Pocket loop · 4.2 km · 60–90 minutes on foot
Bronk’s walking map of Mindelo
Everything in Mindelo is within fifteen minutes of our yellow door at Rua Franz Fanon 14. Walk it in the morning before the sun gets high, or late afternoon on your way to watch the sunset over Monte Cara.
Start here after breakfast. If I’m sitting by the ping-pong table, I’m ready to walk.
Where Cristina buys warm pão d’água and carcaça at 07:20 every morning.
White sand, turquoise water, and Monte Cara straight ahead. Best swim is before 10:00 or at 17:00.
Follow the avenue along the water. Tuna and wahoo come off the boats in the morning. I inspect from a polite distance.
Walk out onto the pontoon. In November and December, ocean yachts fill every berth before crossing the Atlantic.
Shaded benches under the trees and the kiosk at the centre. Where Mindelo comes to talk after dinner.
Two floors of papaya, mangoes, goat cheese from Santo Antão, and fresh mint. Cristina checks three stalls before buying.
Pastel colonial facades, cobblestones, and the cafés where live morna and coladeira start after 20:30.
Ten minutes downhill from our house. Leave your big bag with us, take the 08:00 boat, and come back to the same room.