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Port Vila

Port Vila is the capital of Vanuatu. Vanuatu's largest town, with some 50,000 people, it lies on the south coast of the island of Efate in the province of Shefa, right in the middle of the archipelago. Wikivoyage

Population 49,034 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Vanuatu

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Vanuatu

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Port Vila Central Market

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

  • Seaside Market House

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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