Conakry
Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea.
Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2025 Guinea census was 3,407,327, or around one-fifth of the country's population.
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Worth seeing in and around Conakry
10 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.
- 01Grand Mosque of Conakry
The Grand Mosque of Conakry is a mosque in Conakry, Guinea, located east of the Conakry Botanical Garden and beside the Donka Hospital.
4.1 km · mosque in Guinea · Wikipedia - 02University of Conakry
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry is the largest university in Guinea. It is located in Dixinn Commune, Conakry, Guinea.
5.6 km · university in Guinea · Wikipedia - 03Stade du 28 Septembre
28 September Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Conakry, Guinea. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
5.9 km · building in Guinea · Wikipedia - 04Palais du Peuple
The Palais du Peuple is a convention center in Conakry, Guinea. In 2008, it was renovated prior to celebrations for Guinea's 50th anniversary of independence.
2.5 km · parliament building in Guinea · Wikipedia - 05Conakry National Museum
The Sandervalia National Museum is the national museum of Guinea, situated in the capital, Conakry. Most of the rooms are empty, but it contains a limited display of traditional objects from different regions of Guinea, as well as objects and statues from the colonial era.
600 m · national museum · Wikipedia - 06Cathedrale Sainte-Marie
The Cathédrale Sainte-Marie is an important place of Christian worship in Conakry, Guinea. The yellow and red building is of considerable architectural interest.
400 m · building in Guinea · Wikipedia - 07Monument du 22 Novembre 1970
The Monument du 22 Novembre 1970 is a monument in Conakry, Guinea that celebrates the defeat of the attempted coup led by Portuguese troops in 1970, named Operation Green Sea. On 21 November 1970 a group of Portuguese troops assisted by Guinean fighters invaded Conakry from the sea in an attempt to overthrow the Touré regime.
2.7 km · memorial in Conakry, Guinea · Wikipedia - 088 November Bridge
The 8 November Bridge is a bridge in Conakry, Guinea. It has strategic significance, given that the bridge cuts the Central Business District off from the rest of the city.
3.2 km · bridge in Guinea · Wikipedia - 09Novotel Grand Hotel de L'Independance
The Grand Hotel de L'Independance, formerly the Hotel de France, is a hotel in downtown Conakry, Guinea. The hotel was first opened in 1954 as the Hotel de France, with a modernistic design for the time.
800 m · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 10Clinique Ambroise Paré
The Clinique Ambroise Paré, a hospital in Conakry, Guinea, is considered to be the best hospital in the country.
3.3 km · building in Guinea · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Îles de Los (Loose Islands) have nice beaches and dense forests. Boats leave from the fish market behind the Novotel Hotel. Football: the counry's top tier for soccer is Guinée Championnat National or Ligue
- 01Pro
This has 14 clubs and half of them are based in Conakry; the playing season is October to June.
- 02Septembre
From Wikivoyage: Conakry, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Jardin de Chine. Very safe bet with good food and quaint atmosphere.
- 01Mouna Internet Cafe
Has very nice croissants for "on the run" snack.
- 02Le Cedre
This Lebanese restaurant is a bit hard to find (near Mouna Internet) but has nice food.
- 03Restau King
From Wikivoyage: Conakry, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Conakry
- Airports
- Ahmed Sékou Touré (CKY), 13 km · Lungi (FNA), 114 km
- Freetown (Lungi-Town) → ConakryTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Bissau → Conakry333 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · $200–300
- Monrovia → Conakry480 km · quickest by air, 8h 53m · $300–450
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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 Conakry
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 Conakry. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextBuying 2 seats automatically gives you first dibs on the front passenger seat (unless it is a minibus where you can comfortably sit in front just for paying a seat).
- Go nextYou may notice other passengers leaving their respective taxis and riding moto taxis to cross the border to the border town of Kambia, Sierra Leone for food.
From Wikivoyage: Conakry, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Conakry
Conakry is 4 km from Camayenne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.