city of João Teves. In 2010 its population was 181.
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Worth seeing in and around Mato Raia
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Jardim Botânico
The Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa is the only botanical garden in Cape Verde. The garden is located in São Jorge, in the middle of the island Santiago.
3.3 km · botanical garden in Cape Verde · Wikipedia - 02Barragem de Poilão
Barragem de Poilão is a dam located in the eastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, in the municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It impounds the stream Ribeira Seca, the island's largest river.
3.5 km · dam in Cape Verde · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mato Raia
- Airports
- Nelson Mandela (RAI), 18 km · Aristides Pereira (BVC), 140 km · Amílcar Cabral (SID), 198 km
- Rabil → Mato RaiaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Espargos → Mato RaiaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- São Pedro → Mato Raia1560 km · quickest by road, 36h 34m · R$550–730
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mato Raia
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mato Raia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe port in Praia has direct and indirect connections by ferry to other islands.
- Get aroundMost of the buses ("aluguer") leave from the "central minibus station" at the bottom of the steps that lead from Parque 5 de Julho to the Old Town in Plato besides the market called Sucupira.
- Get aroundAlso of note, the minibuses often have destinations in decals on their sides (e.g.
From Wikivoyage: Santiago (Cape Verde), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2022-11.
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Next door to Mato Raia
- São Lourenço dos Órgãosmunicipality on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde1.6 km
- João Tevessettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde900 m
- São Jorge dos Órgãosvillage in Cape Verde2.8 km
- Montanhasettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde1.2 km
- Longueirasettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde3.8 km