Hi Bharat,
If you plan to work or open a business in the tourism sector, Santa Maria is the tourism-focused city in Sal that may be a good place to relocate. But Sal is a tiny island (25,000 population) and has only two cities if you can call them that. I would call them small towns. One is Santa Maria, which is where all the hotels are located, and the other is Espargos where the locals live. However, Sal has very little activity outside of the tourists and hotels. In addition, prices of everything in Sal are much more expensive than elsewhere in Cape Verde because everything is so scarce there. Apartments cost 2-3 times what you would pay in Praia because the prices are driven up by the tourists and foreigners who frequent Sal.
If you are not in the tourism sector, you will not find Sal to be a good fit. I personally cannot spend more than a few days there because I would quickly be bored out of my mind.
You should instead consider Santiago (population 250,000). It has a lot more to offer expatriates. There are beaches and hotels in Santiago if you like that kind of thing.
You can get a sense of each island here on Facebook:
facebook.com/pages/Cape-Verde-Investments/171022639669682]https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cape-Verde-Investments/171022639669682[/url]
You will note that the only pictures of Sal simply show the beach (and the salt mines) because there is nothing else there.
Cheers,
Angelo
bharat kalra wrote:Dear Angelo,
Is SAL, Cape Verde is a good city to live?
Bharat