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Travel to Avrankou, visa requirements / Get around / Avrankou attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Avrankou souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Avrankou nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get outAvrankou (originally Avlankou) is a city in Benin.
The origional is derived from Avlan (a famous plantain picker) and KOU (death in Gun language). Later, the French changed the name to its present as they found Avlankou difficult to pronounce.
Travel to Avrankou - Visa Requirements
Tours and Getting around Avrankou
Avrankou tourist attractions and sightseeing
- Zēkpon in nearby Adjarra is a sacred voodoo temple of water.
- Several sacred forests where traditional festivities take place.
Avrankou city tours
Avrankou souvenirs and shopping
There is a medium-sized market every five days, two days after Adjarra.
Avrankou Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
On the main highway when you enter Avrankou there is a large intersection with a statue where there is a nice outdoor bar and decent restaurant, as well as various street foods including grilled chicken. This area (more Adjarra) is also known for it’s pork.
Avrankou nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Avrankou cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
Because of its close proximity to Porto-Novo, there aren’t really any decent hotels in Avrankou. See Porto-Novo’s page for hotels.
Get out
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