Must-see attractions in Conakry

  • Centre d'Art Acrobatique Keita Fodeba

    Conakry

    The Centre d'Art Acrobatique Keita Fodeba is perhaps the single most amazing experience in Guinea. Every weekday morning scores of acrobats spin, twirl…

  • Cimetière de Boulbinet

    Conakry

    The shady Cimetière de Boulbinet reveals something of the harshness of life for the European colonialists who came to this humid and once mosquito…

  • Musée National

    Conakry

    The Musée National has a modest collection of masks, statues and musical instruments, many of which are used in religious or mystical ceremonies.

  • Jardin 2 Octobre

    Conakry

    Jardin 2 Octobre is a large park that contains a well-maintained children's playground. For those without little people in tow it's a calm break from the…

  • Cathédrale Sainte-Marie

    Conakry

    Conakry's dwindling Christian population almost manages to fill the pews of the red and yellow Cathédrale Sainte-Marie each Sunday morning. Construction…

  • Jardin Botanique

    Conakry

    The Botanical Garden is more a semi-wild patch of tropical forest rather than a botanical garden. It's a nice place for a relaxed walk under the kapok…

  • Palais Mohammed V

    Conakry

    Destroyed in a bombardment by mutinous troops in 1996, the former Palais des Nations was renovated, re-opened and re-christened the Palais Mohammed V …

  • Grande Mosquée

    Conakry

    Seeing worshippers flock to Conakry's impressive Grande Mosquée on a Friday is amazing. Built in 1984, the mosque is a striking building that accommodates…