
Santa Maria
Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, sailing and dive town · Cabo Verde
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Beds: 56 places
56 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£45 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£55 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£70 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 56 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 13 places in 5 sports
Surf · this week
Palmeira - ilha do sal · about 35 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scorePonta Preta · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSanta Maria · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
Kitesurf · this week
Kite beach · 3 km · stays here
37 out of 100Club Mistral · 0.8 km · stays here
0 out of 100
Windsurf · this week
Club Mistral · 0.8 km · stays here
5 out of 100
Sailing · this week
Club Mistral · 0.8 km · stays here
48 out of 100
Dive · this week
Palmeiro 1 · 19.9 km · stays here
79 out of 100Palmeiro 4 · 20.7 km · stays here
79 out of 100Ancora · 1.8 km · stays here
78 out of 100Santo Antao · 1.4 km · stays here
78 out of 1003 caves · 2.1 km · stays here
77 out of 100Algodoeiro · 4.1 km · stays here
77 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Santa Maria; a spot more than 10 km away stays here because Santa Maria is the nearest town with beds.
Places to eat
6 near Santa Maria
Places to eat near Santa Maria
- Chez PastisCajun and creole · in the centre
- Café Del Mar SalSeafood · 0.1 km from the centre
- Meky's Burger BarBurger · 0.1 km from the centre
- BarracudaSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
- FarolinSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
- Leonardo CafèItalian · 0.2 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 10 km from Santa Maria.
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About Santa Maria
where it is, what is near
Santa Maria is a town in Sal, Cabo Verde.
From Santa Maria you can reach 3 surf spots, 2 kitesurf spots, 1 windsurf spot, 1 sailing spot and 6 dive sites, 1 of the surf spots more than 10 km away.
The nearest is Santa Maria, a surf spot 0.1 km from the centre.
Overture lists 56 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID), 17 km away.
In Sal · Ilhas de Barlavento · Cabo Verde
- 56 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID), 17 km, Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC), 51 km, Preguiça Airport (SNE), 147 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).