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Brazzaville
Capital city of the Republic of the Congo

Brazzaville

Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo.

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Administratively, it is a department and a commune. Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Get in

Getting to Brazzaville

  1. 01
    Maya-Maya Airport

    Brazzaville can be reached from Paris by Air France on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Palais du Peuple

    Nice colonial palace built in 1901, today presidential palace.

  2. 02
    Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Memorial

    A marble memorial to this Italian-born French explorer, and a museum tracing the history and culture of the Republic of the Congo.

  3. 03
    Brazzaville Zoo
  4. 04
    Basilique Sainte-Anne of the Congo

    Built by Roger Erell, 1949, one of the most beautiful modern churches in the world.

  5. 05
    Sacred Heart Cathedral
Eat

Where to eat

Eat at Mami Wata (great pizzas in the afternoon, enjoy the view of Kinshasa over the Congo River) or Nenuphar (great steaks). For Muslims there are very few places to go out for eating like La Mandarine, one of the Lebanese restaurants in the city. On the Avenue Foch are few restaurants and cafes where you can get coffee, snacks and dinner. Halal food can be found in all Lebanese restaurants.

How locals move

Getting around Brazzaville the local way

  • Get inIf you wish to take a car across, it is possible to pay extra and get a ride on the ferry.

From Wikivoyage: Brazzaville, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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