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What to see in Sénegal
Goree Island
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Attractions touristiques dans Goree Island
Situated just over a mile off the coast of Dakar, the Senegalese capital, Goree Island is a tiny, car-free island with an extensive and remarkably tragic history. It appears to be an idyllic little island, with a tranquil atmosphere and old-world charms, but Goree Island is best known for its role in the Atlantic Slave Trade between the 15th and 19th-centuries. Classified as a district of the city of Dakar, Goree Island earnt UNESCO World Heritage status for its pivotal role as a ‘memory island’, reminding us of this dark period of history and the horrors of human exploitation.
If you travel to Dakar you can easily visit Goree Island as it’s connected to the mainland by regular ferry services which complete the journey in around 20 minutes, making it a popular stop on a tour of Senegal. Visiting Goree Island is an eye-opening and, at times, heart-breaking experience as the contrasts between the elegant houses of the former slaver traders and the grim slave-quarters are stark. Today, a peaceful island with a population of around 1,600 people, Goree Island has come under the rule of the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French successively over the centuries, when it was used as both a stopover for merchants and a slave market.
If you travel to Goree Island you will most likely pay a visit to the House of Slaves, an imposing building with a red-facade, once used as a holding centre for slaves during the 18th-century. Today, it is an informative museum and memorial to the horrors of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Other things to see on Goree Island include a number of colonial fortifications and the Relais de L’Espaden, the former residence of the French governor.
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Points of interests
- Trips to Djoudj and Barbarie National Park
- Trips to Goree Island
- Trips to Lake Retba
- Trips to Saint Louis
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- Trips to Addis-Abeba
- Trips to Arba Minch
- Trips to Arusha
- Trips to Baher Dar
- Trips to Bati
- Trips to Bazaruto
- Trips to Chutes de Thomson
- Trips to Diani
- Trips to Entebbe
- Trips to Forêt de Jozani
- Trips to Gondar
- Trips to Jinka
- Trips to Kigali
- Trips to Kilimanjaro
- Trips to La vallée du Grand Rift
- Trips to Lac Mburo
- Trips to Lac Naivasha
- Trips to Lac Turkana
- Trips to Lake Chamo
- Trips to Lalibela
- Trips to Lamu
- Trips to Le parc national d’Arusha
- Trips to Machangulo
- Trips to Maputo
- Trips to Marais de Musiara
- Trips to Mombasa
- Trips to Nairobi
- Trips to Ngorongoro
- Trips to Parc National de Bwindi
- Trips to Parc National de Kibale
- Trips to Parc national de Tarangire
- Trips to Parc national de Tsavo East
- Trips to Parc national du lac Manyara
- Trips to Parc national du lac Nakuru
- Trips to Parc national du Serengeti
- Trips to Parc national d’Aberdare
- Trips to Parc national d’Amboseli
- Trips to Parc National Murchison Falls
- Trips to Parc national Queen Elizabeth
- Trips to Plage de Tofo
- Trips to Réserve de Samburu
- Trips to Réserve du Masai Mara
- Trips to Stone Town
- Trips to Sweetwaters
- Trips to Turmi
- Trips to Vilankulos
- Trips to Volcan Menengai
- Trips to Zanzibar
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