Lomé Sights

Sights in Lomé

  1. Marché des Féticheurs

    The Marché des Féticheurs, 4km northeast of the centre, stocks all the ingredients for traditional tonics and fetishes - porcupine skin, warthog teeth, donkey skull, serpent head, horse hair, parakeet tail, thunderstones and chameleons. You can also buy ready-made grigri charms, such as the lovers' fetish and the 'telephone' fetish for travellers. Stock is sourced all over Africa and some visitors may feel uncomfortable buying the parts of lions, panthers, antelopes and buffalo, or rare species.

    The market is an overpriced tourist trap, but is still worth a visit. To get there charter a taxi or a taxi-moto.

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    Musée National

    The entrance to the Musée National is at the back of the Palais du Congrès in Place de l'Indépendance. It houses historical artefacts, pottery, costumes, musical instruments, woodcarvings and traditional medicines, plus 'thunderstones' (large rocks shaped like eggs) and cowrie shells, both formerly used as legal tender.

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    Palais du Congrès

    To the east of Place de l'Indépendance is Palais du Congrès, previously Eyadéma's RPT headquarters.

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