Flight of
the Brussels Ailines Company from Linate to
In the
Entry visa:
necessary, to be requested at the diplomatic / consular offices of the
Then at
another desk, you get the entry stamp in your passport.
In the
Religions:
Muslim (35-40%), Christian (30%), the rest animists.
In the
From
For the
Hotel I had booked through Booking at the Hotel Residence Vera, located in the
Marcory district,
From the
Marcory district, to reach Assinie, I went on foot to the main street of
Marcory at
From there
I did not find direct minibuses to Assinie, but it is necessary to change at
Grand Bassam.
The minibus
journey to the Grand Bassam gare de routiere, located on Place de la Paix 2km
north of the beach, costs CFA 500. Duration of the trip: about 1 hour.
From the
gare de routiere in Grand Bassam, I took a minibus to Aboisso and got off at
Samo. Cost of the ride: 500 CFA. Duration of the trip: about 1 hour.
From the
main street of Samo, I walked for
The minibus
at my request left me at the dock of the Assinie Mafia motor boats. The cost of
the same to cross the
This leads
to the white Copacabana beach. Free admission.
Back, with
a direct minibus from Assinie at a cost of 1,500 CFA, to the gare de routiere
of Grand Bassam, located in Place de la Paix
The entrance
fee to Grand Bassam beach is 500 CFA.
Grand
Bassam, appears safe and can be easily explored on foot.
Back in the
Marcory district of Abidjan and specifically at the Grand Bassam routiere race,
I took a private taxi to Le Plateau, at a price of 1,000 CFA.
Le Plateau,
on Sunday appears deserted but safe as there are security guards on every
corner.
From Le
Plateau, I took a private taxi to Cathedrale St Paul, for the price of 1,000
CFA.
Admission
to Cathedrale St Paul is free.
The nearby
Musee des Civilitasions, within walking distance, is closed on Sunday.
From the
Musee des Civilitasions, I took a private taxi to Hotel Ivoire, located in
Cocody (the most exclusive neighborhood in
From the
Hotel Ivoire, I took a private taxi to Galerie Fakhoury (closed on Sunday),
located in Cocody (the most exclusive neighborhood in
From
Galerie Fakhoury, I took a private taxi to Hotel de la Gare, one of the
cheapest in the city, located in Adjamè, the most dangerous district of
Abidjan, at a price of 2,000 CFA.
The cost of
a single room at the Hotel de la Gare is 7,000 CFA, with fan and 14,000 CFA,
with air conditioning. WIFI, not working, breakfast not included.
Pay close
attention to Adjamè, the most dangerous neighborhood in
From my
hotel, I walked about
To find the
one headed to the capital, a guy helped me to whom I had to give 1,000 CFA.
There are
several companies that make numerous trips to Yamoussoukro every day. I took a
bus of the company J.T.B., directed to Bouakè, which left me on the southern
outskirts of the capital. Cost of the ride: 3,000 CFA. Duration of the trip:
scarce 4 hours (it makes a lot of stops).
From there
I took a shared taxi to Yamoussoukro's Basilique Notre Dame de la Paix, for the
price of 500 CFA.
Yamoussoukro's
Basilique Notre Dame de la Paix is similar to the
Yamoussoukro
is the political capital of the
From there
I took a shared taxi to Yamoussoukro's Gare Routiere, for the price of 200 CFA.
From the
Gare Routiere in Yamoussoukro, located south of the City, I took a bus to Man,
for the price of 6,000 CFA. Duration of the trip: scarce 8 hours (it makes a
lot of stops). The first 3 hours I did sitting on the ground in the corridor because
the bus was too full.
In Man the
bus arrives right in the city center.
Man is a
beautiful town in the middle of the hills.
In Man I
thought of sleeping at the very central Hotel Leveneur, but I discovered that
the same is no longer in business.
I then
slept at the Amointrin Hotel, located in Rue du Lycee Professional, on the
outskirts of Man. Room price: 15,000 CFA (I got a discount of 1,000 CFA). Hot
water in buckets, available. Air conditioning. Working wifi.
To reach
him by collective taxi, in the evening I paid 500 CFA.
The next
morning I walked for
The
From the
Falls, if you want to go back to the center of Man, you have to walk for over a
kilometer, on a dirt road until you find the paved road where you can take one
of the numerous collective taxis which, at a price of 500 CFA, take you to the
city center.
Gare du
Rutiere in Mn is located in the city center, on the main road opposite the
petrol station.
From the gare
de routiere of Man, a minibus leaves for Dananè when it is full (you can wait
even more than 1 hour). Cost of the ride: 2,000 CFA. Duration of the trip:
about 1 hour and a half. The same makes numerous stops.
The
aforementioned minibus ends the race at the gare de routiere of Dananè, on the
eastern outskirts of the city. From here, collective taxis to Kpantiaplay, on
the border with
The road
between Dananè and Kpantiaplay, on the border with
Quite
easily I obtained the exit stamp from the
Then I
walked for about
My complete travel report
with map, photographs and videos is available at this link:
https://vivendosalendo.blogspot.com/2019/04/viaggio-in-costa-davorio-abidjan.html
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