Freetown

Freetown is the capital city of Sierra Leone and is the heart of the Western region. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the estuary of the Sierra Leone River. The city lies at the foot of the peninsula mountains and faces one of the best natural harbours on the west coast of Africa. The peninsula is home to some of the finest beaches in Africa - Lumley beach, Lakka beach, No. 2 river beach and Toke beach are some examples.

Like the rest of Sierra Leone, football is the most popular sport in Freetown. The Sierra Leone national football team, popularly known as the Leone Stars plays all their home games at Freetown's National Stadium, the largest stadium in Sierra Leone. Eight of the fifteen clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League are from Freetown, including two of Sierra Leone's biggest and most successful football clubs, East End Lions, and Mighty Blackpool. A match between these two teams is the biggest domestic-football clash in Sierra Leone.

Compared with the rest of the country Freetown is a fairly good place to come as a traveler. There are a few restaurants here that mainly cater for the few foreigners that are still there and are run by Lebanese. So you can get a good Falafel. The beaches close to town are actually pretty OK, so you can relax as well.

Freetown has a few high quality restaurants but very little in the tier below that. Being on the Atlantic coast, some excellent seafood is on offer. Barracuda, grouppa and lobster are readily available. Freetown has a large Lebanese community. Consequently, some very good Lebanese food is available at most restaurants.