THE FISHING ROAD
Route des pêches to the left of the Porte de Non-Retour, first past the ...Read more
ABOMEY MUSEUM - ROYAL PALACE
Museum displaying original works and objects belonging to the various ...Read more
ZINSOU FOUNDATION
Ouidah's historic Afro-Brazilian building, a must-see and home to artists ...Read more
PYTHON TEMPLE
Read moreThe temple of Dangbe is devoted to the cult of python, with dozens of specimens preaching in one of the small squares. If you want to have a python around your neck, the guide will be happy to pass it through, with a small ticket. Otherwise he will talk to you about python, venerated god venerated to Grand-Popo, where his ornamental representation of many temples. In Ouidah, the xweda and fon families practicing the Dangbè python (also called Dan) are distinguished by scarifications symbolizing the frontal marks of python.
ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM ADANDÉ
Read moreA museum that constitutes an introduction to the culture of this region of Benin, especially to guélédé societies. But the interest in the collection is really limited.
You can also see musical instruments and dance accessories, such as the sacred drums of Nikki and Porto-Novo, horns, cithares as well as ritual instruments used to interrogate Fa and weapons… Collections are very rich, but because of lack of space, one part is on reserve. We cannot tell you what will be displayed at the time of your visit.
THE HONMÈ MUSEUM, FORMER ROYAL PALACE
Museum offering a visit with a local guide to discover the workings of the ...Read more
THE SACRED FOREST OF KPASSÈ
Sacred forest of Kpassé with statues representing the local gods, offering ...Read more
GOHO SQUARE - STATUE OF KING BEHANZIN
The square at the entrance to the town features a large bronze statue of ...Read more
GARDEN OF PLANTS
Test garden for tropical species, home to sacred trees, rarer species and ...Read more