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Cotonou in 3 days

Market at first light, indoors in the heat, the sea last; the final day ends with the bags already in the car.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

5km

default plan, all days

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Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Dantokpa at first light, then the cathedral

EasyLow time risk~3.5 km (2.2 mi) walkno long stairsXOF 2,300 taxi
  1. 07:00–07:25Car
  2. 07:25–08:40Dantokpa Market
  3. 08:40–08:43Walk
  4. 08:43–09:18Food stalls at Dantokpa
  5. 09:18–09:45Walk
  6. 09:45–10:05Notre-Dame Cathedral
  7. 10:05–10:16Walk
  8. 10:16–11:01Craft market and shops
  9. 11:01–11:09Walk
  10. 11:09–12:09Pâte buvette in Ganhi

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi XOF 2,300 (Car) — saves walking and transfers.
Why this route?

DFL 4 = PFL 3.5 + OFL 0.5 · walk 3.5 km (2.2 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 25.4 · option value 0

trace: generated 606 · rejected no_edge×6 · frontier 16 · seed 3615340190 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 12:00–16:00; a lunch at a maquis in Haie Vive.

Day 2 — Art, then a maquis lunch

EasyLow time risk~1.4 km (0.9 mi) walkno long stairsXOF 1,800 taxi
  1. 09:30–09:39Car
  2. 09:39–09:49Étoile Rouge monument
  3. 09:49–09:58Car
  4. 09:58–10:58Fondation Zinsou
  5. 10:58–11:07Walk
  6. 11:07–12:22Maquis in Haie Vive
  7. 12:22–12:28Walk
  8. 12:28–13:48Poulet bicyclette grill, Haie Vive

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi XOF 900 (Car) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi XOF 900 (Car) — saves walking and transfers.
Why this route?

DFL 2.4 = PFL 1.4 + OFL 1 · walk 1.4 km (0.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 16.4 · option value 0

trace: generated 160 · rejected none · frontier 3 · seed 3615340190 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: dinner in Haie Vive; use a car for any trip outside it.

Day 3 — Beach, car to the airport at 14:00

EasyLow time risk~0.5 km (0.3 mi) walkno long stairsXOF 4,300 taxi

leave byLeave Grilled fish on the beach by 12:55 to keep the 14:00 boarding.

34 min of buffer left.

  1. 09:00–09:23Car
  2. 09:23–10:53Fidjrossè beach
  3. 10:53–10:56Walk
  4. 10:56–11:46Grilled fish on the beach
  5. 11:46–12:09Car back to the hotel for the bags
  6. 12:09–14:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Cadjehoun airport
  7. 14:00–15:00Car to Cadjehoun at 14:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi XOF 2,200 (Car) — protects: Car to Cadjehoun at 14:00.
  • L1Taxi XOF 2,100 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to Cadjehoun at 14:00.
  • L2Shorten Grilled fish on the beach to 50 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to Cadjehoun at 14:00.
Why this route?

DFL 1.5 = PFL 0.5 + OFL 1 · walk 500 m (0.3 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 34′ · relax L2 · yield 9.4 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 14:00 → latest arrival 13:50, slack 30′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -57 min; -XOF 100.

trace: generated 10 · rejected p_late>0.15×1 · frontier 3 · seed 3615340190 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Cadjehoun: allow 3 h before an international departure.

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