{"id":12497,"date":"2011-11-02T14:40:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T14:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=12497"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:16:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T10:16:30","slug":"explore-the-garden-city-lilongwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/destinations\/explore-the-garden-city-lilongwe.htm","title":{"rendered":"Explore the Garden City, Lilongwe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lilongwe is the largest and the capital city of Malawi, which is located in the heart of the country along the Lilongwe River adjacent to the borders of Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi. The city is speckled with thousands of lush green and colorful flowering trees that add to the bewitchment of its extreme fascination and due to its beautiful and charismatic landscapes, a number of tourists take cheap flights to Lilongwe<\/a><\/strong> to spend some quality time there.<\/p>\n

It was just a small village that was well-known as the centre of British Colonial Administration, whose history date back to the time period of 20th<\/sup> century. With the passage of time it has flourished well and now stands as the greatest city of Malawi and has many notable and worth-watching areas, one of them is the City Centre which is which is the most developed and modern part of the metropolis that comprises various exclusive hotels, diplomatic missions, banks, international corporate offices\u00a0 and various airline offices. In its close vicinity there lies the Malawi\u2019s Capital Hill on an elevated region which is known for the significant offices of Government ministries. The whole area is encircled by a fence and a maze of small streets that link these offices with each other.<\/p>\n

Another famous area is of Old Town which can be further divided in northern and western part; the northern one is situated adjacent to City Centre and is popular for bicycle accessories\u00a0, building supplies, car parts, western-style groceries, local food and clothing. This are also owns Lilongwe\u2019s main market and two historical mosques. The western region is the luxurious one and gleams with many expatriate bars, western style\u00a0restaurants and shopping, wealthy residential suburbs and some grand hotels like Lilongwe Hotel. The Old Town Mall should be on the top of your list as it serves as the home of art and craft, up market clothing stores and grocery store catering. Besides you should also visit Chipiku, Food Worth, Shoprite, 7-Eleven and Crossroads Complex.<\/p>\n

Lilongwe also comprise of many sparkling and entertaining dining facilities amongst which the Italian Dehli, Tabaq, Don Brioni’s Bistro, Bohemia Cafe, Korea Garden Lodge, Al Fresco and Four Seasons are the most famous and frequently-visited ones. For the most delicious and mouth-watering cuisines and also some dainty cocktails, juts head towards Mamma Mia which is fanciest and ornamented Italian Restaurant of Lilongwe always bustling with visitors who came here to stimulate their taste buds with the most savoury and delightful meals. Also there are many choices for pubs and bars like Diplomats Pub, Aleksander Bar, Chez Ntemba Disco, Oasis Bar\/Disco and Chameleon Bar.<\/p>\n

Another striking feature of the city is its Wild Life Centre which provides shelter to the orphaned and the rescued animals and comprises of both permanent and rehabilitated wild life. Kambuku the Leopard and Bella the lion are its permanent residents. The place also contains many thrilling and adventure offering trails along with many bewitching and eye catchy natural sceneries. So to visit the Wild life Centre you must spare a complete day. Lilongwe has many other amazing and appealing sites, so get ready and pack up your belongings to have an enticing time in your holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lilongwe is the largest and the capital city of Malawi, which is located in the heart of the country along the Lilongwe River adjacent to the borders of Zambia, Mozambique and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-12497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destinations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t