Cluster · Lomé

Grand Marché

The big central market and the streets around it: early morning, small notes, bags at the hotel.

Not field-verified

28″ bags

forbidden

Time budget

half

Rescue coverage

100% ≤7′

max p90 4.9′

Places

1 sleep area in reach

Rules in force · 5Uneven pavements and traffic

Togo ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Togolese government sources before booking.
Togo ↗Governments advise against travel to parts of the far north (Savanes region) near the Burkina Faso border; check your own government's advice.
Lomé and the Coast ↗Avoid driving outside the city after dark: roads are poorly lit and vehicles are unlit.
Lomé ↗Uneven pavements and traffic: bags go from the car to the hotel door, never on a walk.
Lomé ↗After dark, take a car or a hotel-booked taxi door to door; do not walk between areas.

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Bound and physics

The Grand Marché and the shop streets around it.

Slope: flat
Stairs: Few
Shade: low
Surface: cracked paving, mud after rain
Sleep here or visit: visit

Eat and drink here

Maquis lunch

A local open-air restaurant near the market: grilled fish or chicken with attiéké or fufu, lunch before 14:30, small notes.

Rescue anchors

289 grid cells · 40 m

Green: rescue anchor (always). Amber: heat-only anchor. Red dots: grid cells more than 7 min (p90) from every valid anchor. North is up; not to scale for navigation.

A — Market entrance (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

B — Fabric-stall lane shade (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

C — Corner shop with fridge (field-verify)

food · toilet · valid: always

D — Bank branch (field-verify)

shelter · valid: always

E — Café near the market (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

F — Snack stand (field-verify)

food · valid: always

always: 100% covered, max p90 4.9′, worst cell 4.9′ · heat: 100%

Nodes in this cluster

Grand Marché
The city's central market: go early for cloth, spices and daily life; small notes; bags stay at the hotel.

Edges out

directed

To	How	p50	Climb
Cathedral and museum	Walk north	~10 min	flat
Beach road (Boulevard de la République)	Walk south	~12 min	flat

Sleep within reach

Centre-ville (Grand Marché) — 4–8 min

Red lines here

Keep phones and cash out of sight; ask before photographing traders.

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.