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The Balcony of the Atlantic is a popular spot for the locals for either enjoying the café’s and restaurants along the foreshore or for gathering in the evenings to enjoy the sun setting over the Atlantic. There are also some lovely Spanish styled homes along here. In part of the promenade is a pretty garden with columns.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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If you follow through Avenue Mohamed V through the Place de la Liberation, you will find yourself on the foreshore promenade called the Balcony of the Atlantic. This stretches along the seafront and one of the more picturesque spots in Larache.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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The entrance to the Medina is also in the Plaza which separates the old from the new in Larache. The style of the gate is typical Arabic whereas a lot of the buildings surrounding it are in the Andalusian style or at least a mix of both styles.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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In the middle of this elliptical plaza is a small garden which has a fountain and the whole centerpiece is surrounded by palm trees. White buildings supporting café’s, restaurants and hotels are on the outer edge of the plaza. The Hotel Aberg Andalusia was actually the first to be built in this square.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Place de la Liberation, Larache
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The centre of Larache is a Spanish styled plaza called Place de la Liberation. In the early days it was called Plaza de Espana when the Spanish were in occupation. There are eight roads which feed into the plaza, one leading down to the promenade and the foreshore.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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Larache’s ancient medina was built during the 15th century and is very much the old part of the city with the condensed housing and narrow lanes and steps. There are quite a few souks within the medina such as the Socco de la Alcaiceria or the cloth market. The more traditional handcrafts of Morocco are found in the medina. The main gate is Bab al-Kehmis but there are several other gates as well off the old ramparts. The medina is quite near to the port and you can obtain the best views from the northern side.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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Larache is known for its beaches There are two beaches close to the town. One on one side of the rocky pier near the mouth of the river and the other on the other side. One is better for swimming because its calmer and the other with its waves is better for body boarders. There id another further away north of the Loukkos Estuary is which probably the best beach.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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Obviously a town which has been a little run down, things seem to be picking up all over with major road, pavement rebuilding going on. It looks like this is the start of trying to bring tourism into Larache and also to provide better information centres on local attractions.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
The ruins of the old Guebibat Fort are found near the entrance to the Loukos River. It was built on the cliffs as a fortress during the 16th century by M.Ahmed Al Mansour, a Saadian ruler. Also known as the Fort of Small Domes, the fort was also used by the Spanish as a hospital after they remodeled it.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Larache
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Sitting up on the hill on behind the Spanish Cemetery is the Point Nador lighthouse which was built in 1919. It stands at 144 feet and its beacon can be seen from around 26 miles away. The lighthouse style is really quite like a mosque in its architecture. Below the lighthouse is a maritime academy which was built as a combined effort between the fisheries ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). There is also an old Spanish jail which has been turned into a museum.
Written Mar 18, 2009
Address: Pointe Nador, Larache
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Sitting up on the hill on behind the Spanish Cemetery is the Point Nador lighthouse which was built in 1919. It stands at 144 feet and its beacon can be seen...
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Larache is a summer Atlantic resort very popular among Moroccans, I was told. I found a lot of Spanish influences from the period of colonisation in Larache's medina. Add whitewashed houses, blue...
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Larache is a little off the main roads and is located in the Tanger-Tetouan area of North Morocco. The town was established by Arab soldiers who were based at Lixus, moved to the southern bank of the...
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Larache My time in Larache was short, a couple hours at most. The main reason for coming to here is to visit the Roman ruins of Lixus just outside Larache but you can read about them on my Lixus...
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