Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 ; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital.
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 ; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula".
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Worth seeing in and around Bobo-Dioulasso
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana
Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana is a multi-use stadium in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, used mostly for football matches. The stadium hosted several matches during the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations.
5.2 km · stadium of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso · Wikipedia - 02Bobo Dioulasso Grand Mosque
The Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso is a mosque in Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet Province, Hauts-Bassins Region, Burkina Faso.
1.5 km · mosque in Sudano-Sahelian style · Wikipedia - 03Stade Wobi Bobo-Dioulasso
Stade Wobi Bobo-Dioulasso is a multi-use stadium in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Union Sportive du Foyer de la Régie Abidjan-Niger.
1.5 km · stadium · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Centre Culturel Francaise – You can always swing by to see what is going on in terms of exhibits/ art / music – or just sit in their garden to study or read.
- 01Grande Mosquée
A fine example of Sahel-style mud architecture, the mosque was built by a local king to uphold his side of a bargain.
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Things to do
Cine Sanyon – cinema off Ave. de la Republique
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Where to eat
Most larger buvettes have eats in the afternoons and evenings, but here are a few notables from the recommendations and favorites of Bobo Stage Goers: La Pacha – has pizzas, Middle Eastern food/ French cuisine, and is on the pricey side. It faces the Gare by the Marche de Fruits. Sidwaya – next to the giant train station “Le Gare” not to be confused with various other bus stations.
- 01La Canne
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Getting to Bobo-Dioulasso
- Airports
- Bobo Dioulasso (BOY), 6 km
- Stations
- Bobo Dioulasso Airport, 5.8 km
- Ouagadougou → Bobo-Dioulasso328 km · quickest by air, 3h 41m · $120–180
- Tamale → Bobo-Dioulasso427 km · quickest by road, 10h 58m · GH₵385–510
- Bamako → Bobo-Dioulasso431 km · quickest by air, 6h 53m · $200–310
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bobo-Dioulasso
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bobo-Dioulasso. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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