Cluster · Abidjan
Marcory Zone 4
Evening cluster: restaurants and maquis after 18:00; arrive and leave by car.Evening cluster: restaurants and maquis after 6:00 PM; arrive and leave by car.
Key facts
- 28″ bags
- painful
- Time budget
- 90m
- Rescue coverage
- 100% ≤7′
- max p90 5.7′
- Places
- 1
Rules in force · 11Nine African countries on this site have no trip line bec…Carry an original yellow fever vaccination certificate on…Lagoon bridges jam roughly 07
- Africa ↗When a route touches a yellow-fever country — even a transit of 12 hours or more — keep the original yellow card (ICVP) in your hand luggage; health desks and airlines can refuse boarding or entry without it.
- Africa ↗Nine African countries on this site have no trip line because governments advise against travel; several others have no-go regions. Read your government's advice for every country on the route before paying deposits.
- West Africa ↗Carry an original yellow fever vaccination certificate on any West African trip: several countries on the coast road demand it of every arrival, and the rest demand it after you have passed through a neighbour.
- West Africa ↗Cross land borders and drive between cities in daylight only; plan each crossing as a full travel day with cash for fees and passport copies for checkpoints.
- Côte d'Ivoire ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Ivorian government sources before booking.
- Côte d'Ivoire ↗Governments advise against travel to parts of the far north near the Mali and Burkina Faso borders; check your own government's advice.
- Côte d'Ivoire ↗Check the yellow-fever vaccination certificate rules for Côte d'Ivoire before you fly.
- Abidjan area ↗Plan lagoon crossings outside rush hours; bridges are the constraint, not distance.
- Abidjan ↗Lagoon bridges jam roughly 07:00–09:30 and 16:30–19:30: plan crossings between Plateau, Cocody, Treichville and Marcory outside those hours, or add 40+ minutes.
- Abidjan ↗After dark, move by hotel-booked car or ride-hailing car door to door; do not walk between districts.
- Abidjan ↗Check the yellow-fever vaccination certificate rules for your passport and route before you fly; it may be checked on arrival.
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Map to the centre
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Walking weather, next 5 days
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Plan
How the ground walks, and what is here
Bound and physics
The Zone 4 restaurant streets and the blocks around them.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- Few
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- paved, uneven kerbs
- Sleep here or visit
- both
Eat and drink here
Grilled fish or chicken at an open-air maquis: go from 18:30, and book the return car from the table.Grilled fish or chicken at an open-air maquis: go from 6:30 PM, and book the return car from the table.
On the ground
Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby
Rescue anchors
A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.
Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor. Drag to move; click the map, then scroll to zoom.
Zone 4 centre: restaurant terrace
Place to sit · Food & drink · Toilet · works in any conditions
north-west: supermarket (AC, field-verify)
ac · Food & drink · works in any conditions
north-east: street café
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
south-west: bakery or café
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
south-east: hotel lobby
ac · Place to sit · Toilet · works in any conditions
100% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 5.7 min) · 100% on hot days
Nodes in this cluster
- Abidjan's best-known shopping mall: an AC, food-court and cinema refuge for a hot afternoon or a rain-day, with a supermarket for fixed-price shopping.
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treichville | Car north-west | ~15 min | flat |
| Cocody bay | Car north | ~30 min | flat |
Red lines here
- Late night: do not walk between bars; call a car from the door.
Deep dive
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.