Senegambia Beach Hotel

The Senegambia Beach Hotel is The Gambia's best-known beach resort, and the namesake of the Senegambia Strip — the country's main tourist quarter. Its 375 rooms, in low-rise blocks set among tropical gardens, fan out from two large pools (the Atlantic and the Oasis) onto a wide stretch of beach. The scale brings plenty to do: five restaurants and bars, a spa and gym, tennis, squash and a padel court, evening entertainment and even an on-site nurse — a genuine one-stop choice for charter visitors and groups. The gardens are famous among birders, who come to watch the resident species over breakfast. With the whole strip of restaurants, craft stalls and nightlife immediately outside the gate, you're never short of options. It's busy and unashamedly mainstream, but for a lively, facility-rich package holiday in the heart of the action, it's the landmark.