Accra, Ghana - Tourist Attractions
1. Makola Market is the continent's most colourful, interesting and picturesque modern open market, where the visitor will admire the business acumen of the Ghanaian women traders. Traders from surrounding villages bring their wares every day. There is also the Osu Night Market, where hundreds of lanterns and candles illuminate the stalls.
2. The National Museum has a large collection of Ghanaian art. Here you will find the history of Ghana told in a collection of ancient relics, documents and pictures.
3. Accra Handicraft Market is an arts centre and crafts market, where crafts, kente and other traditional cloths can be purchased.
4. The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum on the High Street is a magnificent monument to the first President of Ghana. Independence Square, dominated by the Independence Arch and the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier, is the venue for many national celebrations.
5. Watch a musical show, play or dance at Accra's National Theatre, which is a Chinese showpiece.
6. Funerals are an important occasion when Ashantis celebrate life and bid farewell to the dead. Just outside Accra at Nungua are the carpentry workshops of the world famous Fantasy Coffins of Paa Joe and Paa Willie. Among the Ga people it is fashionable to be laid to rest in a coffin that bears a relationship to what the deceased did in life. The coffins come in all shapes from vegetables to animals and birds.
7. Beaches in Accra.
Larger Map of Accra, Ghana
business people
Breakfast
