Beach · Akwidaa
Akwidaa Beach
Akwidaa Beach is the free, open shoreline of a fishing village in Ahanta West District, Western Region, near Cape Three Points, with turtle nesting and beach lodges.
Photo: ecbourque · Source
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Attraction · Beyin
Fort Apollonia
Fort Apollonia is a colonial-era seafront fort at Beyin, Western Region, Ghana, housing the Museum of Nzema Culture and History since 2010.
Photo: Esthee2010 · Source
Attraction · Butre
Fort Batenstein
Fort Batenstein is a Dutch trading fort built in 1656, now a ruin on the hill above Butre village in Ghana's Western Region, overlooking the Atlantic.
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Attraction · Dixcove
Fort Metal Cross
Fort Metal Cross is a British colonial fort begun in 1692 on a promontory at Dixcove in Ghana's Western Region, now a UNESCO-listed protected monument.
Photo: Nicholas McGee · Source
Attraction · Shama
Fort San Sebastian
Fort San Sebastian at Shama, Western Region, is a Portuguese fort of 1520–1526, later expanded by the Dutch and now a National Monument in Ghana's UNESCO-listed forts and castles.
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Attraction · Shama
Fort San Sebastian, Shama
Fort San Sebastian in Shama, Western Region, is a Portuguese-built fort of 1520–1526, now a National Monument and part of the UNESCO-listed Forts and Castles of Ghana.
Photo: Esthee2010 · Source
Attraction · Nzulezo
Nzulezo Stilt Village
Nzulezo is Ghana's only stilt village, reached by guided canoe through the Amanzule wetlands from Beyin in the Western Region.
Photo: Luke Bosman · Source
Attraction · Takoradi
Takoradi Harbour
Takoradi Harbour is Ghana's oldest seaport, a secured working industrial port in Sekondi-Takoradi commissioned in 1928, with restricted public access.
Photo: Kees Torn · Source
Waterfall · Tarkwa
UMaT Waterfall
A small campus waterfall at the University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa, Western Region, used by the university for World Water Day events and buffer-zone conservation.
Photo: Enock4seth · Source
Beach · Busua
Busua Beach
Sandy Atlantic beach at Busua in Ghana's Western Region, known as the country's leading surf destination, with surf schools on the sand.
Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive · Source
Attraction · Sanwoma
Ankobra Estuary
The Ankobra Estuary is where the Ankobra River meets the Atlantic at Sanwoma in the Ellembelle District, Western Region, near the remains of Fort Elize Carthago.
Photo: ZSM · Source
Attraction · Akwidaa
Cape Three Points
Cape Three Points is Ghana's southernmost tip, a fishing village and peninsula in the Western Region known for its 1875 and 1925 lighthouses.
Photo: Friedmut Abel · Source
Beach · Dixcove
Dixcove Beach
Dixcove Beach is the working fishing shoreline of Dixcove in Ghana's Western Region, set below the bluff-top Fort Metal Cross.
Photo: Stig Nygaard · Source
Attraction · Axim
Fort St. Antony
Portuguese-built fort begun in 1515 on a rocky promontory at Axim, later a Dutch Gold Coast stronghold and now a UNESCO-listed state-owned site open to the public.
Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery · Source
Attraction · Takoradi
Market Circle, Takoradi
Takoradi Market Circle is a long-established market in Takoradi, Western Region, whose 2020 redevelopment has been stalled since early 2023.
Photo: Canny Kay · Source
Beach · Butre
Butre Beach
Butre Beach, also called Coconut Beach, is the narrow palm-fringed beach at the fishing village of Butre in Ghana's Western Region, where the Butre River meets the Atlantic.
Photo: benketaro · Source
Beach · Akwidaa
Ezile Bay Beach
A roughly 300 m almond-shaded beach in a small protected bay between Akwidaa and Katakor, near Cape Three Points, Western Region, home to Ezile Bay Ecolodge.
Photo: aripeskoe2 · Source
Attraction · Axim
Fort Santo Antonio
Portuguese-built fort begun in 1515 at Axim, Western Region, now a UNESCO-listed state monument managed by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and closed since 18 December 2025.
Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery · Source
Beach · Takoradi
Sports Club Beach
Sports Club Beach is a beach in Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana, described as lying behind the Atlantic Hotel and named for the adjacent Takoradi Sports Club.
Photo: Angel Lite Photography · Source
Attraction · Akwidaa
Cape Three Points Lighthouse
Cape Three Points is Ghana's southernmost tip, a fishing village and peninsula in Ahanta West known for its 1875 lighthouse ruin and working 1925 tower.
Photo: Friedmut Abel · Source
Attraction · Takoradi
Takoradi Monkey Hill
Takoradi Monkey Hill is a forested hill and primate habitat conservation site within Takoradi, listed by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly as a tourist site.
Photo: Elsewer · Source
Attraction · Aboadze
Aboadze Thermal Power Station (VRA) visitor site
Ghana's first fossil-fuel power station, operated by VRA at Aboadze near Sekondi-Takoradi, drawing students and tourists to study electricity supply.
Photo: Enock4seth · Source
Beach · Axim
Ankobra Beach Resort
Ankobra Beach Retreat is a beachfront boutique resort at Axim in Ghana's Western Region, with African-style chalets, a restaurant and a maintained beach on a 45-hectare complex.
Photo: Roger Husvik · Source
Beach · Axim
Axim Beach
Axim Beach is the shoreline and beachfront-resort area of Axim, a coastal town and capital of Nzema East Municipal District in Ghana's Western Region.
Photo: Jeremy Weate · Source