Historical Benin
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Allada ?
The map of your stay "Historical Benin"
Detail of the stay : Historical Benin
How to get there - Allada
Arrival in Cotonou.
Arrival in the city. Visit and check-in at your hotel.
Departure for Abomey
Steps: Abomey
Visit of the town and discovery of the Port fresco. Departure for Abomey. In the Togoudo forest, visit the Adjahuto temple, where the ancestor of the Adja-fons is said to have disappeared. Overnight in Abomey.
Places of interest : LE TEMPLE D'ADJAHUTO
The kingdom of Abomey
Steps: Abomey
VisitAbomey's annex palaces, pending the reopening of the Royal Palace. In the afternoon, visit and a magnificent Vodoun temple.
Places of interest : MUSÉE D'ABOMEY - PALAIS ROYAL LIEU UNIK
The kingdoms of Kétou and Porto-Novo
Steps: Kétou
Departure for Kétou. Visit of the town and the Fortified Gate Museum, Guèlèdè dance ceremony. Lunch in Kétou. Departure for Porto-Novo, with a stroll through the "red city" and past the sacred temples that marked the Yoruba settlement in the region.
Around Porto-Novo
Steps: Cotonou
Visit the Songhai Center, the Ouadada Cultural Center and discover the architecture (Great Mosque, Afro-Brazilian villas). Return to Cotonou.
Places of interest : CENTRE CULTUREL OUADADA
As the water flows
Steps: Ouidah
Visit the lakeside villages, especially Ganvié... Departure for Ouidah and discovery of the villages on the lagoon. Overnight in Ouidah.
Ouidah
Steps: Cotonou
Visit the Fondation Zinsou and the sacred forest to discover some facets of the Vodoun cult. Discover the route des Esclaves to the beach. Return to Cotonou.
Places of interest : FONDATION ZINSOU
