Chave d’Ouro

Mindelo


This old-fashioned 2nd-floor restaurant hasn't changed in decades. The menu has good-value classics such as cachupa (beans and corn mixed with fish or meat) and feijoada (bean stew with pork or seafood; both CVE450), and there's live music at Sunday dinners in summer.

Chave d'Ouro also has a few inexpensive guestrooms with shared bathrooms (single/double from CVE1300/1840).


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1. Centro Cultural do Mindelo

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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…

2. Mercado Municipal

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

3. Pont d'Agua

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4. Town Hall

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

5. Palácio do Povo

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

6. Museu do Mar

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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…

7. Torre de Belém

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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.

8. Fish Market

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