Lagos State is a tourist haven. Of Nigeria’s over 700 km Atlantic sandy beaches, the State has the majority with its 180 km coconut-fringed Atlantic littoral which consists of several beaches rising to about 20 between Badagry in the west and Lekki in the east.
- Bar Beach, Victoria Island
- Atlas Cove, Apapa
- Lekki Beach
- Light House, Apapa
- Maiyegun, Victoria Island
- Kuramo Waters, Victoria Island
- Alpha Beach, Eti-Osa
- Hermitage Resort, Tiye, Ibeju-Lekki
- Whispering Palms Resort, Iworo
- Ibeshe, Ikorodu
- Eleko/Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki
- Suntan Resort, Sapo, Badagry
- Tarkwa Bay, Apapa
- Topo Island, Badagry
- Ogogoro Island
- Eko Tourist Beach Resort, Akodo
- Snake Island, Apapa
- Gbethrome, Badagry
- La Campagne Tropicana Resort,
- Okun Folu
Aside the above, the State is a tourist delight with regard to its historical and cultural engagements with early European explorers, merchants and innovators thus resulting in several monumental masterpieces including but not limited to the following:
Ikeja Tourist Sites
• Lagos State Government Secretariat Ikeja House, Alausa, Ikeja
• Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, [Parliament Building] Alausa, Ikeja
• Lagos Television and Radio Lagos/Eko F.M., Agidingbi Ikeja
• Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja [Hub of aviation in West Africa]
• LASU Ethnography Museum, Oba Ogunji Road, Ogba, Agege
• Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau, PSSDC Road, Magodo, Kosofe
• Statue of Lagos Idejo Chiefs - megacity’s traditional land gentry
• Third Mainland Bridge/Outer Ring Road Complex
• Isheri/River Ogun – Cradle of Awori and Lagos indigenous population
Badagry Tourist Sites
• First Storey Building in Nigeria, - constructed by the CMS [Anglican Mission] in 1845
• Ologe Forest Reserve, Ologe, Ilogbo, off Badagry Expressway
• Relics of Slave Trade, Badagry-Mobee Compound, Seriki Abass Slave Barraccoon [1847]; Boeko, Boekoh Quarters, Vlekete Slave Market, Posukoh Quarters - Badagry where the Lander Brothers were tried in 1825
• Palace of De Wheno Aholu [King] Menu Toyi 1, Akran of Badagry, Jegba Quarters
• Agia Cenotaph, Badagry - site where Christianity was first preached in Nigeria in 1842
• Nigeria - Benin Republic International Border, Seme, Badagry
• Ogu Toplisen Shrine, Hunto Quarters, Badagry - where Badagry Monarchs [Aholu] are crowned
• Trade Fair Complex, Ojo [site of annual Lagos International Trade Fair]
• Tomb of George Fremingo, [1620] alias Huntokonu, first slave merchant in Badagry
• Early Missionaries’ Cemetery [1845], Hospital Road, Ahovikoh Quarters, Badagry
• Lagos State University, [LASU], Ojo
• Ogu Stately Drums [Sato] introduced in 1543 - Akarakumo
• Nigeria - French Language Village, Badagry, Inter-University Centre for French Language Studies
• Badagry Museum [Old British District Officer’s building], Marina, Badagry
• Atlantic Slave Route/Port [Badagry - Marina and Gberefu Beach]
• Whispering Palms [Recreation Resort], Iworo
Ikorodu Tourist Sites
• Palace of the Ayangburen of Ikorodu,
• Iledi Oshugbo Abalaiye Ikorodu: sacred groove for the installation of Ikorodu Kings
• Egbin Thermal Station, Egbin, largest thermal power facility in Africa [home to Lagos Independent Power Project]
• Ikorodu Lighter Port Terminal, lpakodo
• Ijede Warm Springs
• Cradoo Lake Waterfront, Ipakodo and Ibeshe
• Voice of Nigeria [VON] Transmitting Station, Ikorodu
• Lagos State Polytechnic, Odogunyan, Ikorodu
Lagos Tourist Sites
• lga Idunganran, Isale-Eko, - Official residence of the Oba [King] of Lagos since 1670
• Brazilian Quarters [Campos] — Home to Hispanic returnees and Brazilian architecture
• Lagos Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos
• Tinubu Square - Nigeria’s premier CBD and hub of commercial/financial services
• National Theatre, lganmu, Lagos - Nigeria’s ‘Cultural Village’ and centre of arts
• Lagos Central Mosque, Nnamdi Azikwe St., Tinubu, Lagos - Seat of Islamic activities
• National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos - Nigeria’s Premier ‘Sports City’
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
• Tafawa Balewa Square, Race Course - National Ceremonial Parade Ground, 1863-1991
• Nigeria Conservation Centre, Igbo-Efon, Eti-Osa
• Enu Owa Shrine, Isale Eko - Where Lagos Monarchs are crowned
• Apapa/Tin Can Island Ports Complex - Hub of Nigeria’s maritime/shipping industry
• Old Federal Parliament Building, Race Course, Lagos
• Old Colonial Nigeria Secretariat, Marina Lagos
• Old Glover’s Hausa Guard Mosque [Obalende Central Mosque], Obalende, Lagos
• Holy Cross Cathedral — Cradle and seat of the Roman Catholic Mission in Nigeria
• Cathedral Church of Christ — Seat of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion
Epe Tourist Sites
• Youth Rehabilitation and Development Centre, Ita-Oko Island, Epe
• Agricultural Training Institute, Araga, Epe
• Relics of Brazilian Architecture and Atlantic Slave Trade, Lekki Town
• Eko Tourist Beach Resort, Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki
• Lekki Rest House: Confinement Home of Nigeria’s first Opposition Leader
• Recreation Centre, Epe, Marina
• Lagos State University [LASU], Epe Campus
• Murtala Mohammed Botanical Garden, Epe
• Lekki Free Trade Zone Complex
Centre for Rural Development’s [CERUD] Complex and Botanical Garden, Igbodu, Epe
With this tourist sites listed above we are ure you will have a nice time in Lagos, visit Lagos today and share your with experience with us.
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