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Santa Maria - the market - Cape Verde
Santa Maria - the market
by Joan58
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Local crafts: Not much to buy
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  • tere1
  • By tere1 on July 17, 2006
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  • Santa Maria do Sal is a very small and modest village. There are no good shops, so if you are after shopping, forget it! You can though buy some local crafts, necklaces, bracelets there. Many people from senegal also go to the beach and try to sell them.

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    Pottery
    1Kwan
  • Updated By 1Kwan on July 16, 2003
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  • In Rabil there's a working pottery. You can take some souvenirs there. The hotel have the same pieces but but it's nicer to visit the pottery.

    Insignificant in the small pieces.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: In the upper zone. It's the last house.
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    Account managers on the beach :-)
    mauro_pd
  • By mauro_pd on September 29, 2002
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  • These are not shops, these are expert Account Managers running the beach up & doen the whole day trying to sell you some local handcrafts :-)
    Actually sometimes u think u prefer not to have these guys but if u realize the condition they live u can easily understand why they "disturb" you.

    Local handcrafts made of wood, turtles, hyppos, neck chain ...

    Always bargain

  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: Just sit on the beach and wait, they'll reach you
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    The market of Santa Maria: Many things to buy
    Joan58
  • By Joan58 on April 6, 2003
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  • Santa Maria - the market - Cape Verde
    Santa Maria - the market
    by Joan58
    The best place where you can go shopping is in Santa Maria, on the Ilha do Sal. Santa Maria is the most tourist place, so you'll find many things to buy. Here there are many shops and a little open market.

    The open market is full of wood carvings, paintings, African masks, batiks, bongos and necklaces, bracelets...and it is also full of people...as you can see in the picture.

    Bargain over the price. Santa Maria is the most expensive place of Cape Verde, but here you can find a fine range of goods.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Ilha do Sal - on the main street in Santa Maria
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