Praia da Varandinha

Praia da Varandinha

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Praia da Varandinha
Praia da Varandinha
Location within Cape Verde
Location Southwestern Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Coordinates 16°03′10″N 22°57′41″W / 16.0527°N 22.9613°W / 16.0527; -22.9613
Access dirt roads
Beach length 2 km

Praia da Varandinha, is a beach on the southwest coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde[1] Neighboring beaches are Praia de Chave in the north and Praia de Santa Mónica in the south.

The beach forms a part of a protected area commonly known as the Morro de Areia Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural de Morro de Areia) which covers 2,585 hectares and bounds up to around 300 meters within the shoreline as it is being a marine reserve, the reserve is named after the nearby hill.[2]

It is considered as a paradisiacal beach, located between the rocks that split the extended sandy beach and a small size.[3] The area has recently have good conditions and offers boating and surfing.

In the area of the beach is a point named Ponta Varandinha. Between the rocky formations within the beach, it also features a natural cave with a view of the sea known as Bracona.

Roads, dirt ones being non-existent in the area makes it hard to access the beach, the area being isolated and receives an atmosphere that has been unharmed.[4]

The beach was first named as "Praya da Varandinha", which was the Middle Portuguese name used up to the 1911 Orthography Reform made by Portugal which removed the y and became replaced with an i.[5], but in Cape Verdean Creole, the older form continued to be used up to the mid-20th century and possibly continues in Boa Vista Creole.

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References

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  1. ↑ "Ilha da Boa Vista, banhos de sol be mar" [Boia Vista Island, Sun Baths and Sea] (in Portuguese). Wordpress. 25 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Protected Areas of Cape Verde" (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ http://www.portugalcaboverde.com/news_detail.php?id=245
  4. ↑ "Ilha da Boa Vista os últimos dias no paraíso" [Boa Vista Island: The Last Days in Paradise]. travel.biz (in Portuguese).
  5. ↑ "Relatório das Bases da Reforma Ortográfica" (PDF). Diário de Governo. 12 September 1911.
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