Trou aux Cerfs – a dormant volcano in Mauritius just above Curepipe. It’s cooler up there compared to Port Louis about 30kms away. It could become active – experts estimate – in the next thousand years. It’s a tourist attraction, one most tourists get to while visiting the island.
Sagres, Algarve, Portugal. Boasts the most southwestern point of Europe. As Wikipedia very kindly says:
Sagres is located in the extreme southwest of continental Europe, and marked by two geomorphological structures: the Cape St. Vincent and Sagres Point, which establish a transition between the eastern coastal and meridional zones. (Wikipedia)
Population less than 2 000 people – my kind of place. Sleepy fishing villages with more restaurants and coffee shops per capita than any other place I have visited.
Also home to local fishermen and an itinerant and seasonal community of hippies, surfers (amazing surf spots), and anyone that wants to drop out of society for a while. As I said, my kind of place.
From Lisbon by car it’s about two hours on the highway; three or more hours on the scenic route (I recommend this one with many stops for lunch, coffee, tea and many photos :)); a 1-hour plane trip to Faro then a car to Sagres; or two trains and a taxi ride. Take your pick but just get there.
Mozambican-born Portuguese South African; reflecting on travel, writing, editing, life, family and change that has social impact; chief wide eyed in wanderer, wonderer and bottlewasher
