10 Best Places to Visit in EDO STATE, Nigeria

10 Best Places to Visit in EDO STATE, Nigeria
If you are planning a trip to Nigera, you should know some of the best places to visit while you're there. In Edo State, be sure to check out these places:
1. Benin City National Museum - the national museum in Benin City that illustrates the history of the Benin Kingdom and its world-renowned bronze art.
2. Kada Plaza - an entertainment center that houses a movie theatre, shops, and restaurants.
3. Okomu National Park - a forest reserve in the Ovia South West Local Government area, northwest of Benin City. It is home to the remaining endangered species of the former rainforest.
4. Royal Palace of Oba of Benin - the palace of the oba (king) of the Edo and Edoid people of Nigeria. The palace hosts visitors and dignitaries from around the world and is the starting point of many Edo traditional festivities.
5. Benin Moat - defense fortification walls around the ancient Benin Kingdom. It was the largest man-made earth structure in the world. The length of both the outer and inner walls was over 16,000 kilometers. The walls were destroyed by the British during the British invasion of 1897. Edo State has began reconstruction of the moat.
6. Igue Festival - a traditional festival celebrated annually between Christmas and New Year to commemorate the wedding of an ancient Benin oba and to renew the oba’s powers and blessings on the people and land.
7. Somorika Hills - a hikers’ paradise of mountainous hills in Somorika town in Akoko-Edo, Edo State.
8. Emotan Statue - located in the Oba Market in Benin City, Emotan Statue is a memorial of an Edo heroine and a model for every Edo woman.
9. Ososo Tourist Center - a picturesque town with granite and volcanic mountains in Somorika, in the Akoko-Edo Local Government area. It is the border between Edo State and Kogi State.
10. Igun Street - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The street is lined with shops celebrating the artwork of the best bronze casters in the world. Sculptors and artists accept orders for custom artwork.
You will have wanderlust when you visit Edo State!!!
Edo State is located in southern Nigeria and borders Ondo State, Delta State, Ekiti State, Kogi State, and Anambra State. It covers an area of approximately 6,873 square miles (17,802 square kilometers). Benin City is the capital and most populous city. Edo State is nicknamed, "Heartbeat of the Nation". It was part of the former Bendel State which comprised of Delta State and Edo State until 1991. Edo State is well-known around the world for her ancient Benin Kingdom's historic bronze sculptures. The sculptures were looted during the British invasion of the kingdom in 1897. The Benin sculptures and artifacts are now housed in museums and private collections around the world (particularly in Europe and the West). Europeans once credited the unmatched skill level of artistic metalwork and realism of the sculptures to non-Africans. The guild of bronze casters in Edo State still thrives today, attesting to the generational expertise of the Edo people that have been passed down through the guild's families for centuries. The major ethnic groups in Edo State are Bini, Etsako, Esan, Owan, and Akoko-Edo; however, all trace their origin to the ancient Kingdom of Benin.
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[@newafrica9238]

You're very welcome.

[@Mkym365]

Filled with soo much History and a Lovely place & people to visit❤🎉

[@louisenobakhare2137]

Visitors to the museum should be able to buy copies of works in the museum because the Bronze casters of Igun street are in that vicinity

[@rigengineer4225]

The great benin kingdom for the world

[@jesussaint4069]

Amo mio stato Edo State e mia città Benin city

[@nick.3455]

Lovely place. Proud to be the son of a Edo mother and father

[@truetv5953]

I have not heard of these places except the palace and kada plaza. I would love to visit that Somorika hills, Palace , National Museum and park ! Look nice 👍

[@nigeriafirstson5395]

Benin to the world

[@successgodstime3845]

Beautiful Benin kingdom...

[@nationmediatv1347]

I love this

[@AustineMiles22]

My root, my everything. Great Benin Kingdom

[@bensmoothbass2194]

Awesome

[@marvelousidahosa8595]

Nice

[@ologunblackism5400]

Nice1

[@igbinx]

I would love to visit ososu next time am in Nigeria

[@mcprinceodubutv2955]

Ososo abi ososu

[@brightuosasuyi5577]

Nice place

[@glorialouis3475]

Lovely city we have here

[@shirahrobinson5041]

I'm coming....

[@louisenobakhare2137]

The Benin man is one of the greatest men God created.But the jealous English tried to truncate his destiny.Unfortunately the Benin resisted.Today, despite all odds,the Benin man remains great.Oba gha to'kpere,Isee

[@evaokpamen204]

👍👍👍👍👍💯

[@odosaoghagbon2567]

Am from Benin , but leave in Europe I will like to visit the national museum and Oba palace

[@iceeboss7898]

We go visit am together...Very interesting

[@odosaoghagbon2567]

@@iceeboss7898 yes ooo

[@collins4reale622]

Let's go next year

[@odosaoghagbon2567]

@@collins4reale622 where are you staying ?

[@collins4reale622]

@@odosaoghagbon2567 i stay in Bologna italy and you?

[@shantellove4133]

Awesome blessings to everyone, if you haven't yet repented and accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord and savior please do so before it's too late it's not Gods will for none to perish Act 2-38 2Peter 3-9

[@tboylolo2619]

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[@davidhasselhoff1330]

Camera dey decisive shall 😂😂😂

[@jimonyamore4260]

U could have said Benin not Edo state.

[@evino2479]

Benin have no place to visit except the great palace and Gods own chosen mega church

[@successgodstime3845]

@evino247 Benin has no place to visit.. you be really confirm mugu Village boy?

[@evino2479]

@@successgodstime3845 why all these insort Imagbe Cynthia these Is as a result lack of home training from the highest order

[@evino2479]

Please try and travelled my dear our leaders have really disappointed us, if you know the allocations that's is entering Benin Edo state you we be crying day after day. you we know that's Benin would have been the beautiful city so far, we have road but the government's is not doing anything abouts it's know good health care center, no job employment, and you are there with your eyes open talking to me,

[@evino2479]

@@successgodstime3845 when our sister and brother are dieing in Libya no food to eats Edo state especially my Benin sister and brothers are in the jail in Libya crying day after day, my Benin people are dieing on top of the sea, all to search for greener pastures, hello l am so much dissapointed at you.

[@chrisjayinspirationalandmo9575]

They were government before obaseki, obaseki is really trying is best, u can not start a building today and expect it to finish today. Learn from that, it is not only Benin people that are traveling or in lybia, we should learn to appreciate our own things than distroying it with our mouth, to my final conclusions things are are done step by step okay. By God grace we shall get there. Long live the great Benin kingdom and Edo state.

[@YPNATIONZ]

Oba palace should come first before any other places ok

[@nigeriafirstson5395]

If Foreigners come to Benin them don't go to oba palace is museum and national parks that attract peopl don't say what you don't no

[@Rayod-yh7zk]

No place to visit In Edo state

[@Aesthetician_lifer]

How can kada plaza be a place to visit? It’s a plaza for crying out loud!!!

[@evikproduction5416]

Edo state has no place to visit except palace because of those ancient things no other things in Edo state no development yet tk u Edo has never have a qualified leader

[@billefos2034]

The great benin kingdom for the world