Elmina Travel Guide

 georeiser Says:  African people enjoy playing games, like this "ludo look-alike" game on a table in the main square of Elmina. And strangely they doesn't seem to know eachother before they start. Everybody is invited. 

 hanspeter_W. Says:  Cape Coast Castle is one of biggest and most important towns of Ghana..good for shoppingCape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg after King Charles X of... 

 hanspeter_W. Says:  beside elmina castle the most important slavery castle in west africa, visited also recently by obamaeven simular to elmina in the history and in the building they differ from each otheryou should visit both and listen to the sad history of the slavery timeCape Coast's main... 

 hanspeter_W. Says:  beside the famous elmina castle it is also worth to visit elmina town, its beach and fort coenraaedsburgElmina, is a town in the Central Region, situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, about 12 km west of Cape Coast. The first European settlement... 

 hanspeter_W. Says:  do not miss the most famous and most fascinating sightseeing of ghana and whole africathe kakuum skywalkThe Kakum forest turns more to a kind of of a jungle experience. The canopy walkway is up to 30 m above the forest floor and within sight of the tallest tree of the forest... 

 georeiser Says:  Enapa Fie was sold out of food when I came to eat. They had only beers left. A strange restaurant with employees who just walked around doing nothing. The second floor was packed with locals in the nights who watched english football on satelite-TV. Nyansapow Hotel 

 hanspeter_W. Says:  we had three days absolut reliable taxi and guide service from accra airport, around kakuum, elmina/Cape Coast area and onforwarding to Kumasifriendly guy always in time, helpful and has excellent knowledge about whole Ghanachrisman car rental ltd. kweku annan 

 georeiser Says:  The local shoemaker on the road from Elmina to Cape Coast repair your shoes fast and to a very cheap price. The owner is standing outside shop.This place doesn't take credit card. 

 Pieter11 Says:  As far as I've seen the Ghanaian coastline, the beach at Elmina is the most beautiful part there is. At the eastside of the town, on the road towards Cape Coast, you'll see the sandy beach, not with white sand but at least with yellowish sand. And all over the place you see... 

 Pieter11 Says:  Right before St. George's Castle you will see the very active and colourful harbour of the town. Boats full of fish come in and out here all day long, decorated with flags and colourful paints. The tradesmen in the streets around the harbour are always noisy and busy with... 

 georeiser Says:   Chapel Square, in the center of the city, is the main place where people gather. 

 georeiser Says:   Load music is heard from a backstreet in Elmina where locals gather to sing and dance. This is some kind of religious thing where people are almost in a trance. And it happens every week. It's all organized by some christian organization.