Dakar Sights

  1. Gouvernance

    There's the Gouvernance and the Chambre de Commerce on either side of Place de l'Indépendance, a remarkable space itself because it is huge, wide, lined by grand buildings and symmetrically laid out.

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  2. Hôtel de Ville

    Central Dakar has a few impressive colonial buildings. There's the Gouvernance and the Chambre de Commerce, both on Place de l'Indépendance. The stately Hôtel de Ville sits right behind, and a short walk north takes you to the elegant building of the train station.

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  3. train station

    A short walk north takes you to the train station, whose elegant façade inspires ideas of romantic train journeys (quickly wiped away once you enter the bleak interior).

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