This is the island to which tourist are least likely to go. It is one of the three flat islands and lacks the development of Sal and the generous supply of beatiful dunes and oases of boavista. It has gripping walking. But it is this quiet that attracts some people - there are some levely white and lonely beaches. Surprisingly, there is at least one hotel serving excellent food. There is the biggest acacia plantation of the archipelago - and the trees are mature and green. For naturalists there are turtles in the summer and some interesting birds, particulary seabirds on the Ilheu Laje Branca of the north off the island.
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