Yamoussoukro (Cote d´lvoire)

Advantages: see below
Disadvantages: see below

Although Yamoussoukro is not very high up on most peoples' list of places to visit in their lifetime, it is a truly unique city with two faces and a huge amount to be enjoyed by the tourist. The reason that it is so unique is because Felix Houphouet Boignee, the first president of Ivory Coast after it gained its independence from France in 1960, was born and bred there. It is only the third largest city in the country, but president Houphouet ensured ...
...architectural genius, and by making Yamoussoukro the official capital city of Ivory Coast. As a result, Ivory Coast is both a model of typical rural African life and a city that contains buildings that rival anything found in the largest cities in Europe. I grew up in Ivory Coast, and spent most of my time there at school in Yamoussoukro. When I left in 1998, the town, along with the country as a whole, was the same as it had always been- a peaceful, ... Read review

Advantages: good facilities, lively city
Disadvantages: political instability

...road in and out of Yamoussoukro are both single lane tarmac roads in a terrible state,and since Abidjan, the lively harbour city, lies 300 km away and the further you drive in to the interior, the quieter it becomes. Yamou has plenty decent hotels, a lagoon full of lotusflowers, hotles in all sizes and qualities, from Hotel "President" (what else...)beeing 5*+, to hotels shell, next to the Shell station whit in it's garden several animals from tame ... Read review