Luganville
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14 places
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Coral Quays
Serves fantastic locally ranched Santo beef - the eye fillet with green peppercorn sauce is good, and a souffle prepared from scratch for dessert tops off the experience. The beef is raised on a completely organic diet in Santo, and is some of the best beef you'll ever eat.
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Deco stop
The Deco stop deserves mentioning as it serves up fantastic meals with an unbeatable view.
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Hotel Santo
Hotel Santo has a fantastic restaurant and serves the best and only pizza on the island (though you'll have to arrange a day or so ahead of time). Hotel Santo has a great bar and friendly staff (it's also one of the few places you can get pizza in Luganville for those of you missing a western meal)
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LCM
If you want groceries there is LCM in the center of town and it is the best store to get any Western goods you might want. It's better to bring as many of your own toiletries as possible and stick to the fresh fruits and vegetables as snacks while in Luganville.
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Natangora Cafe
The Natangora Cafe (centrally located) has a good breakfast and lunch menu, and serves up coffee, cappuccinos and fresh juices. The milkshakes and burgers are excellent and made with fresh, local ingredients.
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Open air market
The open air market is one of them, its open 24 hours a day except for Sunday nights and it includes fresh fruit, vegetables and various other wares that the people of Santo bring to the markets from their village gardens. You can't beat the quality of their produce as it's all organic and incredibly cheap.
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Outdoor produce market
Go to the outdoor produce market in the western end of town and buy some of the organic fruit and vegetables.
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SS President Coolidge
The biggest draw to the island is the wreck of the SS President Coolidge, a World War II troop carrier sunk by friendly mines in 1942. The majority of people travelling to Santo are divers who come for the expressed purpose of exploring this famous wreck. As such, there aren't many things to do in town other than to visit the local dive shops and organize some diving. Aquamarine is on the road opposite of the Unity Shell station and features a friendly and very experienced staff. They can take care of all your equipment needs and boast wide variety of Padi certified scuba courses at very competitive rates.
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Santo Golf Club
There is a golf course on Santo and if you meet up with some of the local expatriates they can give you a rundown of when the best times to go and play are (and if you make a good impression they may even let you know where you can borrow some clubs)!
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View from the Big Hill
Take a walk up to the top of the big hill and enjoy the view of Sagond Channel and Aore Island.
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Aore Island
Aore Island, offshore from Luganville, has diving and fishing. There are numerous resorts on the island catering for tourists, weddings and baptisms. Aore Island is a haven for divers with wreck and reef diving. Several of the wreck dives include the SS Tucker, and the MV Henry Bonneaud. Whether at anchor or trolling along the pristine coastline, anglers from novice to the most experienced enjoy outstanding year-round fishing in Aore.
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Chinese restaurants
There are several Chinese restaurants in town as well, one of which serves a westernized style of dish and the other a more authentic style. The latter will prepare Coconut crab depending on the season (this might vary as laws are being put into place to limit the poaching of this endangered species), as well as bush pidgeons and various other dishes. This restaurant can be found next to Aquamarine.
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Liquor and beer store
There is a liquor and beer store in town, but expect to shell out a few thousand extra Vatu for the bottles that you might recognize.
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Nemo Restaurant
The French-run Nemo restaurant is probably the best in town.
11 of 14 places have map locations.