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The Grande Hotel Beira is an abandoned luxury hotel in Beira, Mozambique. It was opened in 1954 and operated until 1974, when it was closed due to lack of guests. The building was used as a military base during the Mozambican Civil War. It is currently home to over 3,500 squatters. [1]
A major Mozambican tourist destination, Barra is home to beach resorts, private vacation homes, restaurants and diving charters. [3] Snorkeling is popular below the Barra Lighthouse at low tide where there is a natural tidal pool. [4] The wreck of the SS Inharrime, an Italian built cargo ship that ran aground in 1949, lies exposed nearby. [5]
The hotel was supposedly frequented by famous guests while it was still in use, but the reliability of these stories is uncertain. [3] For example, several travel sites claim that Bob Dylan wrote his song Mozambique in the restaurant of the hotel, a story which conflicts with claims that the song was a competition between Dylan and co-writer ...
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Benguerra (Portuguese pronunciation: [bẽˈɡɛʁa]) is the second largest island in the Bazaruto Archipelago of southern Mozambique. The island is approximately 55 km 2 (21 sq mi) and lies 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) offshore. Portuguese explorers also gave the island the name Santo António. [1]
Bilene, also known as Praia do Bilene, is a town in southern Mozambique, lying 140 kilometres northeast of Maputo in the province of Gaza. [1] It is known as a beach resort, lying on the Mozambique Channel.
Mozambique Beach (Portuguese: Praia de Moçambique) is the longest beach on Santa Catarina Island in Brazil at 13.5 km in length. The beach is located to the north of Barra da Lagoa in the east of the island. [1] [2] [3] [4]