Bissau
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to April; carnival falls in February
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The sleepy Portuguese-Creole capital of Guinea-Bissau, where the crumbling colonial quarter of Bissau Velho meets a lively port on the Geba estuary. Its February carnival, with papier-mâché masks and island drum troupes, is the country's biggest celebration.
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