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What to do and see in Santiago, Santiago: The Best Historic Sites
Discover the best top things to do in Santiago, Cape Verde including Fortaleza Real de San Felipe, Pelourinho, Tarrafal camp, Se Catedral, Quartel Jaime Mota.
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1. Fortaleza Real de San Felipe
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 147 reviews
Overlooking Cidade Velha, approach from turning on the road from Praia.
Reviewed By anthonymU6229RS - Columbus, United States
Very nice visit and I recommend hiring the local tour guide to walk you through the fort and explain the history of the area.
2. Pelourinho
3. Tarrafal camp
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 102 reviews
Reviewed By RachaelBowers
The camp is a very evocative and oppressive place. It's deliberately hot, and you can easily imagine how awful it was for the prisoners. There is now interpretation interspersed throughout the prison buildings. You learn about the different phases of the prisons use, the awful conditions, particular politicians and doctors who terrorised the inhabitants and everyday life. There are a few artefacts linked to the camp and most powerfully, photographs of the prisoners. We struggled to get an alguer back to Tarrafal waiting by the camp but very quickly got one waiting by the roadside.
