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Best Things to Do
Popular Best Things to Do in Accra Metropolis [2025]
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Makola Market
5.0
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9 reviews
6.1
Based on 196 reviews
6.6 km from downtown
Phone +233274899535
Address: a20 Kojo Thompson Rd, Accra, Ghana
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
Highlights:
Farm products & crafts galore
Experience Accra's local daily life
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Meanwhile chaotic, it is the best place to experience the hustle and bustle in Accra. You can get very cheap goods there and it’s interesting for travelers to see the market.
Makola market is the biggest market in Accra. If you want to experience a local’s life, go to Makola market for a thrifting experience!
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National Museum of Ghana
4.8
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9 reviews
5.3
Based on 179 reviews
5.3 km from downtown
Phone +233302221633
Address: HQ5V+MC5, Accra, Ghana
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
El Anatsui & Ghanaian art
Buy local artists' handmade crafts
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The National Museum of Ghana can be divided into three parts: anthropology, archaeology and art. The exhibits are varied. There are archaeological discoveries from ancient times, various Ghanaian paintings, and various exhibits showing cultural history. It is an important treasure house for tourists to understand Ghanaian culture and history, such as the Ghanaian language, chieftain system, food, clothing and handicrafts.
If you are an art fanatic, the museum's collection of works by famous Ghanaian contemporary artists such as El Anatsui and Ablade Glover will definitely make you scream with excitement. Of course, you can also spend some time visiting the museum's brilliant sculpture park, which will also benefit you a lot.
[Scenery] It feels really beautiful here. It looks like a really beautiful place. It's great. I really like it here.
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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum
4.8
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7 reviews
5.3
Based on 932 reviews
6.8 km from downtown
Phone +233246967792
Address: GQWX + JWV, Prof.Atta Mills High St, Accra, Ghana
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
A sacred place of learning Nkrumah culture
Ghana's First President Mausoleum Landmark
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Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana. He guided Ghana's independence movement and is said to be the father of the African independence movement. A Marxist. In 1958, the African Union Association, consisting of Ghana and Guinea, was established.
"Kwame Nkrumah", the father of African independence. As the first country to gain independence during the climax of the African anti-colonial movement in the 1950s, Ghana has a prominent position in the modern history of Africa. Nkrumah is not only the father of Ghana's independence, but also a political representative of the African continent.
When I visited this place, I didn't know that the entrance to the memorial park was not on the main road. I only saw a closed iron gate on the side of the road. I thought it was closed that day, so I took pictures through the iron gate. It was not until a passerby shouted at me, "You should buy a ticket to enter and take pictures inside!" that I realized that the entrance should be somewhere else, and I was able to enter the park smoothly. It is recommended that signs and notices should be added next to the iron gate on the roadside. The memorial park is very simple in design, but very solemn. The tour guide in the memorial hall explained it very seriously and with rich emotions. Although I don't know much about Ghana's history, I have a better understanding of Mr. Nkrumah and the history of Ghana's early founding.
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Jamestown Light House
4.8
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7 reviews
4.5
Based on 232 reviews
8.3 km from downtown
Phone +233573158195
Address: 600 Bruce Rd, Accra, Ghana
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Accra's iconic lighthouse building
Sunset view overlooking Accra
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Jamestown is a must visit neighborhood in Accra! It is very historic with lots of dutch architecture and an iconic lighthouse
In Accra, the capital of Ghana, there is a place called James Town, which is also a fishing village on the seashore. There is a lighthouse here, which was not open to the public before, but now it has been renovated and opened to the public as a tourist attraction. It is worth mentioning that this lighthouse was built by British colonists at that time. According to locals, this tower has been built for more than 100 years and is still providing lighthouse signal services for ships passing through Accra. You can see the whole Accra from the tower, and the fishermen in the fishing village at the foot of the lighthouse start selling the seafood they caught at 4 o'clock every morning after working hard all night.
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