A country · 17 places · 3 regions
Guinea-Bissau, all of it.
17 curated places across 3 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
Guinea-Bissau reads below in 3 chapters — Sul Province, Bissau Autonomous Sector and Norte Province — in any order you like.
Chapter I · Sul Province · 5 places
Sul Province
The main gateway island of the Bijagós archipelago, connected to Bissau by a weekly ferry and small boats. A single sandy town gives way to forest paths and the long surf beach of Bruce at the island's southern tip, with simple lodges in between.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Bissau Autonomous Sector · 4 places
Bissau Autonomous Sector
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.
✦ November to April; carnival falls in February · $
Chapter III · Norte Province · 2 places
Norte Province
A historic river port that was one of the earliest Portuguese trading posts in West Africa and a hub of the slave trade. Its old fort still stands above the mangrove-lined Cacheu River.
Regions of Guinea-Bissau
Every place in Guinea-Bissau
