In Santa Maria are some small shops.
For food & drinks there are some small supermercados, some boutiques for bath & beachwear. Not much choice.
There are not many capeverdian handicrafts available, but you can find some jewellery and other articles of local materials.
In the marquet you can find a lot of statues and other things of the african continent, especially Senegal. Nothing very special.
In Mindelo we found a shop with very special
objects and jewellery from the african continent (I'm a collector). The owner told us to open a second shop in Santa Maria very soon (in summer 2002 we saw the shop, but it wasn't still open).
Updated Jul 2, 2003
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In Santa Maria are some small shops.For food & drinks there are some small supermercados, some boutiques for bath & beachwear. Not much choice.There are not...
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Q: I am going for a week in March (region Santa maria). I wonder if there is somewhere apportunity to rent a bicycle. Also if it is...

A: 2 years ago we were in Sta. Maria. As far as I remember, there was no shop in town, where you could rent a bike. May have changed by now. Maybe bigger hotels rent them...
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