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Cotonou

Cotonou is the largest city in Benin and the country's primary port of entry for visitors. The city is in the south of the country, on the coastline. Wikivoyage

Population 780,000 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Benin

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Benin

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Marché St Michel

    1. Monday: 24 hours
    2. Tuesday: 24 hours
    3. Wednesday: 24 hours
    4. Thursday: 24 hours
    5. Friday: 24 hours
    6. Saturday: 24 hours
    7. Sunday: 24 hours

    24 hours

    820 m from the centre

  • Marché Dantokpa

    No hours mapped

    670 m from the centre

  • Marché de ladji

    Marché à côté du camp militaire

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

  • Marché

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

  • Marché des Arts de Cotonou

    marché artisanal

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

  • Agbôdji

    lieu d'achat de Poisson Des revendeuse chez les pêcheurs

    No hours mapped

    2.7 km from the centre

  • Marché PK3

    No hours mapped

    3.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 9 places to eat

Getting around

Train stations: Cotonou 1.2 km

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