Top 10 Experiences in Lagos

Nike Okundaye's seven-storey gallery and cultural centre in Lekki houses over 8,000 artworks spanning Yoruba weaving, batik, beadwork, and sculpture — one of the largest collections of Nigerian art anywhere.

The former home and commune of Fela Kuti — the Afrobeat legend and political activist — has been preserved as a museum documenting his music, activism, and the 1977 military raid that burned it down.

This sheltered lagoon beach accessible only by boat from Lagos Marina offers calm surf, beach bars, and watersports away from the crowds of mainland beaches — a favourite escape for city residents.

Built on the site of a colonial-era prison in Lagos Island, this cultural and arts park hosts live music, open-air theatre, and food vendors amid re-purposed cell blocks now used as gallery and performance spaces.

One of West Africa's largest and most chaotic street markets sprawls across Lagos Island with stalls selling Ankara fabric, electronics, spices, and everything imaginable in a sensory-overload shopping experience.

The spiritual successor to Fela Kuti's original shrine is now run by his son Femi and hosts weekly Afrobeat concerts that draw local devotees and international music pilgrims every Tuesday night.

Lagos's most popular public beach on the Lekki Peninsula is the social hub of the city's weekend scene, with DJs, beach volleyball, jollof rice vendors, and spectacular Atlantic sunsets over the water.

This arts complex in Victoria Island combines a theatre staging contemporary Nigerian plays, a restaurant serving traditional Yoruba cuisine, and a gallery devoted to emerging Nigerian visual artists.

The national museum holds an important collection of Benin bronzes, Nok terracotta figurines, traditional bridal costumes, and objects tracing Nigeria's history from precolonial kingdoms to independence.

Nike Okundaye's seven-storey gallery and cultural centre in Lekki houses over 8,000 artworks spanning Yoruba weaving, batik, beadwork, and sculpture — one of the largest collections of Nigerian art anywhere.

The former home and commune of Fela Kuti — the Afrobeat legend and political activist — has been preserved as a museum documenting his music, activism, and the 1977 military raid that burned it down.

This sheltered lagoon beach accessible only by boat from Lagos Marina offers calm surf, beach bars, and watersports away from the crowds of mainland beaches — a favourite escape for city residents.

Built on the site of a colonial-era prison in Lagos Island, this cultural and arts park hosts live music, open-air theatre, and food vendors amid re-purposed cell blocks now used as gallery and performance spaces.

One of West Africa's largest and most chaotic street markets sprawls across Lagos Island with stalls selling Ankara fabric, electronics, spices, and everything imaginable in a sensory-overload shopping experience.

The spiritual successor to Fela Kuti's original shrine is now run by his son Femi and hosts weekly Afrobeat concerts that draw local devotees and international music pilgrims every Tuesday night.

Lagos's most popular public beach on the Lekki Peninsula is the social hub of the city's weekend scene, with DJs, beach volleyball, jollof rice vendors, and spectacular Atlantic sunsets over the water.

This arts complex in Victoria Island combines a theatre staging contemporary Nigerian plays, a restaurant serving traditional Yoruba cuisine, and a gallery devoted to emerging Nigerian visual artists.

The national museum holds an important collection of Benin bronzes, Nok terracotta figurines, traditional bridal costumes, and objects tracing Nigeria's history from precolonial kingdoms to independence.