Timor Backpackers

Top choice in Dili


Offering fine facilities and a chilled-out ambience, plus sunrise and sunset views from the beach across the road, this diving-school hostel has plenty going for it. If you can splash out, opt for one of the dark but stylish apartments (with kitchenette) set around the pool, which are good value if shared. Grab a post-dive beer and feed at Castaway upstairs.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Dili attractions

1. Farol

0.6 MILES

This photogenic lighthouse beams northwest of Dili's seaport.

2. Igreja de Santo António de Motael

0.76 MILES

This waterfront Catholic church, fronted by a pretty garden, was one of the most important places in the story of the fight for Timorese independence…

3. Santa Cruz Massacre Memorial Monument

0.84 MILES

This sizeable monument opposite Motael Church marks where independence supporter Sebastião Gomes was shot by Indonesian forces on 28 October 1991. Built…

5. Resistência Timorense Arquivo e Museu

1.31 MILES

An excellent museum which commemorates in detail Timor-Leste's 24-year struggle against Indonesian occupation. Falintil’s resistance is brought to life…

6. Palácio do Governo

1.36 MILES

The grand, white Palácio do Governo dominates the town centre. The grounds here occasionally play host to events, but they're usually just a fancy car…

7. Dili Waterfront

1.5 MILES

Watch kids kicking soccer balls around on the patches of sandy beach and runners sweating it out while you're strolling the decent walking path that runs…

8. Xanana Gusmão Reading Room

1.69 MILES

This complex houses memorabilia of Timor-Leste's first president, Xanana Gusmão, including the former presidential car (he opted for a cheap one at the…