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Attraction · Senya Beraku

Fort Good Hope

Fort Good Hope (Fort de Goede Hoop) is a restored Dutch coastal fort at Senya Beraku, Central Region, Ghana, now a rest house, bed-and-breakfast and visitor attraction.

Photo: Nandi D · Source

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 · Apam

Fort Patience

Dutch-built Fort Patience (Fort Lijdzaamheid) stands on a promontory at Apam, Central Region, overlooking the fishing harbour and Gulf of Guinea coast.

Photo: Street4kingz · Source

Attraction · Keta

Fort Prinzenstein

Fort Prinzenstein is a partly ruined 1784 Danish fort at Keta in the Volta Region, part of Ghana's UNESCO-listed forts and castles.

Photo: Khobbyyyy · 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.

Photo: Esthee2010 · Source

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 · Komenda

Fort Vredenburg

Fort Vredenburgh is a ruined 1682 Dutch fort on the Komenda River at Dutch Komenda, Central Region, inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 1979.

Photo: Flixtey · Source

Attraction · Anomabo

Fort William

Fort William is a British trading fort at Anomabo in Ghana's Central Region, built from 1753, later a prison, and now in the custody of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

Photo: Fquasie · Source

Attraction · Gwollu

Gwollu Slave Defence Wall

A 19th-century mud-and-brick defence wall in Gwollu, Upper West Region, built by Gwollu Koro Limann against slave traders and managed by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

Photo: Sir Amugi · Source

Attraction · Ho

Ho Central Market

Ho Central Market, known as Ho Asigame, is one of the Volta Region's biggest trading centres, drawing traders and buyers from across Ho, the region and neighbouring Togo.

Photo: Brian Giesen · Source

Attraction · Accra

Independence Square

Independence Square, or Black Star Square, is Accra's national monument square in Osu, home to the Independence Arch, the Black Star Gate and the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier.

Photo: Rjruiziii · Source

Attraction · Koforidua

Jackson Park

Jackson Park is a historic public park and community centre in central Koforidua, Eastern Region, redeveloped from 2021 with sports, event and civic facilities.

Photo: Nkansahrexford · Source

Attraction · Accra

James Fort

James Fort is a 17th-century British fort in Jamestown, Accra, built in 1673, later a prison and now a GMMB-managed heritage site that is currently listed as temporarily closed.

Photo: Newfoundlandguy · Source

Attraction · Accra

Jamestown Lighthouse

Jamestown Lighthouse is a 28 m red-and-white banded tower in Jamestown, Accra, built in 1932 to replace an 1871 lighthouse, with 112 steps to summit views.

Photo: Dan Sloan · Source

Attraction · Cape Coast

Kakum National Park

Kakum National Park is a 375 sq km protected forest near Abrafo in Ghana's Central Region, about 33 km north of Cape Coast, best known for its canopy walkway.

Photo: MooseHypezGh · Source

Attraction · Kumasi

Kejetia Market

Kejetia Market, also known as Kumasi Central Market, is a vast multi-level market in central Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, trading Monday to Saturday.

Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive · Source

Beach · Keta

Keta Emancipation Beach

Emancipation Beach is a Gulf of Guinea beach behind Fort Prinzenstein at Keta, Volta Region, formerly used for Emancipation Day commemorations and now run as a beach resort.

Photo: Forgive Kwashie Agboada · Source

Attraction · Keta

Keta Lagoon

Keta Lagoon is Ghana's largest lagoon and the core of the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site, a brackish coastal wetland in the Volta Region known for bird watching.

Photo: Akiwumi · Source

Attraction · Kintampo

Kintampo Canopy Walkway

A suspended canopy walkway over a valley at the Kintampo Waterfalls site in Bono East, inaugurated in April 2019 and described as Ghana's second canopy walk after Kakum.

Photo: Knowledge and philosophy · Source

Waterfall · Kintampo

Kintampo Waterfalls

Kintampo Waterfalls is a three-drop waterfall on the Pumpum River in Bono East, about 4 km north of Kintampo on the Kumasi–Tamale road.

Photo: Nkansahrexford · Source

Attraction · Koforidua

Koforidua Beads Market

A weekly Thursday beads and crafts market in Koforidua's Gallaway neighbourhood, beside Jubilee Park, described by the local assembly as one of Africa's largest bead markets.

Photo: Warmglow · Source

Beach · Komenda

Komenda Beach

Komenda Beach is a Gulf of Guinea beach in Ghana's Central Region, best known for the tunnel-like Komenda Sea Cave a few metres from Komenda College of Education.

Photo: Skiet3n469 · Source

Attraction · Komenda

Komenda Sea Cave

A small natural sandstone sea cave on the coast west of Komenda town, reached by stairs from the Komenda College premises.

Photo: Skiet3n469 · Source

Attraction · Kumasi

Kumasi Fort and Military Museum

A fort and military museum in Kumasi's Uaddara Barracks, tracing the Anglo-Asante wars and the Gold Coast Regiment's evolution into the Ghana Armed Forces.

Photo: Noahalorwu · Source