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Ivory Coast, 7 Jun 2022

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Bradt's Ivory Coast remains the only English-language guidebook to focus solely on this culturally rich West African country, a place of crimson savannas, vibrant traditions and welcoming coastal communities.

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ArticleIvory Coast Essen­tials

THE BASICS Cur­rency Cent­ral African Franc (CFA, abbre­vi­ated as F in this book) Rate of exchange (Feb­ru­ary 2022) £1 = 787F US$1 = 579F €1 = 656F Time GMT +0 Elec­tri­city 220V, 50Hz Inter­na­tional tele­phone code +225 Use­ful tele­phone...

Ivory Coast Essen­tials

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Main road (regional) Other road (regional) Minor road (regional) Air­port Bus sta­tion Car hire Car park Embassy/con­su­late His­toric/import­ant buid­ing Monu­ment/statue Museum/gal­lery Bank Post...

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ArticleDance

This has always been an essen­tial means of self­ex­pres­sion in Ivory Coast, and is used to mark births, deaths, mar­riages, har­vests and other key events. Here, a dan­cer in Godufu

Dance

ArticleAbid­jan

Plat­eau is the busi­ness hub of the coun­try's fin­an­cial cap­ital, replete with sky­scrapers, count­less banks and mod­ern­ist idio­syn­crasies

Abid­jan

ArticleGrand-Bas­sam

Now a UNESCO World Her­it­age Site, this city’s French-period neigh­bour­hood of crum­bling man­sions makes for an intriguing wander

Grand-Bas­sam