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Burkina Faso

Attractions in Burkina Faso

Sights, markets, museums and nights out in Burkina Faso, with our top choices first and then the places readers open most.

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Memorial Thomas Sankara

Museum · OuagadougouMemorial Thomas Sankara

Musée communal Sogossira Sanou

Museum · Bobo-DioulassoMusée communal Sogossira Sanou

Karfiguéla waterfalls

Sight · BanforaKarfiguéla waterfalls

Great Mosque of Ouagadougou

Church · OuagadougouGreat Mosque of Ouagadougou

Musée national du Burkina Faso

Museum · OuagadougouNational Museum of Burkina Faso

Monument to National Heroes

Monument · OuagadougouMonument of National Heroes

Lake · BanforaLake Tengrela

Maison du Peuple

Sight · OuagadougouMaison du Peuple

Sight · Burkina FasoMusée de la Musique

Sight · Burkina FasoMoro-Naba Palace

Sight · Burkina FasoGrand Marché

Sight · Burkina FasoRéserve de Nazinga

Sight · OuagadougouMusée de la musique de Ouagadougou

Sight · Burkina FasoKibidwé

Sight · Burkina FasoMusée de Poni

Sight · Burkina FasoForêt de Kou

Sight · Burkina FasoCour Royale

Sight · Burkina FasoDômes de Fabedougou

Sight · Burkina FasoSindou Peaks

Sight · Burkina FasoNiansogoni Village

Sight · BanforaSaint Peter's Cathedral in Banfora

Sight · Burkina FasoGrande Mosquée

Sight · Burkina FasoNational Museum

Sight · Burkina FasoKoro

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