One day in Kumasi, Ghana
A day through Kumasi’s best-known sights that lie close together: Manhiya Palace Museum, Manhyia Palace, Kumasi Zoo, St Peter's Cathedral Basilica, Kumasi, Wesley Methodist Cathedral and Rattray Park. 6 stops, about 4.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Manhiya Palace MuseumMuseum · On the map
- Manhyia PalaceMuseum · 0.4 km on from Manhiya Palace Museum · On the map
- Kumasi ZooZoo or aquarium · 1.2 km on from Manhyia Palace · On the map
- St Peter's Cathedral Basilica, KumasiCathedral · 1.1 km on from Kumasi Zoo · On the map
- Wesley Methodist CathedralCathedral · 0.6 km on from St Peter's Cathedral Basilica, Kumasi · On the map
- Rattray ParkPark · 1.3 km on from Wesley Methodist Cathedral · On the map
6 stops, 6.6 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 26 min of walking.
More for Kumasi
- Things to do in Kumasi, Ghana · 10 places to see, led by Manhyia Palace and Yaa Asantewaa Museum
Photo credits
- Manhyia Palace: Nkansahrexford, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kumasi Zoo: Saani mujahidu, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Peter's Cathedral Basilica, Kumasi: Hugues, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Wesley Methodist Cathedral: ZSM, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
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.