Extra day in Accra
Jan 5, 2014, 4:02 pm
#1
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Extra day in Accra
I am arriving one day in Accra before a scheduled 2 week expedition. Any suggestion as to what to do for that day?? I would like to visit some sort of craft work shop with beads or cloth but can't find anything special online. Anyone? I have been all over other parts of Africa but first time in West Africa.
Thanks
Thanks
Jan 6, 2014, 1:58 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: UK & Ghana
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I am arriving one day in Accra before a scheduled 2 week expedition. Any suggestion as to what to do for that day?? I would like to visit some sort of craft work shop with beads or cloth but can't find anything special online. Anyone? I have been all over other parts of Africa but first time in West Africa.
Thanks
Thanks
The experience is quite stressful though as people will be trying to pull you to their stall and in the end you just feel like running away.
Once you have escaped there is a reasonable bar on the right hand side of the market where you can relax with a drink and calm your shattered nerves.
Jan 7, 2014, 2:20 am
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Jan 9, 2014, 2:38 am
#5
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Wild Gecko
I live in Accra and recommend wild Gecko for a very high standard craft store on the outskirts of Accra.
www.wild-gecko.com
www.wild-gecko.com
Jan 9, 2014, 8:56 pm
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Better idea
I actually found an agency that takes you to clinics and orphanages to visit. Being a doctor who worked for 3 years in South Africa, this might prove interesting. I figure that my other two weeks will be full of culture and shopping.
But having read about the numerous scams in Ghana, hope this is not a bogus company.
But having read about the numerous scams in Ghana, hope this is not a bogus company.
Jan 21, 2014, 7:19 am
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hotel suggestions
Tacking onto this to ask for any hotel recommendations for Accra. It's a work trip (so not backpacker/hostel) but it's my company (so not opm/luxurious either 
). A couple of nights in March..
). A couple of nights in March..
Jan 22, 2014, 2:40 am
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Jan 22, 2014, 7:52 am
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I used to stay at the Golden Tulip, but after the renovations, they upped their prices, so I started staying at the Holiday Inn near the airport. Always got an upgrade, breakfast is okay and friendly service. But you need a taxi to get anywhere.
Jan 27, 2014, 4:44 am
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The Best Western and the Fiesta Royale are two properties near the airport that have very positive reviews.
Mar 14, 2014, 6:26 am
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Went with this. Great location in Osu, around the corner from Oxford St but a peaceful retreat. Good food. Pricey.
However, some niggles: flaky wifi; uninspiring breakfast; no shampoo/shower gel; slow service & checkout; and a Fawlty-esque mishearing of extra as 'eggs-tra' by a waiter leading to a lobster dinner coming out covered in sliced hard-boiled eggs
However, some niggles: flaky wifi; uninspiring breakfast; no shampoo/shower gel; slow service & checkout; and a Fawlty-esque mishearing of extra as 'eggs-tra' by a waiter leading to a lobster dinner coming out covered in sliced hard-boiled eggs
Last edited by Stewie Mac; Mar 14, 2014 at 6:39 am
Feb 18, 2015, 5:32 am
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Back in Accra again next month, and looking for a cheaper alternative to La Villa Boutique, ideally still around Osu. Coconut Grove gets reasonable reviews on Tripadvisor... anyone with any experience?
thanks
Nova hotel was fine - clean, a/c through the night with their own generator, reasonably priced, good location
thanks
Nova hotel was fine - clean, a/c through the night with their own generator, reasonably priced, good location
Last edited by Stewie Mac; Mar 23, 2015 at 7:31 am