Niamey is the capital of Niger, home to around 1,323,691 people.
Best time
The dry season for the most comfortable travel
Weather
Largely warm year-round with distinct wet and dry seasons
Musée National Boubou-Hama and Zoo
Cathedral de Maorey
Local favourites
Le Gawlo senegalese restaurant
Serves excellent senegalese dishes (not the fatty, oil-saturated dishes that you often find) for CFA 1,500, They also offer a range of natur
Baobab Senegalese Restaurant
Favourites include sauce d’arachide (peanut sauce) for CFA 800 including beef (more for chicken or fish), yassa (onion-based Senegalese spec
Fast Food de L’Année
Delicious hamburgers for CFA 800 or teazburgers (cheeseburgers) for CFA 1,400. Probably the best burgers (stuffed with fries) in town. They
Ghanaian Restaurant
Try the fufu, delicious at CFA 500/bowl, generous meat portions are extra. Or, if you are feeling adventurous, try the bonkou which is ferme
Grande Marché Hide-away
From Grande Marché’s Porte Principal (main entrance), head away from the marché. On your left, tucked in amongst other shops and hidden behi
Le Bar Snob
Delicious and cheap food. Run by a woman of Asian descent. Call ahead the day before and order the Chinese soup (20.73.24.83). Ask a taxi fo
Tourist favourites & top-rated
Homeland Hotel
Good sized rooms in good condition as this hotel opened in 2004, though no river views and no swimming pool.
Hotel Les Roniers
Traditional cottages with thatched roofs, though a great deal more upscale than the locals residences set in a pretty garden, with a good re
Hotel Masaki
Nice rooms, good music some nights, and great bar food. Run by a French man and his Nigerien wife. Attached gallery also has some interestin
Hotel Maourey
Centrally located at Rond Point Maourey, this hotel has aircon, running water, a nice terrace, and a somewhat worn down look. Still one of t
Hotel Oasis