The Greater Accra Region is home to the Capital City Accra. Although the smallest region, it has 2 large Metropolitan areas:- Accra and Tema, the major industrial and commercial centres of the country. The City of Accra has been the capital since 1877. It has fine beaches, excellent restaurants and nightclubs, a range of absorbing museums and monuments, modern business and commercial areas as well as busy large outdoor markets and exclusive residential suburbs. Accra is open to do business with the rest of the world.

Sites to See

Places of interest in the region:

• Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum (the resting grounds of the first president of Ghana and the spot at which he declared Independence)
• The National Museum
• Art Market (super quality carvings & Kente clothing)
• Makola Market (there is nothing like it)
• DuBios Centre for Pan Africanism
• George Padmore research library
• Independence Square & Arch
• University of Ghana, Legon (founded in 1948, it is the premiere centre for education) its beautiful architecture and garden is a must see. The school of performing arts and language lab is worth visiting
• Accra Zoo
• Kofi Annan Centre of excellence
• La Beach Resort
• Osu (countless nightclubs, restaurants, casinos, shops and other places of leisure) You can also catch a glimpse of the old Accra.
• Kokrobite Beach Resort (Academy of African music and arts)
• Ada Paradise Beach
• Cocoa processing factory at Tema (home of various varieties of chocolates)
• Ports & Harbours Tema