10 best coastal cities in Africa

Where a flat-topped mountain drops into two oceans. Few cities marry nature and city this well.

West Africa's friendliest capital. Coastal, anglophone, with a growing creative and tech scene.

Spice island in the Indian Ocean. Stone Town's twisted alleys, reefs offshore, slow days.

Nigerias commercial engine. Afrobeats was born here, Africas biggest tech ecosystem grew here.

Windy Moroccan port. Blue-shuttered medina, kitesurfers in the bay, fresh sardines off the boats.

Swahili island town with no cars, only donkeys. Coral-rag mosques, dhow harbour, deeply slow.

Morocco's economic engine. Art Deco bones, ocean breeze, and the country's biggest mosque.

North African capital with a UNESCO medina, Mediterranean light, and Roman ruins down the road.