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West Africa's economic powerhouse with a genuinely modern skyline, one of the largest basilicas ever built rising from the savanna, and a cocoa industry that supplies much of the world's chocolate.
Explore Ivory Coast on the map →One of the largest church buildings in the world, explicitly built to rival St. Peter's in Rome, rising unexpectedly from a modest planned capital city.
West Africa's most developed urban skyline, a genuine surprise to first-time visitors expecting a smaller-scale capital city.
Ivory Coast produces roughly 40% of the world's cocoa, and farm visits near Abidjan or the interior explain the full harvesting and fermentation process.
A former colonial capital and UNESCO World Heritage site, with faded French architecture and a wide Atlantic beach a short drive from Abidjan.