Larabanga Mosque- Travel Tips
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Reviews of Larabanga Mosque
Vanessa Anim - 5
Beautiful history behind the mosque. It’s nice to visit and learn about how the mosque came to be.
ANASTASIOS TSAGKLAS - 4
Larabanga old mosque is the oldest in Ghana and for sure is worth a visit. It is also the most important of only six (now) remainìng sudanosahelian mudmosques in the country. Though you pay 20 Gh cedis visitors are not allowed to visit the interior that is only for moslems. Self appointed "guide" who took the 20 cedisgave no receipt, so I am not sure where this money ended. Rude commercialisation of a religious place, it is a shame!
Sara Della Santa - 4
The Mosque is very beautiful to look at from the outside, the inside of course can’t be visited. To take pictures you have to pay apparently, I snatched a couple of pics and then they started shouting at me, telling me I have to pay, I said sorry and I ran away :D
Max A - 3
It was a good visit to the oldest mosque here in Ghana. It's definitely a very unique mosque I've ever seen. Great experience. And in the end, we paid 20cedis, which was totally okay. We weren't allowed to go inside.
Kay - 5
This structure is one of the most beautiful and oldest in the region. According to our guide it is the oldest mosque in West Africa being over 400 years old. Its history is fascinating and takes you on a journey of what life was back in the 1600's. According to history the founder of the mosque stood where the mystic stone was and threw a spear vowing that wherever the spear landed that is where he will build a Mosque. Remember it is a holy and respected place for Muslims so don't be disrespectful to them or their customs. It is amazingly tha this structure has been able to stand for this long even though there are some renovations made to it yearly. Also a perfect place to take pictures after the history lesson. The guides were so friendly and even helped us get a car to our next destination, carried our bags because they thought it was so heavy and never even asked for any payment after. We were amazed at their hospitality and generosity. Everything was just perfect.
