Editor's picks
A local's shortlist — the places worth your time first, each with a tip.
Jamestown & Ussher Fort
Neighborhood · Old Accra, coast
The oldest part of the city — a working Ga fishing community around a colonial lighthouse and two forts.
Local tip: Go with a guide from the community rather than wandering with a camera; several run walking tours from the lighthouse. The Chale Wote street art festival takes over these streets every year.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Landmark · Central Accra, High Street
The mausoleum and museum of Ghana's first president, on the spot where he declared independence in 1957.
Local tip: The museum was substantially redeveloped and is far better than it was a decade ago. Go for the personal effects and the photographs rather than the monument itself.
Osu & Oxford Street
Nightlife · Osu
The densest strip of bars, restaurants and late-night life in the city, running down toward the coast.
Local tip: Oxford Street itself is the tourist face of Osu. The better eating is on the side streets — Lokko Road and the lanes off it — and the crowd there is far more local.
Makola Market
Food · Central Accra
The city's great trading market, run overwhelmingly by women, selling everything from cloth to dried fish.
Local tip: The market women are the backbone of Accra's economy and have real political weight. Go early, go with a local, and buy your kente and wax print here rather than in a hotel shop.
W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre
Culture · Cantonments
The house where Du Bois lived out his last years as a Ghanaian citizen, with his library and grave in the garden.
Local tip: Small, quiet and unmissable if you want to understand why Accra became the centre of the diaspora-return movement. It is a ten-minute walk from Cantonments and almost never crowded.
Achimota Forest & the Eco Park
Hidden gemNature · Achimota, north-west
A large remnant of forest inside the city, part of it opened as a public park after years of contested development plans.
Local tip: Genuinely rare — several hundred hectares of tree cover inside a West African capital, with walking trails and cooler air. It is the best place in Accra to run without traffic, and most residents have never been.
Explore 38 places across Accra
Museums, landmarks, monuments, heritage sites and parks — mapped, with photos. The most notable spots first.
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Museums & galleries
(7)
Museum
Museum
MuseumBrazil House, Ghana
House of the Tabom people and a symbol of their History in Ghana
MuseumKwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Includes mausoleum, museum and gardens
W.E.B Du Bois Center
Museum.
Ano
Art gallery.
Museum of Archaelogy
Museum.
Landmarks & architecture
(6)
LandmarkOsu Castle
Coastal castle in Osu, Accra, Ghana, built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s as a slave-trading fort; served as capital of the Danish Gold Coast and later as British colonial seat of government; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979
Landmark
LandmarkLegon Tower
Tower on Legon Campus
Naa Amadro II Queen Mother of the Ga Paramount Stool
Castle.
Gbawe Castle
Weija-Gbawe Municipality
Castle in Weija-Gbawe Municipality.
Gbese Mantse Palace
Castle.
Monuments & memorials
(7)
Monument
Monument
MonumentNational Center for Arts and Culture of Ghana
Public artwork.
Kwame Nkrumah Interchange
Historic monument.
Obetsebi
Historic monument.
GH One TV Studios
Public artwork.
Places of worship
(8)
Religious
Religious
Religious
Religious
Religious
ReligiousAnglican Holy Trinity Cathedral Accra
Religious in Accra.
Action Chapel International
Place of worship.
Accra Ghana Temple
Place of worship.
Parks & nature
(7)
Park
Park
ParkAsomdwee Park
Cemetery located in Accra, Greater Accra Region of Ghana
ParkDensu Delta Protected Area
Reserve for birds in Ghana
University of Ghana Botanical Gardens
Public park.
Tony Park
Public park.
Narnia FC Park
Public park.
More to explore
(3)Accra Brewery Limited
Visitor attraction.
Wonda World Estate
Visitor attraction.
Green Fm 88.9
Visitor attraction.
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