We love Accra. We love the food, the music, the nightlife, the wildlife, the people. Everything. So for our celebration of the city, and the country, as...
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Accra restaurants and bars, films and theatre, art, gigs, clubs, shops and more...
Wiz Kudowor Retrospective
The opening dates and gallery locations for Wiz Edinam Kudowor’s first major retrospective in Accra, has been announced.
Studio Badge
Beautiful ‘Made in Ghana' products make us so happy, and Studio Badge has us smiling from ear to ear. Studio Badge is a Ghana-based home-decor design company,...
AAKS release new collection
AAKS has just launched their Spring Summer 2017/18 collection and has, as usual, not failed to impress. The new collection is bolder, brighter and even more...
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2017-18 Visitor Guide The NINTH edition of Time Out's Accra for Visitors is your essential guide to the best bars, finest restaurants, coolest shops and...
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Little Havana
Located in the hip, creative, and entrepreneurial enclave around Osu Ako Adjei Park is an old colonial-style building that is seeing a rather flamboyant new...
Green Eats Salad Bar
Healthy eating is all the rage at the moment, and Green Eats Salad Bar is bringing that trend to Ghana. As Accra’s first fully stocked salad bar, this...
Located in the hip, creative, and entrepreneurial enclave around Osu Ako Adjei Park is an old colonial-style building that is seeing a rather flamboyant new...
Little Havana
Located in the hip, creative, and entrepreneurial enclave around Osu Ako Adjei Park is an old colonial-style building that is seeing a rather flamboyant new...
Green Eats Salad Bar
Healthy eating is all the rage at the moment, and Green Eats Salad Bar is bringing that trend to Ghana. As Accra’s first fully stocked salad bar, this...
The Vine Lounge
The Vine Lounge Accra opened last September in the Best Western Premier Accra hotel in Airport Residential and has been a sensation ever since.
XO Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
It's amazing there hasn’t been anything like this in the city before. Pan-Asian cuisine is such a crowd-pleaser. Whether it’s Wagamama in a...
The Counter
Have you gone through sleepless nights wondering whether the crab cake would ever make it into a burger, you can finally lean back and relax. A new kid is in...
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Ake yaa heko // One does not take it anywhere On Tuesday 21st November 2017, Gallery 1957 welcomed an exclusive group of guests to witness the collaboration...
How to ride a trotro
If you are in Ghana and you plan to move around a lot, you might want to consider using a trotro. They are the most affordable means of transport in Ghana and...
Interview: Efya
Celebrity songstress Jane Awindor a.k.a, Efya, has been Ghana’s belle of the ball since her debut in 2006. Teasing the paparazzi with her good looks and...
Q & A with the fascinating Yaw Owusu
Time Out: Your use of pesewa coins has become your artistic calling card of sorts. Were there any other materials that came as a close second? Yaw Owusu: At...
Time Out meets: Akosua Afriyie-Kumi
When did you first have the idea to use these Ghanaian weaving techniques in high end fashion? I grew up around basket bags as a child in Ghana, I used to...
The best of Accra
Accra's top 7 hotels with swimming pools
Accra's top 7 hotels with swimming pools
Deciding on a hotel in Accra? Bear in mind that the city can get hot. Really hot. And while exploring Ghana's capital is incredibly rewarding, sometimes all...
Accra's best designer hotels
Accra's best designer hotels
No matter how impressive a hotel looks from the outside, it's the details that really matter. These are the hotels that get us excited.
The best bars in Accra
The best bars in Accra
There are dozens of bars in Accra, but only these made it into our Rate Your City shortlist. Are these the best? Why not let us know if you disagree
Accra's best boutiques
Accra's best boutiques
From cutting-edge fashion designers making waves around the world to local shops selling the best fabrics and beads, here are the best places to shop
75 things to do in Accra and Ghana • Sights, heritage and history
75 things to do in Accra and Ghana • Sights, heritage and history
Take a tour through Ghana's history – and then find read our feature 50 thinsg to do in Accra & Ghana
Accra neighbourhoods
Osu
Osu is probably the most happening part of town. The busy Cantonments Road, known to virtually everyone as Oxford Street, is a hub of activity 24 hours a day....
Airport
Airport is not only the first place you'll see in Accra, it is, as you'll notice, where most of the development is happening. New malls, hotels (we hear...
Accra Central
Along the traffic-choked High Street and 28th February Road, which run parallel to the Atlantic Coast, are many of the major banks, international offices of...
Labadi
The city's most popular beach is further east in Labadi. At weekends the place is filled with families frolicking in the surf and youngsters playing football....
The best restaurants in Accra
Best for local cuisine
Where to sample traditional Ghanaian fare While Accra offers a wide range of international cuisine, there's nothing quite like sampling traditional dishes in...
Best for international cuisine
Time Out recommends the best places to eat without borders - the top tier in Accra's cosmopolitan dining scene Over the centuries foreign influences have...
Best for a quick snack
Our top three recommended places for your fast-food fix - where to go for burgers, fries and fried chicken with an African twist Barcelo’s Chicken This...
Accra's cheap eats
Accra has a number of high-quality fine dining establishments - with equally high price tags. Thankfully, places to eat on a more modest budget also abound in...
Accra according to...
H.E. Francois Pujolas
H.E. Francois Pujolas
We talk to the Ambassador of France to Ghana H.E. Francois Pujolas about working in Ghana, where to eat and his hidden gem
Sonya Sadhwani
Sonya Sadhwani
Where is your favourite place to shop for clothes? Recently I had a fun shopping trip at My Closet in Abelempke. They had a great variety of...
PaJohn Bentsifi Dadson
PaJohn Bentsifi Dadson
Where do you take friends to eat? I bring them to my rooftop. It started out of my love of entertaining. The rooftop parties have become synonymous with...
Nada Moukarzel
Nada Moukarzel
Where do you take visitors to eat? I'm lucky enough to be involved with four exciting restaurant concepts in Ghana. I take guests to dine at Urban Grill...
Titi Ademola
Titi Ademola
What’s the best meal you’ve had recently? I had a lovely meal at Burger and Relish recently. It was a yummy variety of burgers, fries and...