Bars & Restaurants

Open bar drinks & snacks

Enjoy open bar drinks and snacks without worrying about the bill day and night - during bar/nightclub opening times - including: fruit juice, cocktails, hot drinks, local and international spirits, soda and wine by the glass; bottled water; sweet and savoury nibbles. The package does not include: VSOP and XO spirits, luxury spirits, some premium brands depending on destination, Champagnes, bottled/canned soft drinks, bottled wines, Mini-Bar.

Main restaurant

This restaurant, located on the ground floor of the hotel, invites you to enjoy a meal under the great brick and terracotta arches. Buffets from around the world are offered each day for your every meal.

The Dara

This restaurant, located on the 3rd floor of the hotel with views over the sea, invites you into its quiet, cosy room to enjoy a late breakfast and an evening meal (reservation required).

The Giscard

This bar, located on the ground floor of the hotel, opens onto the swimming pool and offers access to a large shady patio. To be discovered...

Sports & Activities

The relaxation and sports-based activities offered in this Club Med Village will open you up to the cultural riches of the host country.

Cycling Included in your package

Accompanied outings on a discovery path of 8 to18 km, for an original approach to the local culture: village of Yoff NGor, the school of Ouakam, the fishing harbour, the great breeding grounds...

Golf Included in your package

And also ...

LEISURE / RELAXATION

Included in your package: Beach / Swimming pool , Club Med entertainmnent , Conferences about the local culture , Dance Class , Petanque , Table tennis

Optional Extra*: Jet ski

SPORTS Included in your package:

• All levels :Cycling , Tennis
• Free practice :Basket-ball , Volley-ball
• Initiation :Aquafitness , Archery , Club Med Fitness , Golf , Sailing

SPORTS Optional Extra*:

• All levels :Golf (outside Club Med)

* at extra cost

Children & Teens

Club Med Passworld is an exclusive new zone not far from the heart of the Club Med Village, just for young people from 11 to 17 years. A place to discover sports, art or creative activities, or for the simple pleasure of hanging out. In the company of friendly G.Os

Discovery

The Discovery Centre is an open window onto the local culture. Each Club Med Resort is a springboard for exploring the countrys hidden treasures. The programme of excursions and the prices are given as an indication only. Prices can change during the season according to the current rate of the country. Excursions have to be paid on the premises with local currency. Subject to minimum number of participants being met. Minimum age required for some activities.

Combined excursions - Les Almadies

• Dakar (1/2 D.)

Excursions should be booked on the premises at the Discovery desk

Practical Information

Everything you need to know about your holiday: transport, payment types accepted, practical information about the Resort and the country.

CLUB MED LES ALMADIES LA POINTE DES ALMADIES BP 3236 DAKAR Telephone: (221) 33 869 54 54 Fax: (221) 33 820 43 79

GMT jet lag : 0

Country information

• Official country name: Republic of Senegal
• Capital: Dakar
• Land area: 196,720 km²
• Population: 11.6 million inhabitants
• Peoples and ethnic groups: Wolof (36 %), Sérère (17 %), Fula (17 %), Tuculor (9 %), Diola (9 %), Mandingue (9 %), Malinké, European (1 %) and Lebanese
• Languages: French (official language) and Wolof for most of the polulation. But also Diola, Fula, Malinké and Mandingue
• Religions: 85 % are Moslems. Traditional religions are practised by 6% of the population Christians represent about 2%
• Political institutions: presidential régime
• President: Abdoulaye Wade
• Prime minister: Macky Sall
• GDP: 18,868 billion $US
• GDP per capita: 1,813 $US
• Annual growth rate: 1,7%
• Inflation: 0,8%
• Principal activities : Based on agriculture, the Senegalese economy has been dependent on groundnuts for over a century, even if it has also turned to rice and cotton Since the 1980s income from fish exports has overtaken the income from groundnuts. Tourism represents 10 % of the countrys income.
• Principal partners: France, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Algeria, China and Japan.

Village Information

"Discover new cultures" Resort

At Les Almadies, which is just 20 minutes away from Dakar, time drifts by at an easygoing Senegalese pace. The Club Med Resort, showing every African colour imaginable and decorated with wooden sculptures and masks, and its gardens full of majestic frangipani trees, look out over the Atlantic Ocean, beckoning you to come and discover the culture of a land where hospitality, the famous Senegalese teranga, is not merely an empty word. While teenagers get together in their own special area, “La Piscine”, parents can practice their golf on the Resort’s driving range or enjoy a round on the nearby courses* …

Highlights of the Les Almadies

AUTUMN - WINTER For holidays from 30/10/2007 to 04/05/2008
SPRING - SUMMER For holidays from

• 20 minutes from Dakar on the most advanced point (headland) of Africa
• Mountain bike rides to discover the local culture
• Golf (driving range) in the Village, 3 golf courses* nearby)
• African dance lessons, local cuisine, Wolof, conferences.
• 2 restaurants including 1 specialty restaurant