Odyssei.com - for travelers, by travelers

Required travel documents for Guinea-Bissau

Required travel documents for Guinea-Bissau: passport [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...]

Area code to Guinea-Bissau

Area code to Guinea-Bissau: +245 [...]

Transportation

Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 4,400 km paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1996 est.) Waterways: several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping Seaports and harbors: Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim Merchant marine: none (1999 est.) Airport [...]

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 13,120 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: NA Telephone system: small system domestic: combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines, radiotelephone, and cellular communications international: NA Radio b [...]

History

Guinea-Bissau was once the kingdom of Gabů, part of the Mali Empire; parts of the kingdom subsisted until the 18th century. Though the rivers and coast of this area were among the first places colonized by the Portuguese, and they began the slave trade i [...]

Bissau

Bissau is a quiet capital for African standards. There is not a lot going on; while the streets are half empty, many people just sit on their porches and chat.The town has a cretian charm. There are many (run down) colonial style buildings with big verand [...]

Bijagos islands

The Bijagos islands are really great. The archipelago consists of some ten islands, all of them with a tropical beauty to them. One of the main attractions is the presence of sea Hippo's.

The easiest way to get there is by plane. Before the wa [...]

Guinea-Bissau

Piquinino na tamanho - garandi na fama. Guinea-Bissau's motto translates as "Small in size - big in reputation." On the West African coast, wedged in between Senegal and Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau is about the size of Switzerland and has just 1.1 milli [...]