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| Best Places in Bissau: | | Bissau Velho, Prison (with pink flowers painted on its front), Porto Pidjiguiti, Mercado de Bandim, The presidential palace, Fortaleza d'Amura, Mausoleum of national hero Amilcar Cabral, Museu Etnografico Nacional, French Cultural Center | |
| Additional Information | | Population : 407,424 | |
Airport - Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (IATA: OXB, ICAO: GGOV) is an airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. It is the only international airport in the country. There are direct flights Lisbon-Bissau with TAP every friday, returning same day. There is a daily Air Senegal flight from Dakar, Senegal to Bissau and back.
Shopping - Wood carvings - Try the Centro Artistico Juvenil, close to "Chapa de Bissau" with fixed prices and no need to bargain - or the market in front of Pensao Central (here you'll need to bargain). Hand woven textiles - Good shop underneith Pensao Central selling textiles from NGO in Quinhamel - or at the Bandim Market. Tingueno in Bairro de Belem has a little shop selling high-quality wall-calendars and postcards with Guinea Bissau motives as well as locally produced baskets, marmalade, rice, spices, palm oil etc. Ponto de Encontro has a large selection of quality DVDs.
Hotels
Hotel Bissau Palace - Av 14 de Novembro, Plack Bissau, 372 Bissau, 00 245 664 3000
Hotti - Avenida 14 de Novembro, Bissau 1602, +(245)251225
Residencial Coimbra - Av. Am. Cabral CP. 108, Bissau,+(245) 21 3467
Hotel Ta-Mar - 9/B, Rua 3 - CP. n.121, Bissau, (245) 20 6647
Hotel Sheraton Bissau - Avenida 14 de Novembro, 1602 Bissau, (+245) 25.1251
Cafe\Restaurants
Creola - Praca Che Guevara, Bissau, 6611660
Dona Fernanda - Santa Luzia, Bissau, 6604942
Dragon - Rua Domingos Ramos, Bissau, 6770077
Papa Louca - Avenida 14 de Novembro, Bissau, 6634655
BifanaÒs Gold - Aeroporto Osvaldo Vieira (1 piso), Bissau, 6604312 | |
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