Northern Mozambique
The former Girassol hotel, now rebranded, isn't really one of the Montebelo chain's most inspiring options and is overrated with four stars. The ugly high…
Must-see hotels in Mozambique
Mozambique
On the main EN6 road 7km east of Chimoio towards Beira, this motel-like place is an option for drivers heading through the Beira Corridor. Rooms are…
Northern Mozambique
Opposite the green mosque, Quintalinhos has a handful of comfortable, creatively designed rooms set around a small courtyard, including one with a loft,…
Northern Mozambique
At the northern end of the beach, this Italian-run place is a hub of activity, particularly with regard to kitesurfing. Lessons can be arranged at the on…
Maputo
This boutique hotel – in a convenient central location – is justifiably popular, with eight small rooms, each decorated with its own theme and set around…
Mozambique
A skyscraper by Beira standards, the 14-storey Rainbow is an easy place to find if you get lost. While the lobby's a bit bare and utilitarian, the rooms…
Mozambique
One of a growing stash of new business places in the Macuti neighbourhood, the Lunamar is more a complex than a hotel, with wide-ranging conference…
Mozambique
Worn around the edges, rather like the city it inhabits, the Tivoli has tiny rooms and even tinier bathrooms that don't justify the price tag, though it's…
Northern Mozambique
Located in a renovated 400-year-old house, the island's only backpackers is a good one. It has dorm beds upstairs and downstairs, twin and double rooms, a…
Casa Jules & Zombie Cucumber Backpackers
Southern Mozambique
This place just back from the beach road offers a quiet vibe, hammocks, bar, restaurant, tranquil gardens and helpful staff. Accommodation is in dorms or…
Northern Mozambique
Mooxeleliya (the Makua name translates roughly as, ‘Did you rest well?’) has five simple but spacious, high-ceilinged rooms upstairs and two darker, three…
Northern Mozambique
This long-standing, local-style guesthouse has small, clean rooms crowded behind the restaurant-bar area. Each room has one small double bed. While it’s…
Maputo
Centrally located just off Praça da Independência and opposite the cathedral, the 200-room Pestana Rovuma has well-appointed rooms, a small gym, a…
Southern Mozambique
With its waterside setting, chilled vibe and straightforward, good-value bungalows, Baobab Beach is a favourite with the party set. It has a popular,…
Mozambique
Far more than a hotel, the Paraíso is like a mini village, offering all manner of rooms, a newly refurbished cinema, billiard tables, a good restaurant…
Pemba
Kauri isn't technically on Wimbi Beach; it's on Nanhimbe Beach, the continuation of Wimbi to the east. Rooms are set in modern square, orange blocks right…
Northern Mozambique
Just off the main road through town, the Mtima has two classes of room: the basic variety with shared bucket bathroom, and some newer pews with air-con…
Northern Mozambique
Built on the back of Palma's gas boom, this well-appointed new hotel is aimed mainly at business people. Twelve spick-and-span rooms are arranged in smart…
Maputo
Set attractively directly on the water (although there’s no beach swimming), Southern Sun has comfortable rooms, attentive service, a small gym and a…
Southern Mozambique
This lovely, midsize boutique hotel is the place to go if you’re after an upmarket getaway. It sits in peaceful, manicured grounds about 500m north of…
Northern Mozambique
At the far northern end of the beach, nZuwa offers a rustic, undone Mozambique beach paradise where comfort doesn't have to be compromised. It's all palm…
Mozambique
This recently renovated Portuguese-owned place has modern, dare we say funky rooms done out with sparkling tiles, although most only have interior windows…
Southern Mozambique
This good budget place is in the centre of Tofo, just north of the market and just back from the beach. It has various simple reed-and-thatch rooms in the…
Mozambique
This recently renovated option puts on a good show, with tastefully decorated if small rooms equipped with water bottles, kettle, assorted toiletries and…
Residencial Duqueza de Connaught
Maputo
This lovely, quiet, eight-room boutique hotel is in a restored home with polished wood, linen bedding and spotless rooms. Meals can be arranged with…
Southern Mozambique
About 1.5km north of the junction where the road from the EN1 joins the sandy coastal track is the unassuming Sylvia Shoal, with shaded campsites, a…
Southern Mozambique
This is a lovely place, with thatched A-frame chalets set around a spacious, green, grassy compound directly overlooking the sea. Each chalet has an open…
Northern Mozambique
Newly opened in 2016, the Chambo hosts three simple but beautifully sited bamboo bungalows right on the beach beside Lake Niassa. On offer are meals, a…
Maputo Special Reserve
This basic but beautiful beachside campground is at Ponta Milibangalala, about 35km east of the Futi entrance gate along a deep-sand access road. You'll…
Northern Mozambique
The butik (boutique) suggestion is probably stretching it, but this relatively new 21-room hotel is a comfortable and functional place to stay in the…
Mozambique
This popular hotel opposite Praça dos Heróis has two levels of motel-style rooms arranged around a central pool and restaurant. It's nothing to look at…
Mozambique
One of numerous guesthouse options in the Ponta Gêa neighbourhood, Aulio's looks good from the outside and keeps up the image inside with large, clean…
Maputo
This three-star establishment in the upper part of town has small but well-appointed rooms with TV, plus good service and facilities, a business centre, a…
Maputo
The pluses at this tidy, whitewashed establishment are its aesthetics and its convenient central location. Rooms – most clustered around the pool in a…
Maputo
This place, in a quiet corner of Sommerschield, has well-appointed rooms and apartments (‘chalets’) set in expansive, manicured, enclosed gardens. There’s…
Mozambique
This intimate residential-style B&B in the shady Ponta Gêa area has large, characterful rooms with mini fridge, TV and laundry service. No meals (apart…
Pemba
Clean, modern rooms (the best are the spacious ‘suites’), none with nets and all with bathroom and TV, are on offer here. It’s at the start of the Wimbi…
Northern Mozambique
A Dutch-Mozambican-run guesthouse with three very characterful rooms that reflect the hybrid personality of Mozambique Island. Rooms are spacious and…
Mozambique
This attractive guesthouse is a dark horse on the accommodation scene, tucked away on a side street in the city centre. Quiet rooms out the back are large…
Maputo
Opposite the Natural History Museum, and on the clifftop overlooking the bay, this 130-room hotel is a Maputo classic, with good service, well-appointed…
