One day in Accra, Ghana
A day through Accra’s best-known sights that lie close together: Osu Castle, Black Star Square, Black Star Gate, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Holy Trinity Cathedral and Museum of Science and Technology. 6 stops, about 4.7 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Osu CastleCastle · On the map
- Black Star SquareSquare · 1.1 km on from Osu Castle · On the map
- Black Star GateMonument · 0.2 km on from Black Star Square · On the map
- Kwame Nkrumah MausoleumMonument · 1.2 km on from Black Star Gate · On the map
- Holy Trinity CathedralCathedral · 0.5 km on from Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum · On the map
- Museum of Science and TechnologyMuseum · 1.7 km on from Holy Trinity Cathedral · On the map
6 stops, 6 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 15 min of walking.
More for Accra
- Things to do in Accra, Ghana · 16 places to see, led by Osu Castle and National Museum of Ghana
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.