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Benguela
Municipality in Benguela Province, Angola

Benguela

Benguela is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province.

Plan a trip to Benguela→From Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo)

Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census.

Get in

Getting to Benguela

  1. 01
    Benguela Airport
  2. 02
    Catumbela Airport
  3. 03
    Benguela

    Rue 31 de Janeiro.

  4. 04
    Huambo Expresso

    Domingos do Ó (south-east of city center).

See

Worth seeing

There are some pretty colonial buildings in Benguela. A few are pictured in this article. There are several beautiful beaches around Benguela, including one right in the city center! The best beach resort hotel, though, is in Lobito. The beaches outside the city are close by and easy to reach by car, either your own or a hired taxi.

  1. 01
    Baia Azul

    If postcards were a thing in this country, this would crop up frequently.

  2. 02
    Caotinha Beach

    This is a series of little beach inlets just south of Benguela, some of which are totally deserted.

  3. 03
    Praia Morena

    This is the city's main beach, right near the center.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Espaço Gourmet

    R.

  2. 02
    Restaurante Cassanga

    R.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Sonse (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons.