The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde

The most up-to-date Travel Guide to Sal available today

Three years later and now on the fourth edition, The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is still the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Sal available today.

My name is Angela Mains. I wrote the first edition of The Insider's Guide to Sal in 2006 (we're now on Edition 4.3) after I had a nightmare of a time planning my trip to Sal, Cape Verde.

At that time, there were no decent guide books available. All were out of date and had very little information on Sal. So, during my stay in Sal, I extensively researched everything; visiting the hotels, looking at the rooms, eating in the restaurants, drinking in the bars, finding out about activities & excursions and investigating all those little things about Sal that I wished I'd had the answer to before I left.

As a result, The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde was born - a practical guide book that gives you comprehensive, reliable, objective and up-to-date information to help you plan and prepare for your trip to Sal.

The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde will tell you:

• How to get to Sal, whether you are booking independently or through a tour operator

• What to do about the Cape Verde visa - do you need to get it before you go?

• All about Cape Verde money - banks, which currency to take, ways of paying and where the ATM's are

• The types of accommodation that are available in Sal and how to book them including objective reviews of over 20 hotels, B&B's and self-catering options

• The food & drink choices that are available in Sal, including objective reviews of over 30 restaurants & bars

• Where all the hotels, restaurants and other amenities are, all clearly marked on a colour map of Santa Maria

• The best way to get around Sal, on foot, by car or bus

• The options for keeping you and your family entertained - nightlife, shopping, what to see & do

• Ways to get from Sal to the other Cape Verde islands if you decide to explore further afield

• A handy guide to useful English - Portuguese words and phrases

• Dates of public holidays & festivals in Cape Verde so you know when to go - or when to avoid!

• Things to remember to pack that you can't easily get when you are there

• What the suggested vaccinations for Sal are and tips to help you keep safe & healthy whilst there

• Ways of keeping in touch with family & friends at home

Plus, there's a section on the property market in Sal that will help you if you get there and decide that you want to investigate the investment opportunity.

And no Guide would be complete without tempting photographs to give you a taster of your trip to come!

Your book [The Insider's Guide to Sal] was excellent and a very informative introduction to Sal, giving many positive reasons to visit or invest in a property in that area of the world. Your accommodation details were first class. . . CW, Wimbledon

FACT 1: The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is probably the most comprehensive guide book to Sal available today

Other guide books cover all the Cape Verde islands so you get a little information about a lot of islands. If you are only going to Sal, you want detailed information about restaurants, hotels, activities and insider's tips - specifically about Sal.

The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde gives an overview of all the Cape Verde islands as well as how to get to them from Sal. But as The Insider's Guide focuses on Sal, that is where the detail is. For example, no other guide to Sal independently reviews over 20 hotels and 30 restaurants & bars. The other guides do not compare when it comes to specific details about Sal.

Great to eventually find some decent info on at least one of the islands. . . EM, Hornchurch, Essex

 

FACT 2: The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is the most up-to-date guide book to Sal available today

In the publishing world, it can take up to six months to print a book once it has been written. So, even when the book is first available on the shelves the content is already more than six months old. This really matters in a country growing at a pace as fast as Cape Verde.

The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is different. It is the only guide to Sal to be published as an eBook. This means it is possible to update and release new editions quickly and easily. So, the content of The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is continuously researched and a new edition is launched at least twice a year.

That means the information you read is never more than a few months old. No other guide book can be kept so up-to-date.

I'm so glad I found the [Insider's] guide, there's nothing else like it - nothing that is so current anyway. We found it really useful on our holiday to Sal, the restaurant section especially was helpful in pointing us to the best places. NS, Warrington, Liverpool

 

FACT 3: The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde will save you money

The Insider's Guide to Sal is packed with practical information which will help you avoid pitfalls and save you money, like:

• Tips on saving money on flights to the Cape Verde Islands
• Reviews of all accommodation in Sal so you can book directly and negotiate your own deal
• Information on arranging your own activities in Sal so you can bypass the tour desks
• How to get the most Cape Verde currency for your pound
• And much, much more!

Let me congratulate with you with the great work you did on Sal. I was waiting for Lonely Planet to write a guide exclusively for Sal, but you did it before and you did well!AC, Madrid, Spain

 

FACT 4: The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is the only interactive guide book available

If you have a question that The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde doesn't answer, as a valuable customer you can email me and if I don't know the answer to your question, I will find it out for you, saving you the time and effort in researching it yourself.

The Insider's Guide to Sal has been invaluable in helping me organise our family holiday to Sal. Thanks very much to you as well for answering my constant stream of questions! It was a very valuable service for me - well done for offering such an innovative service. AS, London

 

FACT 5: The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde is backed with a 'No Quibble' Guarantee

If you are not happy within 30 days of receiving The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde, send me an email and I will refund your money in full - no question. So you've got nothing to lose!

 

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This is a copy of the full contents:

Introduction
How the Guide Began
Island Life

Cape Verde Overview
A Brief History of Cape Verdean Time
About the Islands
Country Facts

Before You Go
Climate
What to Take
Money
Public Holidays and Festivals
Vaccinations

Getting There and Around
International Flights
Booking Flights and Package Tours through a Travel Agent
Booking Flights Yourself
Other Ways to Get to Sal
Contacting TAP and TACV in Sal
The Visa
To and From the Airport
Island Orientation
Map of Santa Maria Town
Getting Around
Island Hopping

Places to Stay
Types of Accommodation
Booking Accommodation in Sal
Accommodation in Espargos
Accommodation in Santa Maria

Food, Drink & Fun
What to Expect
Restaurants, Bars & Nightclubs
Things to See and Do
Shopping

Practicalities When You Are There
The Lingo
Keeping in Touch with Home
Children
Holiday Health, Safety & Emergencies
Leaving the Island

You’ve Fallen in Love!
Investing in Overseas Property
Buying a Property in Sal
The Legal Process
Developers in Sal

My Photo Album
Pictures of Sal

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• MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TRIP: Know what to expect. The Insider's Guide to Sal, Cape Verde tells you everything you need to know about Sal before you get there, leaving you to simply enjoy your holiday!

• THE MOST UP-TO-DATE GUIDE TO SAL: The current edition was researched and published in July 2009. No other guide book is this current.

• IT'S RISK FREE! Remember the 'No Quibble' Guarantee - if you are not entirely happy with the eBook within 30 days of receiving it, your money will be refunded in full - no questions asked.

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