Wondering where to spend this weekend, say no more. This article is here to show some beautiful scenery, you can visit. From the great ambience the environment has to offer, to the tantalizing delicacies, that will leave you wanting more.
Are you one who merges travel with leisure? Are your weekdays spent in urban Accra, but you’re craving vital weekend tips, news, and information about the most exciting two- to three-day getaways outside of Ghana’s capital?
These two places are what you need.
Aqua Safari
Aqua Safari Resort
One of the most relaxing scenery to visit in Ghana, is the Aqua Safari. Located in Ada, it has amenities such as, free parking, free High Speed Internet (WiFi), pool, free breakfast, beach, children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly), conference facilities, a banquet room, public wifi, outdoor pool, bar / lounge.
Also there is breakfast available for all lodgers, meeting rooms, spa and massages, a concierge
and laundry service.
Their room types include, no smoking room, suites and family rooms, with features such as, air conditioning, room service, a safe, a refrigerator, flatscreen.
Not only do they offer you a welcoming environment built purposely for your safety, their restaurants offer cuisines that are prepared at the hands of their seasoned executive chef. The catering is with style and grace, customized to any size or budget.
Quench your thirst with our exotic cocktails and varieties of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages from very accommodating bartenders.
Oasis beach resort
Oasis beach resort
The second place to spend your weekend is the Oasis Beach Resort. Planned and built as a restaurant by a German-Turkish couple in 2001, it now offers accomodation for low budget travellers as well as for business people, families and tourists. The Resort is located at Victoria Park in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.
Oasis beach resort
Oasis Beach Resort welcomes you, with accommodation for everybody and every budget, well prepared local and international food, a well stocked, buzzling beach bar and an Italian-style woodfired pizza oven. There are acrobatic shows, traditional drumming and dancing at weekends. We have a nightclub attached which attracts a large international crowd at weekends. You can play pool, beach soccer and beach volleyball. Or just take a book from front desk and chill at one of the many hammocks and lazy chairs in our hotel garden.
CUISINES
Italian, African, Bar, International, Pub
MEALS
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
The kitchen is opened from 7.30 am to 11.00 pm and serves a big variety of local as well as international dishes, breakfast and fresh juices. Enjoy our food in a tropical atmosphere under traditional summer huts next to the sea.
The popular Oasis bar opens as early as 8.00 am and closes 11.30 pm but when there is a crowd it can go on till early morning. We serve chilled local beer as well as soft drinks, juice and a selection of fine wines and cocktails. Meeting good people from Ghana and the rest of the world is for free!
For those who will love to stay in Accra, here are the places to check out.
The Cove 117 restaurant
The managing partners of the Cove 117 is a brotherhood that was forged through four formidable years in their college apartment (Apt 117). As members of this brotherhood band together to create a restaurant lounge, they aptly chose to include 117 in the restaurant name to always remember their shared experiences and good vibes in Apt 117.
At the Cove 117, the feeling and vibe created for guests is that of a sheltered oasis—a cove—where guests can enjoy all that is great about the city of Accra and the people of Ghana at large. We hope to share that vibe with you, so stop by for some of our incredible food…and lounge around afterwards, just because
CUISINES
African, International
MEALS
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night, Drinks
They offer the following:
Delivery, Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Digital Payments, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Family style
The African & Continental Food Republic.
For a dance with heavenly delicacies in your mouth, be sure to try out the following meals, upon visiting.
The Cove Club Sandwich with Coleslaw
The Madagascar with Coleslaw
The Madagascar Combo
Caramelized Onion Burger with Coleslaw
Black Star Burger with Coleslaw
Ampesi & Palava Sauce
Banku with Okro
Red red
Banku with grilled tilapia
Ebay and Egusi
Omotuo
Sunny side egg, sausage, bacon, homemade hash browns, baked beans, toast or plain bread, sauteed tomatoes and mushrooms
Zen Garden Entrance
Zen Garden, another restaurant in Accra, that offers you serenity in the city. This lovely restaurant sits quietly tucked away in an enclosed garden, providing you with indoor and outdoor seating.
