Introducing Saint-Louis

With its crumbling colonial architecture, horse-drawn carts and peaceful ambiance, West Africa’s first French settlement has a unique historical charm. The old town centre sits on an island in the Senegal River, but the city sprawls onto the mainland of Sor and the Langue de Barbarie, where you find the lively fishing community of Guet N’Dar.

The island is reached via the 500m-long Pont Faidherbe, originally built to cross the Danube (as legend has it) but shipped here in 1897.