Bada Bing! » flights to Ghana http://badabingblog.org Blog About Holiday and Traveling Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:26:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Accra has Become the Favorite Tourist Destination within 50 Years of Independence http://badabingblog.org/accra-has-become-the-favorite-tourist-destination-within-50-years-of-independence.html http://badabingblog.org/accra-has-become-the-favorite-tourist-destination-within-50-years-of-independence.html#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:15:32 +0000 admin http://badabingblog.org/?p=142 Ghana is the place which has infinite faces because of its diverse culture that’s why it is often named as the “cultural home of Africa”. Ghana gained independence from UK in 1957 and since then Ghana is getting popularity day by day among international tourists. As Ghana was run under UK government for many years that’s why English is widely spoken there. Ghana is the mixture of different religions such as Christianity; 69 percent of the total population, Islam and other traditional beliefs and you can feel the strong influence of all these religions on Ghana. The capital of Ghana is Accra that is an administrative and economic hub of the country and because of its international airport it is the main gateway to enter the city. This airport operates numerous international flights and domestic flights as well so to be there you have to get flights to Ghana with any popular airline without any difficulty.

Accra Offers Several Tourists Destinations

Accra houses several tourists’ destinations that compel visitors to visit Accra over and over again. National museum is the must visit place that has two floors. No matter, from which country do you belong but if you know English you can get useful information from this museum because all the information is available in English. Similarly National Cultural Centre is the place that is more like a craft market and is the great place from a traveler’s point of view. When ever you visit this centre the sales person try to sell their product on you, some of the them try to enforce you to buy your product but you should be determinant and buy what you wanted. If you are with your family then Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is the place for you that was created to honor Kwame Nkrumah and is monumentally designed with fountains and green lawns. In this park you can see monuments dedicated to him and a mausoleum where he is buried. Ussher Fort, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Jamestown and Independence Arch are some other must visit places in Accra. Without visiting these places your Ghana trip would be incomplete.

Popular markets in Accra

Makola Market is one of the most-lively and vibrant markets in Ghana from where you can buy anything ranging from fruits, vegetables to televisions and fridges etc. It is such a crowdy market that you can’t even remember, which side you were entered and now from which side you should leave. In addition to this Kaneshie Market is the 2nd largest market in Accra and is located in 5 story building full of small shops for the market.

Popular Beaches of Accra

Accra has some of the most popular beaches of Africa- some beaches allow you free entertainment but some beaches charge you entry fees. In you are party lovers then some beaches also offer you energetic and vibrant parties in the evening but if you are only interested in nature then dawn and sun set are the two peak times for  you when you can see the most beautiful sun with its rays.

There has been a boom in the tourism industry of Ghana for the past few years. A furious between the leading airlines is going on. Many of them have started proving their services online also. Thus you can reserve your cheap flights to Accra via internet also.

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