Island of Cape Verde

Sao Nicolau

São Nicolau is one of the Barlavento (Windward) islands of Cape Verde.

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Every way there

São Pedro → Sao Nicolau
191 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · R$75–95
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Espargos → Sao Nicolau
6088 km · quickest by air, 17h 27m · $1,140–1,730
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Rabil → Sao Nicolau
10793 km · quickest by air, 26h 24m · €1,620–2,450
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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.

The field note

What is in and around Sao Nicolau, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Sao Nicolau has

YScheduled flightsSão Pedro (VXE), 87 km
YTrains and coachesTransitous carries 8 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
YFerriesferry terminal, 6 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

16.615°, -24.271°

It is located between the islands of Santa Luzia and Sal. Its population is 12,424 (2015), with an area of 343 km2 (132 sq mi). The main towns are Ribeira Brava and Tarrafal de São Nicolau.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: H. Zell (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.