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There will be a wider choice of holidays to Cape Verde next winter when Thomson’s monopoly on direct flights comes to an end. The Cape Verde Experience will operate its own flights from Stansted and Bristol between December 2010 and March 2011. A Hamburg International Airbus A319 with 150 seats will operate the service to Boa Vista in Cape Verde, and also to Banjul in The Gambia, making twin-centre holidays with The Gambia or Senegal an attractive option.
Friday flights from Bristol will operate to Boa Vista via Banjul on the outbound leg, and on the return will be direct from Boa Vista to Bristol. Tuesday flights from Stansted will be direct to Boa Vista on the outbound leg, on the return the flight will operate via Banjul. The flight from Boa Vista to Banjul takes only one hour.
Paul Kenny, commercial manager of The Cape Verde Experience, says: “This will bring great benefit to many UK visitors, providing more choice and the convenience of regional flying. It also makes possible multi-centre holidays, combining Cape Verde with Gambia and neighbouring Senegal. The additional flights will mean better choice for holidaymakers and should also benefit hoteliers in Cape
Verde.”
Specialist tour operator, The Cape Verde Experience launches its November 2010 – October 2011 brochure this month. Sister company to The Gambia Experience and The Senegal Experience, The Cape Verde Experience completes Serenity Holidays’ West Africa ‘Experience’ Collection. Highlights of the new brochure include:
New Charter Flight from Bristol / Stansted to Boa Vista
The Cape Verde Experience is pleased to announce that it will exclusively charter its own flights to the island of Boa Vista this winter (2010/11). The tour operator will offer new weekly departures from both Bristol (Fridays) and Stansted (Tuesdays), which will operate during December 2010 - March 2011 with Hamburg International airlines. These new flights will operate via Banjul on either their outbound or inbound routes, thus allowing for single-centre holidays, as well as twin-centres with The Gambia. The Cape Verde Experience can also book seats direct to Sal or Boa Vista departing from London Gatwick, Manchester or Birmingham.
Hotel Choice on the Island of Boa Vista
The Cape Verde Experience offers four hotels on the island of Boa Vista, the island characterised by 55km of powder white sand beaches and dunes. Two hotels are based on an All Inclusive basis: the 4* Iberostar Club Boa Vista (opened Dec 09) and the 4* Royal Decameron Boa Vista.  A further two are based on bed and breakfast: the 3* Marine Club and the 3* Parque das Dunas Hotel.  All four enjoy privileged locations due to their proximity to the spectacular beaches on the island.
Island Choice and NEW Island Hopping Itinerary
The Cape Verde Experience features 15 hotels in total - ranging from 2.5 grade to 4 grade, with a variety of board options available - across six of the ten islands in the Cape Verde archipelago.
The landscapes and character of the islands can be diverse, but each reflects an exotic blend of African, Brazilian and Portuguese cultures. The Cape Verde Experience can book single-centre and twin-centre holidays, as well as island-hopping itineraries for its guests. A new island-hopping itinerary has been added to the brochure - The Colours of Cape Verde – a 14-night trip, which incorporates the islands of Boa Vista, São Vicente and Santo Antão.
A Specialist Service
With 5* AITO Sustainable Tourism status, The Cape Verde Experience produces honest and informative brochures. As part of its holiday packages, an English-speaking, local representative is contactable on each of the featured islands. This invaluable resort contact also offers advice regarding day excursions and activities.
Early Booking Offers
A number of Early Booking Offers are available, valid for holidays booked by 31 July 2010 for the travel period 01 November 2010 – 30 April 2011. These include savings of up to £75 and £150 per person on one and two-week holidays; free room upgrades; £100 savings on The Colours of Cape Verde island hopping itinerary and £50 per person savings on Cape Verde & The Gambia twin centres when departing from Bristol or Stansted.
Brochure lead-in price
This season, 7-night holidays with The Cape Verde Experience start from £699 per person. This is based on two sharing a room on a bed & breakfast board at the 3-grade Parque das Dunas Hotel on Boa Vista and includes return flights from either Stansted or Bristol. [Price based on selected February / March 2011 departures]. For more information, call The Cape Verde Experience Reservations Dept on 0845 330 2071 or visit www.capeverdeexperience.co.uk
Virtual Brochure
Click below to view a virtual copy of the new brochure:
http://www.capeverdeexperience.co.uk/SharedResources/Flash/Brochures/62132.htm
The Cape Verdean national airline TACV will add an additional two aircraft to its fleet to meet demand. The airline will also add another class, somewhere between economy and executive. TACV operates internal flights between the islands of the archipelago of Cape Verde, as well as internationally to Lisbon, Las Palmas, Paris, Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, Dakar, Boston and many more destinations. The airline carries approximately 600,000 passengers a year but has set a target of 1 million passengers by 2012.
 
Set on seven miles of white sand, the Parque das Dunas Hotel on the island of Boa Vista, renowned for its beaches and turtles, is a barefoot chic complex of apartments and bungalows clad in tropical flowers, surrounded by palms and set around a huge pool. The sea is warm and windsurfing or kitesurfing classes for youngsters can be booked on the beach. Alternatively, take a spin in a dune buggy.
• A week costs from £914 per adult, £844 per child (aged two-11) in August, including B&B, Gatwick flights and transfers with the Cape Verde Experience. 0845 330 2071
The new 2010-2011 Cape Verde Experience brochure will be available from the beginning of July but can be pre-ordered online now. The new brochure features hotels on six islands, including all-inclusive options, as well as island-hopping itineraries and twin-centre holidays with The Gambia and Senegal. New flights are also available next winter departing from Bristol and Sardinia. To pre-order a copy, click here.
The new 2010-2011 Cape Verde Experience brochure will be available from the beginning of July but can be pre-ordered online now. The new brochure features hotels on six islands, including all-inclusive options, as well as island-hopping itineraries and twin-centre holidays with The Gambia and Senegal. New flights are also available next winter departing from Bristol and Sardinia. To pre-order a copy, click here.
The islands of Cape Verde lie south of the Canaries off the coast of Senegal, West Africa. Still untouched by mass tourism and with fabulous beaches, the time to go is now, says Grazia’s associate editor Victoria Harper.
The islands of Cape Verde lie south of the Canaries off the coast of Senegal, West Africa. Still untouched by mass tourism and with fabulous beaches, the time to go is now, says Grazia’s associate editor Victoria Harper.
According to news agency Macauhub the number of tourists visiting Cape Verde has risen in the first quarter of 2010. Figures from the Survey on Movement of Guests produced by the National Statistics Institute (INE) shows that 92,000 tourists arrived in Cape Verde in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 5.5 percent on the same period of 2009. Sal is the most popular island (with 45.8% of tourists) followed by Boavista (27.2%) and the third most popular island is Santiago. Britons remained the nationality with the highest number of overnight stays (25.2%) followed by Germany (14.4%), France (9.8%), Italy (9.1%) and Portugal (9%).