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Praia in 3 days

The Plateau on the first morning, the beach in the afternoon of the second, the market before the airport on the last; taxis for every leg down the hill, and the last day ends with the bags already in the car.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

4km

default plan, all days

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Days
Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Plateau: square and museum, a 12:30 lunch table

EasyLow time risk~1.4 km (0.9 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Museu Etnográfico da Praia by 11:50 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

75 min of buffer left.

  1. 08:00–08:04Walk to the square
  2. 08:04–08:39Praça Alexandre Albuquerque
  3. 08:39–08:42Walk across the square
  4. 08:42–09:12Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Graça
  5. 09:12–09:19Walk north-east across the Plateau
  6. 09:19–10:19Museu Etnográfico da Praia
  7. 10:19–10:27Walk to lunch
  8. 10:27–12:30Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (Plateau)
  9. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (Plateau)hard

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Praça Alexandre Albuquerque → Café on the Plateau (shade, field-verify) (2′, then 7′ p90 to the anchor)
  • heat Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Graça → Café on the Plateau (shade, field-verify) (3′, then 7′ p90 to the anchor)
  • heat Museu Etnográfico da Praia → Café on the Plateau (shade, field-verify) (6′, then 7′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?

DFL 1.4 = PFL 1.4 + OFL 0 · walk 1.4 km (0.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 75′ · relax L0 · yield 17 · option value 2.23

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 20′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin +18 min; +CVE 0.

trace: generated 12 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 2500519338 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 13:00–16:00; the Plateau at sunset if energy allows.

Day 2 — Prainha beach in the morning, cachupa back on the Plateau

EasyLow time risk~2.1 km (1.3 mi) walkno long stairsCVE 550 taxi
  1. 08:30–08:55Walk down the steps and back roads
  2. 08:55–11:25Prainha beach
  3. 11:25–11:31Short taxi along the coast
  4. 11:31–13:01Quebra Canela beach
  5. 13:01–13:12Taxi back up to the Plateau
  6. 13:12–14:27Cachupa lunch on the Plateau

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi CVE 250 (Short taxi along the coast) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi CVE 300 (Taxi back up to the Plateau) — saves walking and transfers.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Prainha beach → Beach bar terrace at Prainha (field-verify) (2′)
  • heat Quebra Canela beach → Beach bar terrace at Prainha (field-verify) (14′)
Why this route?

DFL 3.1 = PFL 2.1 + OFL 1 · walk 2.1 km (1.3 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 15.3 · option value 1.25

trace: generated 24 · rejected none · frontier 4 · seed 2500519338 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: dinner in Palmarejo by taxi; book the ride back before you go.

Day 3 — Sucupira market, car to the airport at 12:00

EasyLow time risk~0.9 km (0.6 mi) walkno long stairsCVE 250 taxi

leave byLeave Cachupa refogada, Sucupira market by 11:15 to keep the 12:00 boarding.

51 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Sucupira market stays under 51 min.

  1. 08:00–08:09Walk north across the Plateau
  2. 08:09–09:09Sucupira market
  3. 09:09–09:12Walk to the market canteens
  4. 09:12–10:12Cachupa refogada, Sucupira market
  5. 10:12–10:18Taxi back to the hotel for the bags
  6. 10:18–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Praia airport
  7. 12:00–13:00Car to the airport at 12:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi CVE 250 (Taxi back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Sucupira market → Café on the Plateau (shade, field-verify) (5′)
Why this route?

DFL 1.4 = PFL 0.9 + OFL 0.5 · walk 900 m (0.6 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 51′ · relax L1 · yield 12 · option value 0.67

Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 26′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -68 min; -CVE 200.

trace: generated 12 · rejected none · frontier 4 · seed 2500519338 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Airport: allow 2.5 h before an international departure.

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