Simon & Schuster - Senegal by Sean Connolly

[Globe Pequot Publishing] This new, thoroughly updated third edition of Bradt’s Senegal continues to offer by far the deepest coverage of any guidebook to this increasingly popular part of West Africa – and is the only one to focus exclusively on the country. With nearly 400 pages of detailed description, it remains the definitive source of tourist information about the region’s most accessible Francophone nation. Senegal’s smorgasbord of landscapes belies its compact size; pleasingly, all can be reached within a day’s travel, making the country perfect for anyone looking to sink their teeth into West Africa for the first time – or the hundredth. Northern desert wilds cede to lush, subtropical Casamance (now benefitting from an historic peace deal), fringed by hundreds of miles of pristine beaches. Meanwhile, the fantastically frenetic capital city, Dakar, perches proudly at the African continent’s westernmost point, almost entirely surrounded by ocean. Natural assets aside, Senegal