Cities
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From west to east:
- 1 Elubo — the main Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire bordertown
- 2 Axim — some tourism related to the fort and beaches
- 3 Akwidaa — a charming fishing village surrounded by its unique, long pristine sand beaches
- 4 Busua — seaside village
- 5 Sekondi-Takoradi — adjacent port cities
- 6 Shama — has an old Portuguese
- 7 Elmina — with another slave fort
- 8 Cape Coast — with a famous slave fort that is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site - 9 Apam — beach town
- 10 Kokrobite — enjoy some time relaxing on this picturesque beach
- 11 Accra — the capital city of Ghana
- 12 Adenta East
- 13 Tema — it has a fish market where you can watch the fishermen bring in their catch
- 14 Ada Foah — has a Ramsar natural wetland site for bird and turtle watching
- 15 Anloga
- 16 Keta — has the remains of a Danish fort built in 1784 that was used in the Atlantic slave trade
- 17 Aflao — a coastal town in Ghana bordering Togo
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Nzulezo — traditional stilted village
- 2 Kakum National Park is the best preserved region of virgin rainforest in the country and provides the easiest access to the rainforest for tourists along with the famous canopy walkway.
- 3 Shai Hills Resource Reserve — home to baboons, green monkeys, antelopes, zebras, mammals, reptiles and more 172 bird species
Understand
[edit]This is the ideal region for visitors with an appreciation for history.
Slave forts and castles
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The coastline is famous for its ancient forts, castles and slave dungeons, which were constructed by European merchants. The World Heritage Foundation under UNESCO has declared 11 of them as World Heritage Monuments under the name "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions".
- Fort Good Hope, Senya Beraku
- Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast
- Fort Patience, Apam
- Fort Amsterdam, Abazde
- Fort St Jago, Elmina
- Fort Batenstein, Butri
- Fort San Sebastian, Shama
- Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove
- English Fort/Fort Vredenburg, Komenda
- Fort Saint Antony, Axim
- Elmina Castle, Elmina
- Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
Nature
[edit]It's also the home of the famous Kakum National Park, Ghana’s most popular canopy walkway, historic places of interest, craft villages and several beach hotels and resorts. Beach lovers can enjoy the region’s many palm-fringed beaches, where warm African sunshine combines with the cool Atlantic Ocean breeze. The region enables visitors to establish a link between Africa and Europe, an era long gone.