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		<title>Travel to Porto novo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Porto Novo is the capital city and one of the most interesting towns in Benin. It has a number of buildings dating from the period when the Portuguese used it as a base for buying slaves which were shipped off to the New World. Other sights in town include the Musee Ethnographique which retraces the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-866" href="http://www.bestplaces2visit.com/africa/benin/travel-to-porto-novo/attachment/porto-novo/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-866" title="Porto-novo" src="http://www.bestplaces2visit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Porto-novo-300x198.jpg" alt="" width="268" height="177" /></a>Porto Novo is the capital city and one of the most interesting towns in Benin. It has a number of buildings dating from the period when the Portuguese used it as a base for buying slaves which were shipped off to the New World.</p>
<p>Other sights in town include the <strong>Musee Ethnographique</strong> which retraces the history of Porto Novo and has a good collection of Yoruba masks, the <strong>Palais Royal</strong> of King Toffa now a museum which gives you a good impression of how African royalty lived before Colonial times.<span id="more-865"></span></p>
<p>Just outside of town is the <strong>Grand Marche d&#8217;Adjara</strong> which is held every fourth day. There is also an interesting Brazilian-style church here which is now in use as a mosque. Another good option for a day trip is to hire a priogue and to make a trip to one of the villages on the lagoon.</p>
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