Pensão Mar Tranquilidade

Santo Antão


The Pensão Mar Tranquilidade offers lovely stone-and-thatch cottages as well as good meals and all kinds of activities.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Santo Antão attractions

1. Fish Market

21.62 MILES

The city's photogenic fish market lies just beyond Torre de Belém, with a jetty right behind it where fishermen unload their daily catch.

2. Torre de Belém

21.63 MILES

Jutting out into the harbour is the fortresslike Torre de Belém – a Disney World version of the 15th-century tower that guards Lisbon's port.

3. Museu do Mar

21.63 MILES

Inside the Torre de Belém, Mindelo's most intriguing museum gives an overview of São Vicente's history, from the island's role in the triangular trade to…

4. Pont d'Agua

21.63 MILES

With its modern glass and concrete constructions, this swank new complex looks and feels more like the south of France than Cabo Verde. Dotted with palm…

5. Centro Cultural do Mindelo

21.64 MILES

Inside the old customs house, the cultural centre houses changing exhibitions of local arts and culture and has a tiny shop selling local crafts, music…

6. Town Hall

21.72 MILES

Mindelo's photogenic câmara municipal (town hall) dates from the mid-19th century.

7. Mercado Municipal

21.73 MILES

The restored two-storey food market from 1784 is a great place to see sweet-talking vendors hawking local produce and medicinal herbs.

8. Palácio do Povo

21.79 MILES

This cheery pink colonial confection and former government building today hosts changing exhibitions. Currently, its rooms are given over to a long…