AI generatedFreetown
Sierra Leone · Western Area · 30 m
Short description of Freetown
Freetown was founded on a peninsula for freed slaves and still carries that history in its name and in the cotton tree that stands at its centre, said to be where the first settlers gathered to give thanks. The city climbs a steep green hillside above a natural harbour, with wooden Krio houses surviving between newer concrete. The Big Market sells crafts beside the old core. A government ferry crosses the wide estuary several times a day to the airport at Lungi across the water. Rain in July and August is heavy enough to shut roads.
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Best time to visit: November – April
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All highlights and sightsBeta
- The Big Market and the Cotton Tree
- The Freetown to Lungi ferry crossing
- King Jimmy and PZ market district
- Sierra Leone National Museum
- St George's Cathedral
- The National Railway Museum
- The Krio timber houses of the old core
- Aberdeen waterfront restaurants and bars
- Bunce Island slave-fort excursion(Day trip)
- Lumley Beach promenade