Tangier flaunts its magnificent bay below lush green hills. At the crossroads of civilisation, where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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From the
Place de la Kasbah, the highest point in the medina, you can visit the sultan's palace where every aspect of
Moroccan art can be seen in the rooms round the courtyard. Or you can stroll down alleyways of the medina to the terrace
overlooking the straits of Gibraltar.
Close by, various excursions can be made including
Cape Spartel, the extreme north- westerly point of Africa, close to the famous
Caves of Hercules and
Cape Malabata. Its strategic position making it a crossroads of civilizations,
Tangier, gateway to the African continent, looks across at Europe from the shores of Atlantic and Mediterranean alike.
As a meeting-point of routes to so many different destinations,
Tangier has inevitably been marked by history, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards had all left their indelible mark on the city before it passed into Moroccan hands.
As do most of the Kingdoms towns,
Tangier, the White City, possesses its Medina, the old Arab town containing a pair of picturesque markets: the
Grand Socco and the
Petit Socco (the Spanish word for souk).
Tangier is also renowned for the
Mendoubia gardens, with their eight-hundred-year-old trees, the
Sidi Bouabid Mosque, its minaret decorated with multi-hued faiences dominating the
Medina, the
Kasbah Square with its portico of white marble columns, and the great
Mechouar where the pashas were once wont to give audience.
The status of
international free zone which the city enjoyed for a number of years added to
Tangiersâs celebrity, and it bas become an obligatory stop off for any tourist in search of
the real Morocco.
