Once home to the world-renowned Dakar Car Rally, Senegalā€™s capital city, has so much more to offer and is one of the chief seaports, being protected by the limestone cliffs of the cape and by a system of breakwaters.

Founded sometime in 1857 the French built a fort on the site of the modern Place de lā€™IndĆ©pendance to safeguard the interests of merchants, and to give you a grand idea of how Dakar is set out, hire a driver to whisk you along the Corniche, the long boulevard running parallel to the Atlantic.

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