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162 places across 16 regions. Every price is an estimate — confirm with the venue.
Viewpoint · Accra · 45 min
Climb the colonial lighthouse tower for the sharpest rooftop view over Ga Mashie, the fishing harbour and the sea.
Heritage · Accra · 1 h
A restored 17th-century Dutch fort on the Jamestown shoreline, now a small museum on the transatlantic slave trade.
Heritage · Accra · 40 min
A weathered 1673 British fort and former prison on the rocks where Jamestown's fishing canoes still land at dawn.
experience · Accra · 3 h
A guided half-day walk through old Accra's lanes, shrines, boxing gyms and forts with a Ga-speaking local historian.
culture · Accra · 5 h
Accra's loudest street-art weekend fills Jamestown's alleys with murals, performance, skateboarding and food each August.
culture · Accra · 4 h
The Ga harvest festival of kpokpoi, drumming and ritual cleansing, ending in a joyful durbar and street party.
Market · Accra · 2 h
Accra's sprawling heart of commerce, where kente, plantain, hardware and herbal medicine all trade under one chaotic roof.
One of the world's largest second-hand clothing markets, a maze of opened bales where Accra's stylists come to hunt.
Market · Accra · 1 h
The chaotic junction where wholesale traders, tro-tros and hawkers converge beside the old railway terminus.
A multi-storey market and transport hub west of the centre, strongest on fresh produce, smoked fish and fabric.
Heritage · Accra · 2 h
The mausoleum and museum of Ghana's first president, set in quiet gardens just off the old town's busiest streets.
Heritage · Accra · 45 min
The vast parade ground and Black Star Gate where Ghana marks its independence, with the sea wind off the Gulf of Guinea.
culture · Accra · 2 h
Ghana's oldest and largest museum, covering archaeology, chieftaincy regalia, highlife and the road to independence.
Shopping · Accra · 1 h
The old Accra Arts Centre, a warren of craft stalls selling drums, beads, masks, kente and wooden carvings.
culture · Accra · 1 h
A calm contemporary art space in East Legon showing Ghanaian painters, photographers and textile artists.
The final home and burial place of the Pan-African scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, now a small museum and research centre.
Accra's landmark performance venue, hosting drumming, dance, theatre and the occasional big concert.
A French cultural centre with a gallery, library, open-air stage and one of the city's nicest gardens for an evening.
Nightlife · Accra · 3 h
Accra's best-known live music room, with highlife, jazz and Afrobeat bands on an open-air stage most nights.
Nightlife · Accra · 2 h
A rooftop cocktail bar above the Kempinski with sweeping views over the airport and the Accra skyline after dark.
Shopping · Accra · 2 h
Accra's main shopping and going-out strip, lined with boutiques, banks, bars and street-food carts from end to end.
Food · Accra · 1 h
Evening stalls around Osu serving waakye, kebabs, kelewele, fried rice and grilled tilapia to a late-night crowd.
Food · Accra · 2 h
A long-running Osu kitchen serving Ghanaian and West African home cooking, from jollof to groundnut soup.
A casual Osu spot known for banku and grilled tilapia, waakye and generous bowls of Ghanaian classics.
Food · Accra · 45 min
A no-frills daytime canteen popular with office workers for rice, stew, beans and quick Ghanaian plates.
Food · Accra · 3 h
A garden restaurant and live-music venue in East Legon serving Ghanaian and continental plates under the trees.
A cluster of Lebanese, Japanese, Indian and Ghanaian kitchens around East Legon where Accra eats out midweek.
Beach · Accra · 3 h
Accra's best-known beach, with horse rides, drumming, beach bars and a lively Sunday crowd.
A local, unfussy stretch of sand next to Labadi where families grill fish and kids play football at sunset.
A broad, breezy beach east of Labadi with palm shade, beach bars and fewer crowds than the big-name sands.
Beach · Accra · 4 h
A clean private beach reached by a short boat crossing over a lagoon, with loungers and calmer water.
Beach · Accra · 5 h
A surf-and-drumming beach village west of Accra, long popular with backpackers, musicians and weekenders.
A beachside garden bar and kitchen at Kokrobite known for its weekend live music and relaxed crowd.
Ghana's original big shopping mall, with supermarkets, fashion, a food court and a cinema near the airport.
An Airport City mall with a supermarket, international brands and a food court facing the airport runway side.
A large east-side mall on the Nungua stretch, with shops, a food court and a cinema serving the beach corridor.
Accra's glossy business and hotel district, with malls, offices, coffee shops and the airport on its doorstep.
Nature · Accra · 3 h
Woodland gardens beside the University of Ghana with a canopy walkway, zipline and shaded picnic lawns.
Ghana's flagship university campus, with leafy quadrangles, the Balme Library and a lively student food scene.
Nature · Accra · 2 h
A rare pocket of green in central Accra, with tall trees, walking paths and a protected forest canopy.
A small zoo inside the Achimota Forest, home to lions, antelope and monkeys and popular with Accra families.
Nature · Accra · 1 h
A central green with playground equipment, shade and space for kids to run, named for Ghana's great playwright.
A dense, predominantly Muslim market and neighbourhood where you can eat some of Accra's best cheap food.
A big, workaday west-Accra market for produce, provisions and household goods, with almost no tourist traffic.
experience · Tema · 2 h
Ghana's main seaport, a vast working harbour of container ships, cranes and fishing canoes worth seeing from the shore.
Market · Tema · 1 h
The planned city's main market, set among Tema's numbered communities and roundabouts, strong on fresh food.
Nature · Tema · 1 h
A coastal lagoon and wetland between Accra and Tema, important for migratory birds and quiet sunset walks.
Beach · Prampram · 4 h
A wide, quiet beach east of Tema where fishing canoes line the sand and weekend resorts open their pools.
Nature · Ada Foah · 4 h
Where the Volta River meets the Atlantic, a palm-lined estuary of sandbars, boat rides and river-island lodges.
Wellness · Ada Foah · 5 h
A riverside resort on the Volta near Ada with a pool, watersports and boat trips, popular for a lazy weekend.
Nature · Shai Hills · 4 h
Rocky hills, savannah and caves an hour from Accra, with baboons, antelope and a historic Shai cave shrine.
Beach · Accra · 2 h
A working fishing beach at Teshie where canoes come in at dawn and smoked fish is sold right off the sand.
Beach · Kpone · 3 h
A long, open stretch of coast near Tema with fishing villages, coconut palms and very few visitors.
A 17th-century Danish fort on the Osu waterfront that served as Ghana's seat of government for decades.
experience · Accra · 45 min
Accra's great transport roundabout, ringed by markets, the Obra Spot and a constant swirl of tro-tros.
Nightlife · Accra · 5 h
A 7,000-seat stadium in Cantonments, owned by the Ghana Armed Forces, that becomes the centre of the December calendar when AfroFuture takes it over for two nights.
The 40,000-seat national stadium beside Independence Square, home to Hearts of Oak and the biggest concert stage in the country when December's headline shows come to town.
culture · Accra · 3 h
The domed conference hall on the ridge above Independence Square, and the room Accra uses for the seated, ticketed shows that need a roof and a proper sound system.
The beach between Labadi and Teshie, next to the Kpeshie Lagoon, that has become the default address for December's daytime beach parties and New Year countdowns.
A beach resort beside Laboma, a short walk east along the sand, that hosts the Afro-Caribbean December beach parties with DJs and a row of local food vendors behind them.
experience · Accra · 2 h
Ghana's main international gateway, about 8 km north-east of the city centre, and the point where almost every trip to the country begins.
