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Salineiro

Salineiro is a village in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.

Salineiro
Salineiro · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Salineiro is a village in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago. In 2010 its population was 1,113. It is located on the western edge of the Ribeira Grande gorge, 2.5 km north of Cidade Velha and 11 km west of the capital Praia.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Salineiro

3 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.

  1. 01
    Fort Real de São Filipe

    Forte Real de São Filipe is a 16th century fortress in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is located on a plateau above the town centre, 120 meters above sea level.

    2.3 km · UNESCO World Heritage Site · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Nossa Senhora do Rosário church

    Nossa Senhora do Rosario church is a 15th century church in the town of Cidade Velha on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is located in the northwest of the town, near the right bank of the stream Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

    2.4 km · church building in Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Pelourinho

    The Pelourinho is an important monument in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of Santiago, Cape Verde. The historic centre of Cidade Velha is an UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2009.

    2.5 km · UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cidade Velha, Cape Verde, Pillory · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Salineiro

Airports
Nelson Mandela (RAI), 13 km · Aristides Pereira (BVC), 154 km · Amílcar Cabral (SID), 212 km
  • Rabil → Salineiro
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Espargos → Salineiro
    214 km · quickest by road, 60h 34m · $21–29
  • São Pedro → Salineiro
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Salineiro

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 Salineiro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are ferry boats that have irregular service to and from the islands of Maio, Boavista, Sal and Sao Nicolau, and more regular and scheduled service to and from Sao Vicente and Fogo.
  • Get inAs of 2014, there were regular ferries from Fogo (4 hours) and Brava (just 40 min from Fogo).
  • Go nextCidade Velha, the historic capital, is an easy half-day or day trip and something not to be missed if you're interested in history.

From Wikivoyage: Praia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-02.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Santo AntãoCV

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    290 km
  2. 02
    Merzouga and Erg ChebbiMA

    8 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,684 km
  3. 03
    ChefchaouenMA

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    2,900 km
  4. 04
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    3,571 km
  5. 05
    ParamariboSR

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    3,595 km

If you know how people move in Salineiro – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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