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Senegal holidays

February 2016

  • Villagers in La Pointe Saint-Georges, Senegal, gather for an open-air nightime film screening using Vincent Hanrion's bicycle-powered cinema system.

    Instagram snapshots
    Instagram snapshots: a cinematic road trip in Senegal

    Photographer Vincent Hanrion is halfway through a mobile cinema cycling tour, using pedal power to bring films to audiences in rural Senegal

January 2016

  • Crowds gather at the riverfront to dance.

    Senegal: a trip to Baaba Maal's music festival

  • The "Blues Du Fleuve" music Festival, run and headlined by Sengal's most famous musician Baba Maal in the town of Podor in Northern  Senegal.  Bands and singers from Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia and Guinea are invited to participate alongside him in 3 days of music and dance to celebrate the region's musical culture. 4/12/15

    Baaba Maal's music festival - in pictures

November 2015

  • Daylight street scene in Tonghor neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal. Two men stand with their backs to the camera facing down a dirt street. A pink-washed wall in the foreground.

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    Instagram snapshots: Adrian Morris in Dakar, Senegal

    Adrian Morris visits Dakar’s waterfront neighbourhoods, enjoying the vividly coloured buildings and fabrics, and the sights and sounds of the beach

March 2015

  • The beach at Abéné, Senegal, with fishermen’s shacks, some selling fresh seafood.

    Why I love …
    Writer and guesthouse owner Simon Fenton on Abéné, Senegal

    The author of Squirting Milk at Chameleons has found a slice of paradise in a beach village where reggae rules, mangoes drip from the trees and the sense of community is strong

February 2012

  • Inside Afrika hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

    Seven of the best boutique hotels in Africa

    Set on white sands, wild wetlands, or at the heart of historic cities, these small hotels bring a touch of luxury to exotic locations, says Rachel Dixon

March 2011

  • Collines de Niassam Lodge.

    Branching out: an ecolodge in Senegal

  • Surfing in Dakar

    A clean break: surfing in Senegal

April 2010

  • Top 10 city guides
    Top 10 things to do in Dakar, Senegal

    Find out where to eat, sleep, party and escape the hustle and bustle in Joshua Surtees' insider guide to the capital of Senegal

  • Le Village des Arts, Dakar

    Senegal's capital city is better known for its music and its tropical beauty, but now a thriving contemporary art scene is attracting enthusiasts from the west

  • Dakar mosque

    Letter from
    Senegal: every mosque tells a story in modern Dakar

    Cleo Cantone reports from Dakar on materialistic expressions of wealth in the city

January 2010

  • La Giostra del Saraceno Saracen Joust, Tuscany, Italy

    2010: the year ahead
    The best local festivals of 2010 | June to December

    Our experts choose the world's best local festivals of 2010

June 2009

  • Letter from
    Senegal: back to their roots on an island of tears

    Pete Browne takes us on a museum tour on the Senegalese island of Gorée

December 2008

  • Senegal

    Why Senegal is now on the winter sun map

    Jill Crawshaw is one of the first British tourists to sample a new range of package holidays which makes the beaches of Senegal more accessible than ever

March 2008

  • Rhythm nation

    With little more than cow horns, 8ft drums and hollow shells, Guinea-Bissau throws one of the best parties on earth, says Rose Skelton

November 2006

  • Youssou N'Dour

    Sengal, it's only seven hours away

    Youssou N'Dour may be a world music star but he's happiest on home soil. Gavin McOwan heads to Senegal to explore the places that inspire him

October 2006

  • Senegal: essential information

    The coolest place in west Africa, and one of the best countries in the world just to hang out, Senegal is famed for its tropical beauty and thriving arts scene.

July 2003

  • And the beat goes on

    Still relatively unknown, Casamance offers a Caribbean-like mix of music, street parties and laid-back living. James Bainbridge settles back to watch the world drift by.

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