Detailed west coast trip report… and a tip for music enthusiasts!

Paul writes: We've just returned from three weeks travelling down the coast of Ghana and have some comments and recommendations you might like to take note of. ACCRA The old Penta hotel on Oxford Street, Osu has been extensively refurbished and is now the URBANO HOTEL.  Not cheap (around £96 p.n. for a double) but …

Latest news from eastern and coastal Ghana

Thanks to Nancy Chuang, who is Ghana right now researching the coming 8th edition of the Bradt Guide, for the following key updates (listed in alphabetical order): ACCRA (TESHIE-NUNGUA): people who book online would already know this, but if you’re driving out to the African Royal Beach Hotel without making prior contact, just know that …

Coffee Corner, Takoradi

Sian Edwards writes: Coffee Corner is a brilliant find if you are moving through Takoradi. Ask any taxi driver to go African Raybow Hotel (which they know) and Coffee Corner is between Vienna City roundabout and Raybow Hotel. They serve proper coffee, amazing baguettes on a selection of bread, teas, pastries imported from France and …

Online domestic flight bookings

Johan Verhagen writes: As a frequent traveller to Ghana, I have recently set up the first business, Ghana Ticket Service, selling online Ghanaian domestic flight tickets from the Ghanaian airline Starbow. This airline operates affordable flights connecting Accra to Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale. However, as arranging your ticket in Ghana is quite 'challenging' (and that is an …

Money in Ghana

I have just come back from Ghana with my family and wanted to let you know that getting hold of money became an issue for us at times because we needed more money than single travellers.  We took a mixture of cash, cards and travellers' cheques.  It's almost not worth bothering with the travellers' cheques. …

Coastal updates

We visited Anomabu on Trotro from Birawa Beach Resort Hotel in April 2012. The village is off the main road and is simple. The main reason was to see the ‘posuban’, which we achieved quite easily. Fort William is no longer a prison but is now a ‘youth centre’ with a (locked) library. As we approached the fort …

Domestic flights with Fly540

Fly540 is now offering internal flights to several locations around Ghana. They fly from Accra to Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale and Sunyani. All flights are at a low cost and the company is already known to offer good service and to have a good safety record in East Africa, where it is well established. For more …

Detailed trip report from Glenn and Christine

We have just returned from a five-week tour of Ghana, where we used your guide extensively.  It was an invaluable key to points of interest and to practical necessities (e.g. It’s very late – where can we find a guest house near the bus station?).  Occasionally, though, the description in the guide seemed out-of-date, so …

Walking Ghana’s coastline

I thought that some people might like to do an uncomplicated walk along Ghana’s beautiful coastline. I say uncomplicated because you can start and stop where you like and carry very little on your back. I walked from Winneba to Takoradi. Every fishing village has a path to the next one. There is always an …

Various updates from Helga

I just returned from a 3 month period in Ghana. I would like to express my gratitude for the Bradt travel guide. It was a great asset to carry!! To help improve your guide, I would like to make a few comments. -          The prices you mention in the guide are in general too low. The …