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Tourist Attractions And Monuments In Lagos

Lagos State is a tourist haven. Of Nigeria’s over 700 km Atlantic sandy beaches, the State has the majority with its 180 km coconut-fringed Atlantic littoral which consists of several beaches rising to about 20 between Badagry in the west and Lekki in the east. Foremost among the State’s beaches, which are glittering beauty of its aquatic splendour, are the following:
*.Bar Beach, Victoria Island
*.Atlas Cove, Apapa
*.Lekki Beach
*.Light House, Apapa
*.Maiyegun, Victoria Island
*.Kuramo Waters, Victoria Island
*.Alpha Beach, Eti-Osa
*.Hermitage Resort, Tiye, Ibeju-Lekki
*.Whispering Palms Resort, Iworo
*.Ibeshe, Ikorodu
*.Eleko/Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki
*.Suntan Resort, Sapo, Badagry
*.Tarkwa Bay, Apapa
*.Topo Island, Badagry
*.Ogogoro Island
*.Eko Tourist Beach Resort, Akodo
*.Snake Island, Apapa
*.Gbethrome, Badagry
*.La Campagne Tropicana Resort,
*.Okun Folu
Aside the above, the State is a tourist delight with regard to its historical and cultural engagements with early European explorers, merchants and innovators thus resulting in several monumental masterpieces including but not limited to the following:
Ikeja Tourist Sites
• Lagos State Government Secretariat Ikeja House, Alausa, Ikeja
• Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, [Parliament Building] Alausa, Ikeja
• Lagos Television and Radio Lagos/Eko F.M., Agidingbi Ikeja
• Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja [Hub of aviation in West Africa]
• LASU Ethnography Museum, Oba Ogunji Road, Ogba, Agege
• Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau, PSSDC Road, Magodo, Kosofe
• Statue of Lagos Idejo Chiefs - megacity’s traditional land gentry
• Third Mainland Bridge/Outer Ring Road Complex
• Isheri/River Ogun – Cradle of Awori and Lagos indigenous population
Badagry Tourist Sites
• First Storey Building in Nigeria, - constructed by the CMS [Anglican Mission] in 1845
• Ologe Forest Reserve, Ologe, Ilogbo, off Badagry Expressway
• Relics of Slave Trade, Badagry-Mobee Compound, Seriki Abass Slave Barraccoon [1847]; Boeko, Boekoh Quarters, Vlekete Slave Market, Posukoh Quarters - Badagry where the Lander Brothers were tried in 1825
• Palace of De Wheno Aholu [King] Menu Toyi 1, Akran of Badagry, Jegba Quarters
• Agia Cenotaph, Badagry - site where Christianity was first preached in Nigeria in 1842
• Nigeria - Benin Republic International Border, Seme, Badagry
• Ogu Toplisen Shrine, Hunto Quarters, Badagry - where Badagry Monarchs [Aholu] are crowned
• Trade Fair Complex, Ojo [site of annual Lagos International Trade Fair]
• Tomb of George Fremingo, [1620] alias Huntokonu, first slave merchant in Badagry
• Early Missionaries’ Cemetery [1845], Hospital Road, Ahovikoh Quarters, Badagry
• Lagos State University, [LASU], Ojo
• Ogu Stately Drums [Sato] introduced in 1543 - Akarakumo
• Nigeria - French Language Village, Badagry, Inter-University Centre for French Language Studies
• Badagry Museum [Old British District Officer’s building], Marina, Badagry
• Atlantic Slave Route/Port [Badagry - Marina and Gberefu Beach]
• Whispering Palms [Recreation Resort], Iworo
Ikorodu Tourist Sites
• Palace of the Ayangburen of Ikorodu,
• Iledi Oshugbo Abalaiye Ikorodu: sacred groove for the installation of Ikorodu Kings
• Egbin Thermal Station, Egbin, largest thermal power facility in Africa [home to Lagos Independent Power Project]
• Ikorodu Lighter Port Terminal, lpakodo
• Ijede Warm Springs
• Cradoo Lake Waterfront, Ipakodo and Ibeshe
• Voice of Nigeria [VON] Transmitting Station, Ikorodu
• Lagos State Polytechnic, Odogunyan, Ikorodu
Lagos Tourist Sites
• lga Idunganran, Isale-Eko, - Official residence of the Oba [King] of Lagos since 1670
• Brazilian Quarters [Campos] — Home to Hispanic returnees and Brazilian architecture
• Lagos Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos
• Tinubu Square - Nigeria’s premier CBD and hub of commercial/financial services
• National Theatre, lganmu, Lagos - Nigeria’s ‘Cultural Village’ and centre of arts
• Lagos Central Mosque, Nnamdi Azikwe St., Tinubu, Lagos - Seat of Islamic activities
• National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos - Nigeria’s Premier ‘Sports City’
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
• Tafawa Balewa Square, Race Course - National Ceremonial Parade Ground, 1863-1991
• Nigeria Conservation Centre, Igbo-Efon, Eti-Osa
• Enu Owa Shrine, Isale Eko - Where Lagos Monarchs are crowned
• Apapa/Tin Can Island Ports Complex - Hub of Nigeria’s maritime/shipping industry
• Old Federal Parliament Building, Race Course, Lagos
• Old Colonial Nigeria Secretariat, Marina Lagos
• Old Glover’s Hausa Guard Mosque [Obalende Central Mosque], Obalende, Lagos
• Holy Cross Cathedral — Cradle and seat of the Roman Catholic Mission in Nigeria
• Cathedral Church of Christ — Seat of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion
Epe Tourist Sites
• Youth Rehabilitation and Development Centre, Ita-Oko Island, Epe
• Agricultural Training Institute, Araga, Epe
• Relics of Brazilian Architecture and Atlantic Slave Trade, Lekki Town
• Eko Tourist Beach Resort, Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki
• Lekki Rest House: Confinement Home of Nigeria’s first Opposition Leader
• Recreation Centre, Epe, Marina
• Lagos State University [LASU], Epe Campus
• Murtala Mohammed Botanical Garden, Epe
• Lekki Free Trade Zone Complex
Centre for Rural Development’s [CERUD] Complex and Botanical Garden, Igbodu, Epe
With this tourist sites listed above we are ure you will have a nice time in Lagos, visit Lagos today and share your with experience with us

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