Travel video guide
Mark Wiens in Côte d'Ivoire: 3 Spots
This guide turns Unseen African Food - 2 DAY AFRICAN CATFISH!! Seafood + Attiéké in Côte d’Ivoire!! 🇨🇮 from Mark Wiens into a practical food map with 3 saved spots around Abidjan, Av. de la Côte d'Ivoire, and Grand-Lahou. The mapped places include a hotel and a cafe stop. Use it to understand the places, dishes, and trip context before saving the map in Varedelo.
What the creator captured
Mark Wiens was particularly impressed by the unique texture of attiéké, describing it as both fluffy and beady like semolina. He highlighted the rare ivorian delicacy 'Oya,' a complex catfish stew that requires two days of preparation, as the primary reason for his journey to the remote lagoon village. His experience centered on the vibrant combination of fresh Atlantic seafood and the intense heat of local green chilies.
What this map is good for
- Planning a hotel stop or short itinerary in Abidjan.
- Comparing food stops from a creator or saved local map before you commit time in the city.
- Saving 3 mapped spots into Varedelo so the list stays usable on the ground.
- Using the original video as context, then turning it into a clean place-by-place map.
Featured spots on this map
- Abidjan
Hotel in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Grand-Lahou
Hotel in CX2R+6G2, Grand-Lahou, Côte d'Ivoire, Grand-Lahou, Côte d'Ivoire - San-pedro
Coffee Shop in 225 Av. de la Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Av. de la Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Food notes from the video
- Fried fish (sole and tuna)
- Attiéké (steamed cassava)
- Onion and tomato sauce
- Fresh green chilies
- African catfish stew (Oya)
- Lagoon crabs
- Oysters
- Sea snails
- 2 more included in the app.
Experiences captured
- Explored local seafood spots in Abidjan
- Observed mass-scale fish frying process
- Drove through torrential rain to Grand Lahou
- Took a boat to a remote lagoon village
- Visited the second largest island in West Africa
- Walked through a village of 5,000 people
- Entered a local family's beachside kitchen compound
- Learned about a rare two-day fish stew process
Official tourism resource
The official national tourism board of Côte d'Ivoire provides travel information, destination guides, and cultural insights for visitors to Abidjan and beyond.
Planning questions
Where did Mark Wiens eat in Côte d'Ivoire?
This guide maps all 3 spots featured in the video, with names, addresses, and neighborhoods, so you can plan where to eat in Côte d'Ivoire.
What are the must-try foods in Côte d'Ivoire?
Creator picks from the video include Fried fish (sole and tuna), Attiéké (steamed cassava), Onion and tomato sauce, Fresh green chilies. Open the map in Varedelo to see which spot each one is at.
Can I save these spots to use on my trip?
Yes. Open the map in Varedelo to save every spot, get directions, and revisit the guide from your phone while you travel.
Use it on your trip
Save this food map before you go
Keep the mapped spots, creator context, food notes, and planning details together. Varedelo turns the page into a phone-friendly map you can revisit when you are choosing where to go.