Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Portuguese Embassy
B2
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Senegalese Embassy
C2
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Serviço de Estrangeiros
C2
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Simão Mendes
C2
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Spanish Embassy
C2
Transport
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TACV Cabo Verde Airlines
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Festivals & Events
Carnaval
CARNIVAL
Bissau and Bubaque's Carnaval is the country's biggest party. It takes place every year in
February or early March during the week leading up to Ash Wednesday and the beginning
of Lent. Music, masks, drinking and dancing are the order of the day.
Sleeping
Bissau has a mix of accommodation for most budgets.
Pensão Creola
PENSION
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( 6633031;
www.pensaobissau.com
; Ave Domingos Ramos; s/d from CFA15,000/18,000)
Run by a know-
ledgeable Swiss-Guinean couple, this is Bissau's best budget stop. Rooms in the pretty
colonial-style villa are ideal for groups, with two or three single beds and a shared bath-
room. At the back of the house, single rooms with fans, showers and desks are housed in a
wooden extension that backs onto the garden. There's 24-hour power, but, at the time of
research, no wi-fi or air-con.
Hotel Ta Mar
HOTEL
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( 6606744; Rua 3, Bissao Velho; s/d CFA15,000/25,000; )
In the heart of the old town, the Ta
Mar occupies a Portuguese colonial building. Gloomy corridors lead to small, basic rooms
that are redeemed by lovely little balconies overlooking the cobbled streets below. Note
