Accra has been listed as one of the worst cities in the world on a travellers' website
The capital of Ghana was number two on a list compiled by Lonely Planet, based on feedback from its website users.
Crime-hit Detroit, Michigan, topped the poll ahead of Accra, which was described as " Ugly, chaotic, sprawling and completely indifferent to its waterfront location.".
"To think Accra is worse than war-torn Kabul, in Afghanistan, and cities with slums in India, is just a joke."
Seoul in South Korea was third followed by Los Angeles, US and Wolverhampton, England.
Introducing Accra (on /www.lonelyplanet.com)
With its back mostly turned to the Gulf of Guinea, taking little advantage of its waterfront location, Accra crawls up and over a modern landscape, gobbling up real estate and producing a chaotic low-rise skyline. Originally a scattering of villages controlled by Ga chiefs, today it’s a sprawling city that extends eastwards almost 25km to the neighbouring city of Tema. Its congested and pockmarked pavements; baking streets that in the midday heat can make a block feel like a kilometre; shanty towns and genteel leafy suburbia; chop bars and gourmet restaurants; hiplife and highlife; all combine to make Accra at once exhausting and exhilarating.
Accra has been listed as one of the worst cities in the world on a travellers' website
The capital of Ghana was number two on a list compiled by Lonely Planet, based on feedback from its website users.
Crime-hit Detroit, Michigan, topped the poll ahead of Accra, which was described as " Ugly, chaotic, sprawling and completely indifferent to its waterfront location.".
"To think Accra is worse than war-torn Kabul, in Afghanistan, and cities with slums in India, is just a joke."
Seoul in South Korea was third followed by Los Angeles, US and Wolverhampton, England.
Introducing Accra (on /www.lonelyplanet.com)
With its back mostly turned to the Gulf of Guinea, taking little advantage of its waterfront location, Accra crawls up and over a modern landscape, gobbling up real estate and producing a chaotic low-rise skyline. Originally a scattering of villages controlled by Ga chiefs, today it’s a sprawling city that extends eastwards almost 25km to the neighbouring city of Tema. Its congested and pockmarked pavements; baking streets that in the midday heat can make a block feel like a kilometre; shanty towns and genteel leafy suburbia; chop bars and gourmet restaurants; hiplife and highlife; all combine to make Accra at once exhausting and exhilarating.