Zen Garden is a wonderful place for all events ranging from Corporate hangouts, Team Building, Wedding receptions or simply having drinks.
It’s happy hour every Monday through Thursday 5pm – 8pm. Come join us and get a 25% discount on Cocktails and Beers, and it’s located at Orphan Crescent, Labone, Accra.
Some of the meals they serve are, garlic bread with cheese, Kelewele, fried yam, French fries, sweet potato, onion rings, wings basket, Calamari.
Serving the American Breakfast, they give options of any choice of egg with toast, pancakes, hash brown and bacon.
And the English Breakfast, with options of egg with toast, beans, and sausage.
Fresh Salads
Chicken Caesar Salad
Lettuce, croutons and grilled chicken served with Caesar dressing.
Greek Salad
Feta cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, olives, onions, and green pepper with wine vinegar dressing.
Burgers
House Burger
Chargrilled beef, onion, pickles, lettuce, tomato, with fries.
Zen Garden Burger
Grilled BBQ beef, fried egg, bacon, cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato served with chips.
Santa Fe Burger
Deep fried chicken, lettuce, hot sauce served with French fries.
Not leaving your throats dry after a Mouthwatering meal, they have varieties of cocktails including,
Morning Garden
Mango, Passion Fruit, Banana, Pineapple, Apple
Strawberry Banana
Strawberry, Banana, Pormegranate
Mango Mint
Mango, Mint, Papaya, Almond Milk, Passion Fruit
Now for the lovers of nightlife, try out Cedi Lounge and The Fizzles Platinum.
Cedi lounge and kitchen / Nite club is situated in the heart of Agona Swedru at Botwe estate to be precise.
At CLK, they provide excellent breakfast services also, with a pork kitchen, special fufu, and omotuo on Sundays with our Cedi band relaxing you with classic live band tunes.
• their nite club runs on Fridays, Saturday’s and Sundays with karaoke sessions available on Saturday nights.
• They cater for parties and funerals as well as provide delivery services.
• A spacious parking space awaits you whiles abled security men ensure your properties are safe.
At Cedi Lounge & Kitchen, the team has a wealth of experience in the Hospitality and entertainment industry, combining their areas of expertise to ensure that CLK remains the market leader and to deliver the best quality and value to our customers.
Their special menu includes: Fufu and soup,
CLK special rice, rice, Banku with okro, grilled tilapia, groundnut, light or palm nut soup, pizza, local Ampesi, special salad, breakfast, chicken
The FIZZLES Platinum is an Ultra Lounge and Nightclub with a trendy look designed for the classy, trendy fun loving clients.
FIZZLES Platinum is everything beyond what Dansoman’s nightlife is currently, and still hopes to be the trendsetter for future Lounges and Nightclubs around the city. FIZZLES Platinum is reinventing the nightlife experience making each party its own work of artful conception, the best in music with great talents brought in weekly, creativity in events, ingenuity in cocktails through the artistry of master mixology, smart and cute staff and a welcoming atmosphere of friendship.
The ultra modern and hip nightclub creates a unique dance floor encased by couches, tables and two (2) lovely private VIP Suites while keeping a full view of the dance floor at all times.
The FIZZLES Platinum Nightclub, Bar and Ultra Lounge spans the entire top floors of the A.G. Amissah Plaza, Located on Block 518/19, 1st Dansoman Estates Rd, Dansoman, Accra
Don’t forget to have a relaxing weekend at these beautiful places, after a long tiresome week.
Sources:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1202779-d7203762-Reviews-Aqua_Safari_Resort-Ada_Greater_Accra.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g303866-d3701820-Reviews-Oasis_Beach_Resort-Cape_Coast_Central_Region.html
https://www.cedilounge.com/
https://www.vipsocio.com/ve/fizzles-platinum
