Are Euros, Escudos or Travellers cheques best?
A. If you are travelling to Cape Verde it pays to know which form of money works best. Euro’s – work fine on Sal but are not widely accepted across all the islands. Also the Euros are classed as 100 Escudos. Therefore, as the exchange rate is actually 110.265 – you are losing over 10% of the value of your money. Travellers cheques are usually exchanged into Euro’s. You may not find exchange places readily available across the islands. By far the best way is to change up monay to local currency. It is straight forward at banks and there are cash machines available on most of the islands which will dispense Escudos. (Cirrus & Maestro Cards).
