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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Benin

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Benin

Updated August 3, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Benin

Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie Lake Village

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Ouidah, Benin

La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return)

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

Ouidah, Benin

The Temple of Pythons

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Bohicon, Benin

Agongointo-Zoungoudo Archaeological Park

This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.

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