Ashanti Gold

Kumasi


This pink and yellow building tucked behind the National Cultural Centre is cheap and well located, but has seen better days. Rooms are rather run down, service is slow and the whole place has a neglected air.


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0.21 MILES

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6. Visitor Centre

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