36 Hours in Lagos, Nigeria: Issues to Do and See – Worldwide Dispatch

For those who get up early sufficient, go to the gorgeous Cathedral Church of Christ within the Lagos Island neighborhood for the early morning service. Bold, maybe, after an enormous evening out, however you gained’t be alone: A truth of Lagos life is that each its dance flooring and church buildings are full, and with lots of the similar individuals. The journey is price it alone to see the cathedral’s grand exterior up shut, proper within the coronary heart of Lagos Island’s bustling enterprise district, which options a number of the metropolis’s Afro-Brazilian structure. As a distinguished church, it’s used to welcoming company, however solely go should you’re planning to remain for the entire service, normally about two hours.

Get better out of your evening out with a day on the seaside. Earlier than you go, seize a neighborhood favourite snack: a subtly seasoned meat pie with fried minced beef or rooster, potatoes and greens, encased in flaky, buttery pastry. Head to your nearest Milk and Honey cafe (there’s one in Lekki and one in Ikoyi) and fill a bag with meat or rooster pies (3,520 naira), sausage rolls (2,530 naira), and little doughnut-style bites generally known as puff puff (1,430 naira). Together with your goodies, head to Tarkwa Bay Seashore, accessible by way of a 15-minute boat experience (9,000 naira) from a lot of jetty areas in Victoria Island and Ikoyi. Stretch out, catch the solar and skim the e-book to procure at Jazzhole whereas having fun with the huge Lagos shoreline.