The bay is the reason the village exists. A near-perfect crescent of dark sand and water, ringed by basalt cliffs that fall straight into the Atlantic, it is the most photographed view on Brava and one of the most striking in Cape Verde. The houses run in a single line along the shore, painted in faded colours, with the green slopes of the interior rising sharply behind.
Swimming is good in the centre of the bay where the sand bottom shelves gently. The current strengthens at the headlands. Local fishermen launch wooden boats from the beach in the early morning and return mid-afternoon — buy a fish off the sand if you are cooking your own dinner.