When to go à LIBREVILLE ?

At first glance, for those who know other African capitals, Libreville is surprising. Facing the sea, lined with a succession of wide boulevards, clean and well-maintained, dominated by imposing buildings, surrounded by an expressway that encircles the city from one end to the other, the Gabonese capital has the appearance of a modern Mediterranean city. Very quickly, however, when leaving the main roads, the visitor finds the African flavour: street vendors, schoolchildren in uniform, businessmen in ties, women in boubou or perched on high heels strolling along the markets, maquis and stalls of all kinds, the hubbub of horns.... the working class districts are never far away, easily recognizable with their maze of broken streets, half tar, half laterite and their patchwork of metal sheets, plywood and cement, where men and women participate in an incessant movement from morning to evening.