District · Lomé
Bè and Akodessewa (east)Bè, Akodessewa
A separate half day by car; ask your hotel for a driver.
Key facts
- Suits
- The old Ewe quarter and the fetish market, with a guide
What it's like
- Feels:
- The old Ewe quarter and a vodun market
- Suits:
- The old Ewe quarter and the fetish market, with a guide
- Best time:
- Morning
- Watch out for:
- Going alone or photographing without consent.
- In short:
- A separate half day by car; ask your hotel for a driver.
About these names
Lomé runs east to west along the coast. The Grand Marché and the streets around it form the busy old centre, the cathedral and the museum sit a few blocks north, the beach road runs along the sea, and the Deux Février hotel and government quarter lies north-west. The Ghana border is at the western edge; the fetish market and the old Bè quarter are east.
Stay here?
Not a base in this guide
Shopping
Markets and shopping streets from the Lomé buying guide that name this district.
- Akodessewa fetish market · Vodun objects and animal parts · Daytime (check) · haggling: limitedEast side; go with a guide, and agree the entry fee and photo rules first.
Safety at night and noise
Akodessewa and Bè (east)day: cautionnight: caution
Go with a guide; agree fees and photo rules first.
Built from this guide’s Lomé districts table, place, eat and sleep pages, route graph and city notes. Hours, prices and rules change: anything marked (check) is typical, not verified. checked: 2026-09.