The Place

Sierra Leone


The most luxurious hotel on the peninsula, The Place offers airy bungalows with soaring ceilings, large bathrooms, flat-screen TVs, iPod docks and coffee makers, where you can seal yourself up in an air-conditioned stupor and forget that you're even at the beach. There's also a pricey (and excellent) restaurant and bar, with ground- and 1st-loor terraces overlooking the water.

If you're not content with swimming in Tokeh's calm waters, there's also a pool.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

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2.06 MILES

One of the oldest in the country, this cemetery is the final resting place of several former colonial masters.

2. Town Bell

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4. York Centenary

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7. National Railway Museum

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8. State House

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