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Base Backpackers $
( 82-452 6860, 21-302723; thebasebp@tvcabo.co.mz; 545 Avenida Patrice Lumumba;
dm/d Mtc350/900; )
Small, but popular and often full, with a convenient, quiet location
on the edge of the baixa
.
It has a kitchen, backyard bar, terrace and
braai
(barbecue) area
with views to the port in the distance. Via public transport from Junta, take a 'Museu'
chapa
to the final Museu stop, from where it's a short walk.
BACKPACKERS
Hotel Pestana Rovuma $$$
HOTEL
(
21-305000;
www.pestana.com
; 114 Rua da Sé; s/d from Mtc5580/6192;
)
Centrally located just off Praça da Independência and opposite the cathedral, the
200-room Pestana Rovuma has well-appointed rooms, a small gym, a business centre and
a selection of shops and boutiques downstairs. It's run by the Pestana Group, and offers
package excursions from Johannesburg that include its sister hotels on Inhaca Island and
in the Bazaruto Archipelago.
Hotel Tivoli $$$
( 82-319 3130, 21-307600;
www.tdhotels.com
; 1321 Avenida 25 de Setembro; s/d from
US$170/202; )
Completely renovated, this hotel in the baixa offers small, slick,
modern rooms and a gym.
HOTEL
Hotel Santa Cruz $$
( 21-303006, 21-303004;
www.teledata.mz/hotelsantacruz
; 1417 Avenida 24 de Julho;
s/d with shared bathroom Mtc1000/1600, d/ste Mtc1850/2220; )
This long-standing
place offers basic, decent rooms in a nondescript high-rise near the corner of Avenida
Amilcar Cabral. It's not optimal for solo women travellers.
HOTEL
Hotel Tamariz $$
( 21-428608; Rua Consiglieri Pedroso; r Mtc1500; )
This is one of the cheapest,
most reliable bets on a busy, noisy street in the heart of the baixa. Rooms are basic but ac-
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