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Fontainhas Village

Fontainhas Village

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Fontainhas Village

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Location: Cape Verde

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1. View of Ponta do Sol – View of Fontainhas loop from Ponta do Sol

11.1km

03:46

540m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Mandelkern

February 23, 2018

Two clever ideas make the inhabitants of Fontainhas "smart farmers".
Once the much-branched irrigation system. Small levadas bring water from sources in the back valley area to the cisterns, from which banana plantations and sugar cane fields are irrigated.
The other idea is the narrow, stacked terraced narrow fields. The "poios" - as they are called - were not carved into the rock, but "glued to the slope like bird nests". In other words, first of all retaining walls are erected, then the terraces are filled with fertile, muddy ground

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Bikematz

March 12, 2019

beautiful colorful coastal village on the trail from Ponte de Sol to Cruzinho
National Geograghic says: one of the villages in the world with the most beautiful views

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Wanderhase🐰

May 9, 2024

Fontainhas is a beautifully colored settlement in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão. It is located near the rocky north coast of the island, 2 km southwest of Ponta do Sol and 19 km north of the island's capital Porto Novo. The settlement includes the smaller villages of Corvo and Forminguinhas, about 1 km west of Fontainhas. The view is magnificent even from afar.

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Distance 1.45 km

Uphill 90 m

Downhill 130 m

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