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(dishes CFA2000-4000; 7am-11pm)
This pleasant spot by the main market has outdoor seating
under a thatched roof, a friendly atmosphere and good food, including a nightly buffet.
Check what's available - the lunchtime menu can be limited.
Relais de la Porte Mayo
FRENCH
$$
(dishes CFA4000-8000; 7am-11pm)
For upscale dining, this is Maroua's best option, popular
with the local French community. The restaurant has great French options, including a
good-value daily set meal. Tables are scattered around outside in the charming garden.
Information
If your hotel doesn't have wi-fi try
Braouz
(internet per hr CFA750)
.
For medical emergencies, try Meskine Hospital, southwest of town off the Garoua road.
Maroua's banks can be reluctant to change even cash euros. If the main banks won't
help, try CCA Bureau de Change next to SGBC Bank. The latter also has an ATM, as
Getting There & Away
Flights with
Camair.Co
connect Maroua with Douala via Yaoundé (CFA115,000 to both
cities) three times a week. The airport is 20km south of town along the Garoua road
(CFA3000 in a chartered taxi, if you can find one).
Touristique Express and Alliance Voyages have several daily buses to Garoua
(CFA2500, 2½ hours) and N'Gaoundéré (CFA6000, eight hours). You can book tickets for
the N'Gaoundéré-Yaoundé train here at the same time. Several other bus agencies operate
along the N'Gaoundéré route, with depots on the same road; Star Express in the town
centre is also good.
Plentiful transport to Mokolo (CFA1000, 1½ hours) and less frequently to Rhumsiki
(CFA2000, around three hours) departs from Carrefour Parrah in Djarangol at the south-
ern end of town.
Transport to Kousséri for the Chad border (CFA3500, five hours) departs from the
gare
routière
on Maroua's eastern edge. Minibuses to Banki for the Nigerian border (CFA2000,
two hours) also depart from here.
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