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Travel to Cape Verde

Flying to Cape Verde

The national airline is TACV (www.tacv.cv) which offers flights from several European cities. Information on international and internal flights, and flight tickets may be obtained from Cape Verde Travel, TACV's agent in the UK (tel: +44 1964 536 191, in the UK; www.capeverdetravel.com). Astraeus (www.flyastraeus.com) operates direct charter flights from the UK.

Flight times:

From London to Lisbon (Portugal) is 2 hours and from Lisbon to Sal is 4 hours; from Boston to Sal is 7 hours.

Departure tax:

None.

Getting to Cape Verde by boat

Mindelo and Praia are the principal ports. São Vicente is served by passenger and cargo ships, but sea services are not frequent and may be costly.

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