Osu Castle · photo: Twi inaccr, CC0

Self-guided walking tour of Accra

12 sights · Ghana · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Accra, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• Architecture (5)
• History (4)
• Museums (1)
• Squares & streets (1)
• Parks & green (1)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Accra

5 stops · 7.6 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: Sathyan Velumani, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 18 min walkNational Museum of Ghana
2. Photo: Guido Sohne, CC BY-SA 2.0
   🚶 12 min walkNational Theatre of Ghana
3. Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0
   🚶 17 min walkBlack Star Gate
4. Photo: J3Lda77, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 3 min walkBlack Star Square
5. Photo: Twi inaccr, CC0
   🚶 19 min walkOsu Castle

More well-known sights in Accra

1. Ghana National Mosque
2. Holy Spirit Cathedral (Accra)
3. Independence Arch
4. Liberation Day Monument
5. Abossey Okai Central Mosque
6. Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu
7. Efua Sutherland Children's Park