Cotonou · Benin
Palace hospitality. The freedom of a home.
A rare selection across Benin and West Africa. Bespoke service, for travellers and owners alike.
Curated homes · Hotel standard · 24/7 concierge
Our promise
We don't manage rentals. We keep homes the way a hotel is kept: a key handed over in person, a bed made to the line, a number that answers at night.
The collection
Our addresses in Cotonou
The service
What is always included
- On-site welcome, key handover, a tour of the house
- House linen, welcome products, water included
- Guarding, cleaning on request, internet
- An advisor reachable by phone and WhatsApp, 24/7
A day with us
You take care of nothing
A house is walls. What you are buying here is a week without a single thing to think about — for you, for your wife, for your children.
On arrival
We are expecting you
Someone lets you in, walks you through the house and leaves you their number. The water is cold, the air conditioning is already running, the linen is fresh.
7 am
Breakfast
Tell us the night before: fruit, bread, eggs, coffee. We shop, we set it out, we leave. You get up and it is there.
1 pm
Lunch, at home
A cook comes and prepares it on the spot. Grilled fish, rice, groundnut sauce — or whatever the children are asking for. We plate it, we clear it away.
4 pm
Nobody asks you for anything
The house is guarded, the pool maintained, the towels out. The children are in the water. You have nothing to organise.
10 pm
The night is quiet
A guard at the gate, a generator that takes over on its own, air conditioning in every bedroom. You sleep.
All week
And a number that answers
A driver, a day trip to Ouidah, a doctor, a hairdresser at home, childcare. One message and we handle it.
The founder
Elena Amoussou
MBA in Hospitality & Luxury Brand Management, With Honors, CMH Paris, September 2020. Elena built Léna Escapes in Cotonou, home by home, on the simple idea that a stay is judged by its details.
The homes, the arrivals and life in Cotonou, day by day: follow @lenaescapes.bj
Planning your stay
Where to sleep, who takes care of everything, and when to come.
Stay posted
The homes go early.
Leave us your address: we write before the big dates, when a home frees up, and when the Vodun Days dates are announced.
