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Brazzaville was a relatively well-developed and thriving city before the civil war began in 1997. Although there is still some fighting in the rural areas, it is a safe city to visit, but the infrastructure has been run down. Many new restaurants and hotels are being built--especially by Lebanese immigrants--and it can be a pleasant stopover to Pointe Noire or visits to the Congolese rain forests.

  • Night clubs
  • Restaurants along the river: Mami Wata (Mother Water)
  • Zoo

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Basilique Sainte-Anne of the Congo, built by Roger Erell, 1949, one of the most beautiful modern churches in the world. Palais du Peuple, nice colonial palace built in 1901, today presidential palace. Markets of Moungali, Poto-Poto, Bacongo. Old cathedral of the Sacre-Coeur (1892).

Brazzaville can be reached from Paris by Air France on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You can get there from Johannesburg by Interair on Mondays and Thursdays. One may also travel between Brazzaville and Kinshasa by boat, but it is recommended to fly into Brazzaville if your intent is to visit the Republic of Congo.

Brazzaville can also be reached through Ethiopian Airline from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) four times a week. For further information please visit www.ethiopianairlines.com. For people especially coming from Pakistan can take a flight to Dubai (Emirates, PIA, etc.) from Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad and then from Dubai to Brazzaville via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airline.

Royal Air Maroc operates three direct flights a week to and from Brazzaville to Casablanca. You may want to check www.royalairmaroc.com

You may use local taxis, even if they are in a poor technical condition. One trip everywhere in town is XAF 1,000 (USD 2).

Eat at Mami Wata (great pizzas in the afternoon, enjoy the Kinshasa view 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 dinner, snack, caffe. But at all the Lebanese restaurants one can find Halal food.