Tired but spacious rooms (and new beds, finally!) with the town's best lagoon views and a wonderful terrace bar and restaurant. Even if you don't sleep here, you should definitely come for sundowners.
Hôtel Beaurivage
Benin
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
1.19 MILES
The Centre Songhai is a major research, teaching and production centre in sustainable farming. There are one-hour guided tours to visit the plantations…
13.66 MILES
The seemingly endless Grand Marché du Dantokpa is Cotonou's throbbing heart, bordered by the lagoon and Blvd St Michel. Everything under the sun can be…
13.93 MILES
With its vibrant red and white stripes, this Catholic cathedral is not just a place of worship but also home to a small bookshop selling titles by…
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16.14 MILES
Named after the family that started it, this fantastic exhibition space seeks to promote contemporary African art among Beninese people through…
14.83 MILES
This stilt village, located in the lagoon of Lake Nokoue, was created for the Tofinu people to stay safe from slave hunters. It has become part of their…
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13.73 MILES
This market sells anything associated with Vodou, including varieties of tree barks and dried plants (both used in traditional medicine) and stalwarts…
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1.08 MILES
This museum is housed in the walled palace of King Toffa, who signed the first treaty with the French in 1863. It focuses on the alounloun musical…
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Musée Ethnographique de Porto Novo
0.86 MILES
Housed in a pretty colonial building, this museum is well worth a gander. The top floor is organised thematically around birth, life and death, with…
Nearby Benin attractions
1. Musée Ethnographique de Porto Novo
0.86 MILES
Housed in a pretty colonial building, this museum is well worth a gander. The top floor is organised thematically around birth, life and death, with…
0.99 MILES
This wonderfully eclectic museum full of Afro-Brazilian artefacts is housed in a beautiful 1870 Afro-Brazilian house.
1.08 MILES
This museum is housed in the walled palace of King Toffa, who signed the first treaty with the French in 1863. It focuses on the alounloun musical…
1.19 MILES
The Centre Songhai is a major research, teaching and production centre in sustainable farming. There are one-hour guided tours to visit the plantations…
1.58 MILES
Manic, chaotic, full of questionable smells, this is your typical fresh produce plus anything market. Excellent for picking up picnic supplies.
5.47 MILES
This cultural museum offers a handful of local artefacts and a good display of African masks.
13.66 MILES
The seemingly endless Grand Marché du Dantokpa is Cotonou's throbbing heart, bordered by the lagoon and Blvd St Michel. Everything under the sun can be…
13.73 MILES
This market sells anything associated with Vodou, including varieties of tree barks and dried plants (both used in traditional medicine) and stalwarts…