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The beach of the town extends in an arc of circle of 3.5 km. with golden sand surrounded by spa establishments that offer rest and relaxation. In this place, the sea and the sky merge in only a light.

Achakar, near Cape Spartel Beach, turns towards the Atlantic Ocean and the setting sun, to admire in the twilight when the horizon is colored pink and the plants give off aromas. Read the rest of this entry »

The glare of the senses, so famous in Morocco, begins by Tangier: see the motley crowd, the colors of the species and the fruit; listen to the full of life and noise shows and feel embalmed markets.

According to Greek mythology, Hercules rested in these caves after having carried out one of his 12 prowess, catch the apples of Hesperides gold. These natural formations would, according to legend, served to make grinding of grain.

Natural curiosity: the caves of Hercules offer an opening to the ocean from a natural window, whose drawing surprisingly reproduces the figure of Africa. Read the rest of this entry »

The Grand Bazaar is located at the entrance of the medina. There is the former residence of the Mendoub, representative of the Sultan. The great Bazaar also housed the Embassy of Germany in the 1940s. Today hosts a splendid trees adorned Garden Court, testimony of these historic sites.

The small Bazaar, is the heart of medicine. In this neighborhood, full of history, stands a large mosque built in the 18th century on the ruins of an old Portuguese Cathedral.

Built in the high point of the medina, the kasbah dominates the harbour and the city.

Fortified in Roman times, the Kasbah was used as main residence of Sultan in 1684, until that was burned by the British. Today, you can admire the Palace of the Sultan, Dar El Maghzen, the Museum of Moroccan arts and the Museum of Antiquities, Dar El Ghorfa, which displays the prehistoric and ancient vestiges of Tangier. Read the rest of this entry »

In her Union with Charles II of England in 1661, the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza had contributed in his gilded Tangier.

After having expelled religious orders and the Jewish community, the British withdrew from the city in 1684, having previously destroyed the kasbah.

Since then, the Alautía dynasty Sultan Moulay Ismaïl undertook the rebuilding of the city. In 1800, Tangier became an international city that housed the consuls of the leading Western Nations: England, Spain, Belgium, Holland, United States, Portugal, Union Soviet, France, and Italy. In 1923, the city became an international zone. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps the most ancient city of Morocco is Tangier. Since the year 1600 BC, the Phoenicians installed there his colony.

Roman mythology associated with the founding of Tangier with the Greek giant Antaeus, son of Poseidon, sea Dios and Gaia, the earth goddess. During a match, Heracles killed Antaeus and married Tingis, the widow of the giant gave him a son Sufax.

Later, Hercules separated Spain of Africa and gave his son Sufax a city protected by the sea. Become King, Sufax named their city Tingis.

From yesteryear, Tangier occupied a strategic location, due to their dominance over the Strait of Gibraltar. The Roman Empire, which controlled the town until 429, became the capital of their province of North Africa. In the year 706, the Arabs appropriated Tangier, which became from that moment the core of the conflict between dynasties until the end of the 13th century Arab and Berber tribes. Read the rest of this entry »

Source of inspiration for generations of artists, intellectuals, filmmakers, renowned Writer, seduced by her luminous beauty, their environment, their sets, the Tangier-Tétouan, capital of Strait region, met a true cultural bustle.

Tangier and its region, represents one of the vestiges of a glorious past, as shown by its monuments and sites such as the kasbah (Fortress), the caves of Hercules and Lixus of Tamuda.
Overlooking the Mediterranean, in the meeting of the ocean sea and at the junction of the roads between the North and the South, Tangier extends a magnificent Bay at the foot of the green hills. Read the rest of this entry »

This place is the ideal starting point for trekking. With the designation of National Park Talassemtane, numerous circuits have been set: provisional his backpack, tours may last 2-3 hours depending on the physical form of each.

Here the effort rewarded by the extraordinary spectacle offered by the natural landscapes of Chef chaouen: arches, caves, natural bridges, peaks and cliffs, springs, waterfalls, pools, torrential waters, lush vegetation, forests of abetos…excursiones that does not disappoint them.

The geography of the terrain is also conducive to the practice of sports more specific such as climbing, mountaineering and paragliding. Read the rest of this entry »

The city also has the Royal Golf in Tangier, one of most prestigious golf courses in the world and fields of greater tradition in Morocco. Also present sports through the circuits for quart, the practice of jet-ski or the race car, as in the annual Grand Prix of Tangier.

After exercise, relax in one of the many centres of fitness, hamams, spas, pools and water parks.

Leads to a beach tourism, Asilah city has an area of renown in the world of the windsurfers and allows many possibilities for other water sports.

On the beach of Sid Mghait, favorable winds allow these sports lovers, ideal beach for windsurfing or kitesurfing. With the West wind, the waves reach two meters in height. Its fishing port provisions to their restaurants, known for its fried fish. Read the rest of this entry »