Quelimane
Quelimane is a seaport in Mozambique.
Quelimane is a seaport in Mozambique. It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province and the province's largest city, and stands 25 km (16 mi) from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais. The river was named when Vasco da Gama, on his way to India, reached it and saw "good signs" that he was on the right path. The town was the end point of David Livingstone's west-to-east crossing of south-central Africa in 1856. Portuguese is the official language of Mozambique, and many residents of the areas surrounding Quelimane speak Portuguese. The most common local language is Chuabo. Quelimane, along with much of Zambezia Province, is extremely prone to floods during Mozambique's rainy season.
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Worth seeing in and around Quelimane
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane ) is a diocese located in the city of Quelimane in the ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique.
300 m · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia - 02Old Cathedral of Quelimane
The Church of Our Lady of Liberation, commonly known as the Old Cathedral, is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Quelimane, Mozambique. It is located at the southern end of the city, facing the banks of the Quelimane River.
500 m · building in Mozambique · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The excellent and long beach is a 35km/one hour drive from the city. Bars and restaurants are there, serving very good seafood.
- 01Old Cathedral of Quelimane
Built in 1776, this beautiful cathedral is today quite dilapidated.
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Where to eat
Coquinha, Av Francisco de Mantenga. Try their delicious shrimps in sauce (caril de camarão) or grilled crabs. Refeba. Bar/restaurant at the waterfront. Rei dos frangos. Fast food style chicken. Open late. Qwehli Ristorante Pizzaria. Pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, pasta, beef, chicken options. Has free internet, isn't as nice a place as it once was, sometimes they don't have half the ingredients on the pizza menu.
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Getting to Quelimane
- Airports
- Beira (BEW), 298 km
- Stations
- Quelimane Airport, 3.9 km
- Beira → Quelimane307 km · quickest by road, 10h 1m · $55–70
- Tete → Quelimane400 km · quickest by road, 11h 55m · $50–70
- Nampula → Quelimane398 km · quickest by road, 8h 33m · $44–60
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Quelimane
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Quelimane. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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