Marché Touristique

Brazzaville


Sift through all the tat at Brazzaville's tourist market and you'll find some decent weavings and woodcarvings.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Brazzaville attractions

1. Palais du Peuple

0.3 MILES

Heavily guarded and best not approached or photographed, this is the residence of Congo's long-term president, Denis Sassou N'Guesso.

2. La Corniche

0.62 MILES

This wonderful modernised embankment is a great place for a stroll, and affords fantastic views over the Congo River to Kinshasa, looming in the distance…

3. Hôtel de Ville

0.67 MILES

Brazzaville's modernist city hall has an enviable location just by the Congo River, and anyone who has spent time in France will notice the unmistakable…

4. Brazza Memorial

0.71 MILES

The body of Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who founded the settlement that became Brazzaville, was returned to Congo in 2006 and is…

6. Marché Total

1.28 MILES

Brazza's biggest market, in the neighbourhood of Bacongo, Marché Total sells everything from technological wonders and caterpillars to monkeys and…

7. Basilique Sainte-Anne

1.39 MILES

This modernist 1949 building was the crowning achievement of French architect Roger Erell, who was known for fusing Western architectural ideas with local…

8. Marché Poto-Poto

1.63 MILES

This sprawling and chaotic market in the heart of one of Brazza's busiest residential neighbourhoods is a good place to wander and see locals food…

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