Cape Verde

Over 6 hrs is long haul.
Average time to CV from Dublin ( when flights resume ) is 5 hrs 59 mins
Returning it's 5.5 hrs
( 6 + 5.5 )/ 2 = 5.75 hrs ( or 5 and 3/4 hrs ).
Scrapes in as medium haul.
Definitely wouldn't describe it as Long, long, long ( unless of course you are sat next to the fattest, smelliest person in the world on the plane ).
 
Carlos said:
Sal is 400 miles less than Dublin to Cyprus.
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This is just not true


Dublin-Larnaca is 2315 miles (Paphos on the west of the island is a little closer again)
Dublin-Sal is 2685 miles

so it's at least 370 miles further to Cape Verde than Cyprus
 
Sorry genuine mistake, i did mean 400 miles more.
I did post the right info of distance and average aircraft speed before.
But at moment these points are all irrelevant as no flights exist direct from dublin .
Apologies again
Carlos
 
can we agree that there are pro and not so pro cape verde posters here? Personally I like the canaries, particularly fuerteventura, but would only consider going there during the winter as I (and more so mrs cu) find the flight quite long at 4.5 hours and would not consider it during summer months as there are plenty of places closer to home to choose from. This is not to say that cape verde won't be a good investment or that other people don't mind a 6 hour flight to the sun.
 
cuchulainn said:
can we agree that there are pro and not so pro cape verde posters here?
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Can we agree that this thread concerns CV as an Property Investment location? If posters want to discuss what a lovely place it is to holiday in they can do so in the travel/airline section.
 
thought the whole idea of 'investment' was the owners could rent it out easily. just stating that for me ( and mr keane) the 6 hour flight ( as well as the extra price for said flight) was an offputer for basically the same holiday as available in the canaries.
 
Only that Canaries run a much higher chance of rain/lower temps...?

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This, for me, will make the extra flying time worthwhile. Have been let down with Canaries' weather before ( 2 in 4 visits ).
 
thomsk said:
Only that Canaries run a much higher chance of rain/lower temps...?

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This, for me, will make the extra flying time worthwhile. Have been let down with Canaries' weather before ( 2 in 4 visits ).
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Big deal. "Canaries run a much higher chance of rain/lower temps...? " I don't think so. The weather in the Canaries is not too good at the moment. So what do you do thomsk. Do you sit at your computer waiting fot a bit of rain and then post a comment like this.

This is the annual monthly average weather chart for the Canaries

http://www.weather.com/outlook/trav.../graph/SPXX0210?from=month_bottomnav_business

and this is the same chart for Cape Verde

http://www.weather.com/outlook/trav...limatology/monthly/graph/CVXX0001?from=search


If you want to go somewhere where there is absolutely no rain then buy something in the middle of the Sahara. Also if you have no rainfall then all the water used on the islands will either have to be imported or desalinated. Both are very expensive and there won't be too much greenery without rain.


Murt
 
Murt,
All I'm doing is making a point that I reckon it has a distinct advantage over the Canaries, from an investment point of view ( and personal ) in that good weather can be better guaranteed to prospective tenants.

Most people I know of get fed up with too many rainy days when supposedly jetting off to the sun.

As an experiment, will see what would have happened if I'd booked a fortnight in Canaries as opposed to CV this coming Easter ( leaving, say, the day before paddies day ).

Ok - may be perfect in Tenerife then? Might be not so good in CV?
Will wait and see.
Thomsk
 
CV is a lovely place by many accounts, but do posters still think that it represents a good place to make a property investment?
 
Here's how the weather is going in canaries and CV...
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and
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Only one rainy day in Tenerife- the rest good which would have been ok. CV cloudy on 2 days though - although 5/6 degrees warmer.
 

OK, so the weather is nicer in CV than in Tenerife. Now, is CV a good place to make a property investment?
 
Is it a good place for an investment?
As far as I'm concerned - yes. As far as Mr Keane is concerned - no.
Property prices have risen c. 15% in the last year, and it still has a long way to go (years until it is fully up to speed).
I still maintain that it has enormous potential - but then everyone has differing views!
 
Indeed, Carlos...
Seems it was a good enough investment for your man, Dave in the article.
Don't think he's homesick for Uk - and certainly his CV apartment gaining more capital appreciation than UK property. I'd say he sold up at that right time!
 
thomsk said:
Seems it was a good enough investment for your man, Dave in the article.
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Dave now lives in CV and is happy with his decision. I dont see any evidence in the article which indicates that CV is a good property investment location.
 
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