Stay in Cotonou
Peaceful, and close to everything
In Les Cocotiers, a residential district between the airport and the heart of Cotonou. Your plane lands, and you have almost arrived.
About ten minutes from the airport
The Les Cocotiers district
A quiet address, a city within reach
Calm, tree-lined streets, embassies and family homes: Les Cocotiers is one of the most peaceful districts of Cotonou. The ocean is a twenty-minute walk away, the airport just behind, and the city centre a few minutes off. You sleep well here, and getting around is easy.
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Everything starts here
Like a drop on water: La Résidence at the centre, and each ripple marks a distance as the crow flies. Every place sits in its true direction.
- The oceanThe beach, at the end of Les Cocotiers1.2 km as the crow flies
- The AmazonThe Amazon statue and its esplanade, facing the sea1.3 km as the crow flies
- The airportCardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport1.3 km as the crow flies
- Étoile RougeThe great roundabout, towards the city centre2.4 km as the crow flies
- Fondation ZinsouContemporary African art, in Ganhi2.7 km as the crow flies
- FidjrossèThe beach and its bars, to the west3.5 km as the crow flies
- DantokpaCotonou's great market, one of the largest in West Africa4.5 km as the crow flies
Ripples and large figures: as the crow flies.
Arriving
From the plane to your room
Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport is only 4.1 km away by road. No long drive across the city after your flight: about ten minutes, and the key is in your hand.
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1.6 km away
The Amazon watches over the ocean, just at the end of the district
Thirty metres of bronze facing the sea, a tribute to the women warriors of Dahomey: the Amazon esplanade is where Cotonou takes its evening stroll. Head out in the cool of the evening, come back for dinner.
A stay in Cotonou, your way
For work
The Palais des Congrès is 1.4 km away; the Marina, its ministries and embassies a few minutes off. In the evening you come back to calm: a real bed, the garden, and no one in the corridor.
For family
Coming home, visiting relatives, preparing a move: from Les Cocotiers every district of Cotonou is close, and each evening you come back to a home rather than a hotel room.
To explore
The Amazon statue and the ocean within walking distance, or nearly; the Fondation Zinsou, the Dantokpa market; and for a day out, Ganvié, Porto-Novo or Ouidah.
For a day out
- GanviéThe stilt village on Lake Nokoué, by pirogue26 km by road
- Porto-NovoThe capital, its museums and Afro-Brazilian architecture40 km by road
- OuidahThe Slave Route and the Door of No Return, by the ocean42 km by road
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Find us
Lot P7, Les Cocotiers
Lot P7 Les Cocotiers, Cotonou, BeninOpposite the former ESIKA restaurant+229 01 42 400 200
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