Must-see hotels in Maputo

  • Hotel Polana

    Maputo

    In a prime location on the clifftop with uninterrupted views over the sea, the Polana is Maputo’s classiest hotel. Rooms are in the elegant main building…

  • Residencial Palmeiras

    Maputo

    This popular place has bright decor, comfortable, good-value rooms (all but one with private bathroom) and a tiny garden. It’s near the British High…

  • Mozaika

    Maputo

    This boutique hotel – in a convenient central location – is justifiably popular, with eight small rooms, each decorated with its own theme and set around…

  • Hotel Pestana Rovuma

    Maputo

    Centrally located just off Praça da Independência and opposite the cathedral, the 200-room Pestana Rovuma has well-appointed rooms, a small gym, a…

  • Southern Sun

    Maputo

    Set attractively directly on the water (although there’s no beach swimming), Southern Sun has comfortable rooms, attentive service, a small gym and a…

  • Residencial Duqueza de Connaught

    Maputo

    This lovely, quiet, eight-room boutique hotel is in a restored home with polished wood, linen bedding and spotless rooms. Meals can be arranged with…

  • Hotel Terminus

    Maputo

    This three-star establishment in the upper part of town has small but well-appointed rooms with TV, plus good service and facilities, a business centre, a…

  • Villa das Mangas

    Maputo

    The pluses at this tidy, whitewashed establishment are its aesthetics and its convenient central location. Rooms – most clustered around the pool in a…

  • Montebelo Indy Congress Hotel

    Maputo

    This place, in a quiet corner of Sommerschield, has well-appointed rooms and apartments (‘chalets’) set in expansive, manicured, enclosed gardens. There’s…

  • Hotel Cardoso

    Maputo

    Opposite the Natural History Museum, and on the clifftop overlooking the bay, this 130-room hotel is a Maputo classic, with good service, well-appointed…

  • Hotel Avenida

    Maputo

    A high-rise in a busy location in the upper part of town with efficient service, a business centre and sleek rooms with all the amenities, plus a…

  • Sundown Guesthouse

    Maputo

    This popular place offers good-value, well-appointed double-bedded rooms in a small apartment block on a quiet street in the Sommerschield residential…

  • Montebelo Maputo Hotel

    Maputo

    This place has been recently renovated, and offers reliable, well-appointed rooms, efficient service, a convenient location just up from the baixa and…

  • Radisson Blu

    Maputo

    This new 11-storey high-rise about 4km from the centre towers above its neighbours, and offers sleek, modern, well-appointed rooms, a restaurant and a…

  • Hotel Monte Carlo

    Maputo

    A convenient central location, efficient staff, tidy rooms (some of the higher-priced ones are quite spacious) and a restaurant make this business hotel…

  • Hotel Tivoli

    Maputo

    This hotel on a busy corner in the baixa offers small, slick, modern rooms and a compact gym.

  • Maputo Backpackers

    Maputo

    A small, quiet place well away from the centre and near Costa do Sol, with a handful of rooms (including eight- and 10-bed dorms) with fans but no nets…

  • Base Backpackers

    Maputo

    This scruffy but friendly backpackers is small, but justifiably popular and often full, with a convenient, quiet location on the edge of the baixa. It has…

  • Hotel Afrin Prestige

    Maputo

    This hotel is not up to the standards of others in its class in terms of service and ambience, but it's worth considering because of its baixa location…

  • Hotel Moçambicano

    Maputo

    This large, long-standing hotel offers decent budget value for money. Rooms are slightly musty and nothing fancy (it's worth paying a bit more for a …

  • Fatima’s Place

    Maputo

    In the upper part of town, the long-standing Fatima’s has an outdoor kitchen-bar, a small courtyard garden, a mix of rooms and lots of travel info.

  • Hotel Maputo

    Maputo

    This new-ish hotel is grey and bland outside and in, but rooms are clean and decent value, and the location is convenient to the baixa and to the…

  • Hotel Santa Cruz

    Maputo

    This long-standing place is in the midst of undergoing a facelift. Ask for one of the renovated rooms, which are bland, but fair value for the price.

  • Hoyo-Hoyo Residencial

    Maputo

    This solid, no-frills hotel lacks pizzazz, but its 36 small rooms are serviceable and reasonably comfortable, and the ambience is familial.

  • Hotel Atlantis

    Maputo

    Unexciting but clean and fair-value rooms in a three-story building in an unexciting but reasonably convenient location. There's also a restaurant.

  • Pensão Martins

    Maputo

    This peach-coloured establishment has a sleepy reception area and bland but mostly spacious rooms in a convenient central location.

  • Villa das Arábias Boutique Hotel

    Maputo

    The serviceable rooms at the conveniently central Villa das Arábias have bright-red doors with faux-Arab decor. Note that some rooms have interior windows…

  • Hotel África II

    Maputo

    Clean, decent-value rooms in a centrally located high-rise. There's also a restaurant.

  • Hotel Tamariz

    Maputo

    This is one of the cheapest, most reliable bets on a busy, noisy street in the heart of the baixa. Rooms are basic but acceptable, and have TV and hot…

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