Kempinski El Farouk in Bamako | Travel + Leisure
Quartier du fleuve
Bamako
www.kempinski.com
011-223/222-1830

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From Travel + Leisure, Dec 2004

“I am staying in a new luxury hotel called the Kempinski El Farouk. The glassy green river slides past my window on its way up to Timbuktu. The downtown is a five-minute walk away, and within 150 yards I can hear the competing sounds of blaring Cuban son, Jamaican rap, and bluesy ballads sung in Bambara, the language of one of Mali's largest ethnic groups....” MORE>>

–Alex Shoumatoff, “Blues Traveler”

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