Cape Coast: Sightseeing
Places and attractions in the Sightseeing category
Cape Coast Castle
Museum of the trans-Atlantic slave trade Cape Coast Castle is a poignant historical landmark in the coastal city of Cape Coast, Ghana, serving as a stark reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. This white-washed fortress, originally built by the Swedish in the mid-17th century and later expanded by the...
Fort Victoria
Fort Victoria is a structure in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was initially known as Phipps Tower, its name being later changed to Fort Victoria in honor of Queen Victoria.
Cape Coast Castle Museum
The Cape Coast Castle Museum is an ethnography and archeological museum located in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was established in 1974.
Fort McCarthy
Fort McCarthy is a fort from the colonial British Gold Coast period in present-day Ghana. The fort is a ruin in Cape Coast, of the Central Region of Ghana.
Fort Nassau
Fort Nassau, near Moree, Ghana, was the first fort that the Dutch established on what would become the Dutch Gold Coast.
Fosu Lagoon
The Fosu Lagoon is a body of water, located in the area of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana, that empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Fort William
Fort William Lighthouse is located on the Dawson's Hill in the old centre of Cape Coast, in Ghana's Central Region. The lighthouse is often called Cape Coast Castle Light, although it is not part of the Cape Coast Castle complex.
University of Cape Coast
The University of Cape Coast is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the wide Atlantic Ocean.
Agona West Municipal District
Agona West Municipal District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana.
Cape Coast Technical University
Formally Cape Coast Polytechnic is a public tertiary institution in the Central Region of Ghana. Cape Coast Polytechnic was in existence in 1984 as a second cycle institution. In began operating under Ghana Education Service in 1986.
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