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Tangier A port on the Strait of Gibraltar, facing Spain.
The white city on the Strait of Gibraltar, where Africa looks across to Europe. Painters and writers came for its light; the Kasbah still watches over the bay.
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1 Grand Socco 2 American Legation 3 Petit Socco 4 Kasbah Museum 5 Café Hafa 6 Phoenician Tombs 7 Terrasse des Paresseux 8 Le Saveur du Poisson 9 El Morocco Club 10 Gran Café de Paris 11 El Tangerino Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, Overture Maps
See 1 Grand Socco The great square at the door of the medina, with the Mendoubia gardens and their ancient dragon tree beside it. Allow 30 min 2 American Legation Given to the United States in 1821, its first property abroad, now a museum of Tangier’s history and art. Allow 1 h 3 Petit Socco The small square of old cafés at the heart of the medina, the meeting place of the international years. Allow 30 min 4 Kasbah Museum The sultan’s palace, Dar el-Makhzen, at the top of the medina, now a museum, with views over the Strait. Allow 1 h 5 Café Hafa Mint tea on terraces stepping down the cliff above the sea, since 1921. Allow 1 h 6 Phoenician Tombs Graves cut into the rock on the Marshan cliff, above the water. Allow 30 min 7 Terrasse des Paresseux “The idlers’ terrace”: old cannons, the port below and, on a clear day, Spain. Allow 30 min Eat 8 Le Saveur du Poisson No menu: a set meal of fish, soup and a fruit drink, in a tiny room near the Grand Socco. 100–250 MAD 9 El Morocco Club A restored house in the Kasbah with a piano bar and refined Moroccan and Mediterranean dinners. Over 250 MAD 10 Gran Café de Paris The historic café on Place de France, for a coffee and the passers-by. Under 100 MAD 11 El Tangerino Fish and grilled seafood on the seafront, one of the best-known fish restaurants in town. 100–250 MAD Getting around The medina and the Kasbah are walked; they are steep in places. Petit taxis cover the rest of the city: agree the fare or ask for the meter.
Take tea at Café Hafa late in the afternoon, when the light on the Strait turns gold.
Cap Spartel Twenty minutes west, the lighthouse where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean, and the Caves of Hercules nearby.
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