Praia
Praia — literally "Beach" in Portuguese — is Cape Verde's capital and busiest city. While it's maybe not comparable to a western metropolis, with a population of only about 159,050 (2017), one in four Cape Verdeans call the city home and the city is an important thoroughfare for international visitors to the archipelagic country. Wikivoyage
Population 159,050 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Cape Verde
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Arquivo Historico Nacional Museum · 600 m - Art Gallery Tutu SOUSA Gallery · 300 m
- Homem de Pedra Monument · 410 m
- Museo de Arqueologia Museum · 480 m
- Estatua Diogo Gomes Attraction · 760 m
- Sunday Market Attraction · 850 m
- Sala-Museu Amílcar Cabral Museum · 920 m
- Miradouro do Cruzeiro Viewpoint · 990 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.