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Sucupira Market (Santiago)

The guide was updated: 2024-03-13

At the foot of the central area of Platô in Praia stands a large market (perhaps more of an agglomeration of stalls) selling everything from clothes, shoes and accessories to furniture and home decor items, and even live farm animals. It is a colourful and lively place and always makes for an interesting visit.

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Address: Sucupira, Praia
Opening hours: Daily 9am–6pm

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Djunta Mo Art (Sal)

Djunta Mo Art (Sal)

Djunta Mo Art is one of the premier handicraft shops in Cape Verde, offering tasteful and elegant handbags, scarves, trinkets, jewellery and home decor with vibrant colours and impeccable designs. All their products are fair trade and sustainable, directly benefiting local artisans.

Mercado Municipal Mindelo (São Vicente)

Mercado Municipal Mindelo (São Vicente)

You might think that from the outside it looks more like a museum than a market, but it is, in fact, the municipal market of the city of Mindelo, a vibrant, colourful and meticulously kept space filled wall to wall with the freshest island produce and the smiling faces selling them.

Capvertdesign+Artesanato (São Vicente)

Capvertdesign+Artesanato (São Vicente)

Capvertdesign+Artesanato is no ordinary souvenir shop. Within its walls, you can find Cape Verdean photography and coffee table books, typical home design items and decorations, art, glasswork, and traditional musical instruments. Every product sold here has a refined and elegant taste about it, making it perhaps the best place in the country for gifts and mementoes.

Sucupira Market (Santiago)

Sucupira Market (Santiago)

At the foot of the central area of Platô in Praia stands a large market (perhaps more of an agglomeration of stalls) selling everything from clothes, shoes and accessories to furniture and home decor items, and even live farm animals. It is a colourful and lively place and always makes for an interesting visit.

Municipal Market of São Filipe (Fogo)

Municipal Market of São Filipe (Fogo)

At the edge of São Filipe's modern neighbourhood, Bila Baxo, right next to the main square of Praça Francisco de Assis, lies the city market, a lively place where visitors can purchase locally-produced products, such as cheese, coffee, wine and Cape Verde's typical exotic jams, as well as freshly-caught fish.

Praia Shopping (Santiago)

Praia Shopping (Santiago)

Praia Shopping is a modern and sleek shopping centre in the south of Praia full of all the amenities one would expect from a shopping mall, including high-end fashion shops, department stores, cafés and restaurants, including international options.

Supermercados Calu e Angela (Santiago)

Supermercados Calu e Angela (Santiago)

Supermercados Calu e Angela, which has several locations throughout the city of Praia, is a large and modern supermarket that carries a host of imported international products, as well as local items and specialities, like wine, cheese and other kinds of produce.

L'Alambic Cabo Verde (Sal)

L'Alambic Cabo Verde (Sal)

L'Alambic is a little boutique selling gifts, arts, and typical Cape Verdean products, including grogue (cane juice rum), punch and different flavoured liquors, such as banana, chocolate and tamarind, as well as coffee and other natural products.

Pérola Do Sal (Sal)

Pérola Do Sal (Sal)

Pérola Do Sal is a fine boutique that sells jewellery and home decor items with original design ideas, creatively using precious stones, pearls, shells and other natural materials from the islands.

Art D’Cretcheu (São Vicente)

Art D’Cretcheu (São Vicente)

Art D’Cretcheu takes great pride in being the oldest fair trade arts and crafts shop in Cape Verde. All of their items are handmade by artists and artisans from the archipelago's nine islands, including wicker baskets, clay figurines, local liquors, artwork, and much more.

Mitu Monteiro Shop (Sal)

Mitu Monteiro Shop (Sal)

World-champion kite-surfer (and three-time world vice-champion) and Cape Verde native Mitu Monteiro has opened his own surf shop in Santa Maria, selling his own line of fantastic surf gear, clothes and accessories, as well as boards and everything else needed to ride the waves.

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