Maputo

This is Mozambique's Grand Budapest Hotel, a gorgeous, supremely elegant Grand Dame that is among the elite of the world’s famous hotels. — Fodor's

A top-to-toe renovation in 2014 rescued this handsome colonial Portuguese-style lodging from a slide into dowdiness and reclaimed the hotel's glamorous past. — Fodor's

Clean, decent-value rooms in a centrally located high-rise. There's also a restaurant. — Lonely Planet

This popular place offers good-value, well-appointed double-bedded rooms in a small apartment block on a quiet street in the Sommerschield residential area. — Lonely Planet

Centrally located just off Praça da Independência and opposite the cathedral, the 200-room Pestana Rovuma has well-appointed rooms, a small gym, a business centre and a selection of shops and boutiques downstairs — Lonely Planet

This scruffy but friendly backpackers is small, but justifiably popular and often full, with a convenient, quiet location on the edge of the baixa. — Lonely Planet