Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is a small, former Portuguese colony in West Africa known for its difficult-to-reach, pristine archipelagos and deeply traditional cultures. It offers an intrepid, off-the-beaten-path experience rather than a typical luxury or resort vacation.
Cities & regions
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Bafatá is Guinea-Bissau's second city and the capital of Bafatá Region, sitting about 150 km east of Bissau on the wide brown Rio Geba in the country's inter…
Open guideBissau is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau, a low-slung port city of roughly half a million people spread along the Geba estuary on West Africa'…
Open guideBolama is a small, slow-moving island town of roughly 10,000 people on Bolama Island, at the eastern edge of the Bijagós Archipelago off Guinea-Bissau's Atla…
Open guideBuba is a small riverside town in southern Guinea-Bissau, set on the bank of the Rio Grande de Buba about 120 km (3-4 hours) south of the capital Bissau. It…
Open guideCacheu is a small riverside town of around 10,000 people in northwestern Guinea-Bissau, roughly two hours from Bissau on the Cacheu River. Founded in 1588, i…
Open guideCatió is the capital of Tombali Region in the far south-west of Guinea-Bissau, a small town of roughly 10,000 people about 75 km southeast of Bissau as the c…
Open guideFarim is an off-the-beaten-track river town in north-central Guinea-Bissau, set on the upper Cacheu River roughly midway between Bissau and the Senegalese bo…
Open guideGabú is the main town of eastern Guinea-Bissau, a dusty trading centre near the Senegalese and Guinean borders that feels less like the humid Atlantic coast…
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