Porto-Novo: Discovery Tour in the Capital of Benin with 3 Names...｜Benin

Porto-Novo is known as the city with three names and offers a range of sensations and feelings: tranquility, wonder, curiosity... And it will not leave anyone indifferent. Its rich architectural heritage recalls the presence of the French colonial administration and the Afro-Brazilian movement of the return of slave descendants.
Vodun is omnipresent: everywhere, vodun invites you to look or to discuss. About fifteen sacred, cultural, and religious places, renovated and enhanced as part of the Éclosions Urbaines project, tell the story of the ancestral relationships between people, nature, and the deities. Let yourself be tempted by history too, History with a capital H. The history of the city's founding by Yoruba hunters and, later, the settlement and domination of the Adjas. Or the story of the creation of the colony of Dahomey. Stories that make Porto-Novo a peaceful and remarkable multicultural city. A mosaic of sites that tells the story of the essence of the city of Porto-Novo, which you will discover through this half-day immersion in the capital.