Principal
Worth seeing in and around Principal
One place 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.
- 01Serra da Malagueta
Serra Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. At 1064m elevation, it is the highest point of northern Santiago.
2.9 km · mountain range in Cape Verde · Wikipedia
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Getting to Principal
- Airports
- Nelson Mandela (RAI), 35 km · Aristides Pereira (BVC), 133 km · Amílcar Cabral (SID), 188 km
- Rabil → Principal133 km · quickest by road, 45h 14m · $20–28
- Espargos → Principal189 km · quickest by road, 61h 34m · $25–34
- São Pedro → PrincipalTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- 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 Principal
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 Principal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAt the Shell station across from the minibus ("aluguer") collection point, one can ask for taxi drivers, who will generally go to the airport in Praia for .
From Wikivoyage: Tarrafal, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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If you know how people move in Principal – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Principal
- Mato Correiasettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde3.5 km
- Serra Malaguetasettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde2.8 km