Sights in Port Vila
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Nambawan Market & Café
Wholesome snacks, wireless internet access, ice creams, fresh-squeezed juices and a large range of handicrafts.
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Vila Market
Colourful and busy, Vila Market is open round-the-clock from early Monday through to noon on Saturday. Fruit and vegetables, flowers, firewood, jewellery, woodcarvings and souvenirs are in the care of ni-Van women wearing colourful Mother Hubbard dresses.
Prices are rock bottom: coconuts, pawpaws and huge grapefruit can start at around VT20; a generous slab of laplap is around VT150. Produce is seasonal - look for wild raspberries in September, mangoes in November and passionfruit from March to May. Benches at the back are for diners. The ladies cook interesting meals like herb-coated fish with rice, as you watch.
There's no bargaining. Prices are clearly marked and no on…
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National Museum of Vanuatu
The excellent National Museum of Vanuatu, in a glorious building, has a large and well-displayed selection of traditional artefacts such as tamtam (slit-gongs or slit-drums), a massive outrigger canoe, ceremonial headdresses and examples of Lapita and Wusi pottery. There are photographic displays and videos on traditional ceremonies and legends.
Temporary exhibitions have included the Silver Jubilee collection, and sculptures by Emmanuel Watt, the first local artist to have an international touring exhibition.
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Michoutouchkine & Pilioko Foundation Art Gallery
This Oceanic art gallery and artists' studio is on the way to Pango. Named after its two resident artists, Nicolai Michoutouchkine and Aloi Pilioko, it's amazingly, wildly exotic, with Pacific bric-a-brac and artefacts, including ornate carvings and masks by the master craftsmen of southern Malekula.
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Independence Park
This large playing field with a lovely old grandstand is where the Condominium was proclaimed in 1906, with the ceremonial raising of the British and French flags. For years, daily checks ensured that the Union Jack was flying at the same height as the Tricolour - so neither was upstaged!
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Waterfront
A pleasant path and grassy area follows the harbour wall behind busy Lini Hwy. No rollerbladers or skateboarders zapping past your ankles. Just a view of harbour activities and moored yachts, a kids' playground, seats and the Nambawan Market & Café.
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Iritiki Island
This small island in the harbour is connected to the mainland by a free, 24-hour ferry. Beetle across to the great restaurant, or enjoy a beer and take in the terrific view of Vila, especially at sunset.
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French Residency
On the northern side of Independence Park, the French Residency - the white building with faded red roof - is now the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Supreme Court
The grand pink building higher up the hill from the WWI memorial. It's the former Joint Court of the Condominium.
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Sacré Coeur Cathedral
Standing proud on the main street of the French Quarter is modernistic Roman Catholic Sacré Coeur Cathedral.
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British Residency
This large, wooden building on the eastern side of Independence Park is now the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Porte du Ciel
A charming little Vietnamese Roman Catholic church, designed to be semicircular in cross section.
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Georges Pompidou Building
This former French hospital now houses several government departments.
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