Benin Tourist Traps

  OUTRAGEOUS !
by DAO
  • OUTRAGEOUS !
      OUTRAGEOUS !
    by DAO
  •   Tourist Traps
    by DAO
  •   Tourist Traps
    by DAO
  • SHOCKING !
      SHOCKING !
    by DAO
  •   Tourist Traps
    by DAO

Comments

Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

THE HIGH(ER) PRICE OF POSTAGE

by DAO

Somebody in the Government of Benin realised that they could make money from Tourists wanting to post their postcards and letters from here. They could make money - quickly. Very quickly. So quickly that they already had printed the price of 200 CFA (30 Euro cents, 39 US Cents). Then they promptly printed 600 CFA over all of them. So tripling the price instantly! So all my cards seemed to require at least 1200 CFA. Decide who your real friends are before you get here. Its hard enough finding postcards to buy. And they are not cheap either. Its actually cheaper to do all this from London than here! Send La Poste du Benin a nasty letter or email. If you can get their website to work !

SHOCKING !
4 more images
Watch out for many of the...

by byron3062

Watch out for many of the street vendors. Most of them do not speak any English and will try to rip you off if you do not know how to deal with them. This is a photo of the many thousands of vendors along the roadways.

on the market, there is a lot...

by nygaston

on the market, there is a lot of things to see (and to buy)... the prices are multiply by 4 or 10 sometimes if you are white... but it is a fine way to help people to live (survive)

Top 3 Hotels in Benin

Ibis Cotonou  Cotonou

 2 Reviews and 28 Opinions  Lovely and very clean stay at the Ibis. They remind you in every-way that they are only providing a... 

 Hotels in Cotonou

Show Prices

Hotel du Lac  Cotonou

 1 Review and 21 Opinions  This lovely hotel sits on the edge of the Lagoon and my room overlooked it quite literally – the... 

 Hotels in Cotonou

Novotel Orisha Cotonou (Bld De La Marina.)  Cotonou

 37 Opinions

 Hotels in Cotonou

Show Prices

Benin Tourist Traps

Reviews and photos of Benin tourist traps posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Benin sightseeing.
Map of Benin