Maio continues to be a quiet island with little tourism and an extense interior. While in the north, seawater spilled meadows and dunes create a very special environment, in the center the absence of rain is responsable for a virtually complete absence of vegetation. In the west, acacia forests make the island one of the most important wood producers in Cape Verde.
For excursions, a good map is needed.

Advanced mapping technology facilitates reading.

Altitudes and surface structure are shown by curves, coloured layers and shadowing.

Hiking tracks are numbered and there will be a corresponding guide-book in future. Where hiking trails make use of periphery forest roads, those are marke accordingly.

City-maps show urban facilities like hospitals, markets and historical buildings:

• Vila do Maio

The Legend is in four languages:

• Italian
• English
• Portuguese
• German