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City in Sofala, Mozambique
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Beira is a port town in Mozambique.
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Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Seat of the Archdiocese of Beira, built in a Gothic Revival style and inaugurated in 1925. It was heavily damaged by cyclone Idai in 2019.
More of an anti-attraction, this former luxury hotel which once was known as the "pride of Africa" is since the last 30 years occupied by thousands of squatters displaced by the country's long civil war. It serves as a living memory of better times and the horrors of war.
A camping and bar/restaurant about 2 km out of the centre of Beira. Worthwhile the trip but not so easy to find. Terrace overlooking the sea, excellent food and drink. Pool table. This place is popular with locals and tourists.
"Beisl"
Best food in town, also expensive. Close to Hotel Tivoli.
Chinese/Portuguese cooking. Inside Macuti Housing Complex, park outside. Good food, can take a while if the restaurant is full. Aircon inside and nice seating area outside. Chicken with cashew and pineapple or the Bife Cremoso is nice.
Portuguese owned. Good food, including pizza. Good ambiance. Also has a bar.
The best hamburgers in town. In the city centre around the corner of the Banco de Moçambique. Good hygiene, friendly staff and popular with locals.
On the same Praça has easy chairs, good coffee and pastries.
Great to have breakfast or coffee.
Nice restaurant and bar serving meals and drinks located on the beach. Two levels with an outside deck overlooking the hustle and bustle of the street beach adjacent road and great view of beach. A good selection of food including seafood, chicken, pizza, vegetarian. Downstairs entertainment (band) late week and over weekends. Good prices.
Located on the beach strip, 2nd level, casual relaxed bar and barbeque restaurant, serves range of soft drinks, beers and spirits and casual food including burgers, chicken, ribs and steaks cooked downstairs on the charcoal barbecue. Great value relaxed setting.
A Mediterranean-style lodge on the beach front. There are 12 rooms in total, 6 with an ocean view, and 6 on the ground floor. No restaurant, so no breakfast available. But bars and restaurants are not far away.
Many rooms: single, double, single suite, double suite. Simple, close to center of town. Bring your own towels.
Centrally located but run-down hotel in a 1960s highrise, offering a glimpse of yesterdays charm and how Beira was in Portuguese times. Probably the cheapest accommodation in central Beira though.
Your best bet for a decent sleep in a clean place. The rooms are small. A/C. One PC with free internet access in the lobby. Some rooms have wireless Internet - ask for it. Restaurant and bar in the hotel but expensive. A few meters from the hotel (turn right at the entry) a large interesting food market with lots of small places to eat. Freshly grilled fish.
A mid-range alternative with good rooms.
New Hotel on the way to airport. Clean and well kept however the restaurant desperately needs improvement.
Single/double rooms.
By train
Rail services are slowly returning, after having been completely halted due to the long civil war. There are
By bus
From Chimoio, there are a few small buses and chapas leaving the city everyday. Price is MT400 on a small bus and MT300 on a chapa (October 2025). Duration: about 4 hours.
By road
The main road between Zimbabwe and Beira is in good condition, but with some deep pot holes. The Zimbabwe economy relies heavily on this route and it carries many trucks and buses, mostly overloaded.
Minibuses, so called chapas, are easily available for local transport and for connections to neighboring cities like Chimoio.
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