Maputo is the capital of Mozambique, home to around 1,254,837 people.
Best time
The dry season for the most comfortable travel
Weather
Largely warm year-round with distinct wet and dry seasons
Tunduru Botanical Gardens
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Saint Anthony Catholic Church
Museum of the Revolution
Tunduru Botanical Gardens
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Saint Anthony Catholic Church
Mostly free or pay-what-you-like — always double-check opening times and any seasonal fees before you go.
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Local favourites
Cantinho do Brasil
Good Brazilian snacks and feijoada. A good place to enjoy a snack, good coffee and good internet.
Mercado Janeta
Many food stalls inside the market with a standard roster of dishes, consisting of a lot of starch, a piece of meat, and a lot of sauce. For
Mamma Mia
Mozambican and Italian dishes, all very tasty. Slightly more expensive than Gracianna.
Mimmos
Mostly Italian menu. Tuesday features half-price pizza (takeout only) and commensurately long waits. Second location on Av. Vlademir Lenine
Piri Piri
Serves grilled chicken and also very good prawns. Famous, and in a posh location; the chicken also costs twice as much as it would from a ta
Mercado do Peixe
The fresh fish market. You chose you own prawns, clams, crab, Grouper, Coral and Rock cod, Squid and a galaxy of other tropical fish still f
Tourist favourites & top-rated
Massala Beach Resort
All rooms equipped with air-conditioning, Private toilet and shower, DSTV and refrigerator. Some of its facilities and services are restaura
Pestana Inhaca Lodge
Malagueta Inn
This is in a good location downtown 1 block south of the Palacios dos Casamentos among skyscrapers and restaurants. Has balcony and lots of
Macaneta Holiday Resort
Like an African eco-friendly budget beach resort wedged between the surf and Incomati River, with pool and restaurant, for when you want to
Polana Serena Hotel
The grande dame of Maputo hotels, a colonial era masterpiece by Sir Herbert Baker, famed South African architect (who also did the Mount Nel