Mato Raia, Santiago
#37 among attractions in Santiago
Facts and practical information
Mato Raia is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It is located about a kilometer north from the city of João Teves. In 2010 its population was 181. ()
Santiago Cape Verde
Mato Raia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Monte Tchota, Jardim Botanico, Barragem de Poilão, Pico da Antónia.
MountainMonte Tchota, Santiago
89 min walk • Monte Tchota is a mountain located in the central part of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. Its elevation is 1,041 m. It is part of the Serra do Pico de Antónia Natural Park, and lies 1.5 km southeast of Pico de Antónia, the highest point of the island.
Botanical gardenJardim Botanico, Santiago
52 min walk • The Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa is the only botanical garden in Cape Verde. The garden is located in São Jorge, in the middle of the island Santiago. Its collection focuses on endemic and native plants of Cape Verde.
Nature, Natural attraction, LakeBarragem de Poilão, Santiago
52 min walk • Barragem de Poilão is a dam located in the eastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, in the municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It impounds the stream Ribeira Seca, the island's largest river. the reservoir, used for irrigation, stretches between the villages Poilão and Levada.
Santiago's tallest mountainPico da Antónia, Santiago
94 min walk • Pico de Antónia is a mountain located in the central part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. At 1,392 m, it is the highest point of the island. The mountain is part of the protected area Parque Natural da Serra do Pico de Antónia. The towns Picos and Assomada lie close to the mountain.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainSerra do Pico da Antónia Important Bird Area, Santiago
115 min walk • The Serra do Pico de Antónia is a mountain range in the centre of the island of Santiago in the Cape Verde archipelago. It contains the Pico de Antónia, at 1,392 m the highest point of the island. It is protected as a natural park, covering 28.73 km2.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainMonte das Vacas, Santiago
165 min walk • Monte das Vacas is a mountain located in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is 2 km south of Ribeirão Chiqueiro and 8 km of the city centre of the capital Praia. Its elevation is 437 meters.
NeighbourhoodLagoas de Pedra Badejo, Santiago
140 min walk • The Lagoas de Pedra Badejo is an area of wetlands on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is a 666-hectare site comprising two coastal lagoons at the estuaries of the rivers Ribeira dos Picos and Ribeira Seca, and the entire basin of the latter, including the reservoir Barragem de Poilão.
VillageSaltos Acima, Santiago
152 min walk • Saltos Acima is a village in the northcentral part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Santa Catarina. In 2010 its population was 657. It is situated 5 km northeast of Assomada. To the north it borders on the settlement Pedra Serrado, which is in the municipality of São Miguel.
LocalityAssomada
143 min walk • Assomada is a city on the Sotavento island of Santiago in Cape Verde. Since 1912, it is the seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina, which comprises the central western part and much of the interior of the island. It is the largest city in that region.
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venueEstádio Municipal 25 de Julho, Santiago
151 min walk • Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho is a multi-purpose stadium in the town of Pedra Badejo in the municipality of Santa Cruz on the east of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, it is hundreds of meters west of the center and the Atlantic and hundreds of meters north of the old Praia-Pedra Badejo-Tarrafal highway.
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venueEstádio de Cumbém, Santiago
140 min walk • Estádio de Cumbém, also as Estádio Municipal de Cumbém is a multi-purpose stadium in the city of Assomada, seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina in the Santiago, Cape Verde and is located in the suburb of Cumbém located south of the centre, accessed with Avenida 15 de Dezembro.
São Lourenço dos Órgãos