Monte Fontainhas

Santo Antão · Cape Verde

Monte Fontainhas, Cape Verde
Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A tiny cluster of houses clinging to a knife-edge ridge above the sea, reached by a cliffside footpath that is one of the most photographed walks in Cape Verde. Terraced gardens drop away steeply toward the crashing surf below.

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