Maputo
With its Mediterranean-style architecture, flame-tree-lined avenues, sidewalk cafés and waterside setting, Maputo is easily one of Africa’s most attractive capitals.
With its Mediterranean-style architecture, flame-tree-lined avenues, sidewalk cafés and waterside setting, Maputo is easily one of Africa’s most attractive capitals.
Mozambique’s second-largest city is as famed for its steamed crabs and prawns as for its tawdry nightlife.
Central Mozambique doesn’t draw the tourist crowds, but it’s a convenient transit zone for travel to/from Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Northern Mozambique is one of the continent’s last wild frontiers – rugged and challenging for travel, except for a few oases of island luxury.
The main draw of the sunny seaside town of Pemba is long Wimbi (also spelled Wimbe) beach, 5km down the coast.
Vilankulo is Mozambique’s foremost holiday destination, and the gateway for visiting the nearby Bazaruto Archipelago.
Fantastic beaches, heaped plates of prawns, good tourism infrastructure, and easy road and air access make the southern coast Mozambique’s most popular destination, and an easy introduction to the country.
Tiny reed houses and pastel-coloured colonial mansions rub shoulders among the palm trees on tiny Ilha de Moçambique (Mozambique Island), the former capital of Portuguese East Africa.
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