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After our walk through the Kasbah, and the carpet and spice demonstrations, we got back on the bus and driven to a spot out of the city to where the camels were. For a fee ( one Euro ) you could get on the camel, ride around for a few minutes and have your picture taken. This was a fun part of the tour and of course Hans got on one. When the Camel stands up, it first uses its forelegs and you lurch backwards and then it uses its hind legs and then you lurch forward. Too funny!!
YAHOO!!! RIDE THOSE CAMELS Leave a Comment Address: Just outside the City
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 by Carmela71
It deserves not only because of that, also it is nice to see the carved ceilings and the gardens.
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 KASBAH FORTIFICATIONS by matcrazy1
The fortifications surprisigly are in very good condtion. The walls are simple, not-white but natural-earth-clay in colour and... not that much interesting. and they are put in very chaotic way. I guess, they had to be changed many times in the past. Leave a Comment
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 Suqs show off their wares in
Tangier's Medina by dlytle
The medina is quite big, and there are many commercial areas. Most of these serve the tourist traffic, and it is more difficult to find any areas where real handicraft is performed.
Other areas are solely devoted to living, and there are plenty of nice houses, painted doors, decorated gates and rosebushes all around.
As you walk through the Medina Gate off the Grand Socco, take a deep breath and then start tackling the maze of narrow, twisting streets. You will find aromas drifting from the spice stalls and shopkeepers trying to entice you into their shops to haggle good naturedly, though sometimes too persistently, over their wares.
The suqs, in all their teeming energy, are the places to buy your goods and souvenirs, from embroidered shirts to djellabas (the long, flowing robes with full sleeves and a hood that you may notice some locals wearing), to leather goods and hammered and enameled brass. Always bargain, and if you can, learn a little basic French to help you do it. It's expected, and the shop owners will respect you for it. (You may still walk away with no bargain, but they'll respect you for it!)
Some shops, especially in the nicer buildings, have a system of fixed prices, and you will only be able to haggle it down a little bit. But that is not the biggest problem: they sell things here at 2-5 times normal tourist price. And they are the very same products other shops have without any better quality! Leave a Comment
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 The Grand Socco in Tangier by dlytle
The Grand Socco really is the heart of Tangier and a good place to start a tour since it is also the point where the modern city's streets are forced to continue into the narrow streets of the old city. This area was once full of snake charmers, musicians and storytellers while today it is a meeting place and a transportation junction, principally for taxis. It is an interesting spot to spend time watching the passing parade of people including the Rif women in their colorful traditional costume. The rattle and hum of the Grand Socco has entranced all who watched" .. from morning to evening, the vendors, the customers and the plain curious milling around in sun and wind among the hundred colors of canopy and thousand tongues at work..."
It was in this square, on April 9th 1947, that sultan Mohammed V made a famous speech in which he referred to independence for Morocco.
In a place where life styles and house styles mix as much as at the Grand Socco, it only feels natural that the old gate to the old city is flanked by modern Western-style houses. Leave a Comment
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 THE KASBAH FORTIFICATIONS AND
THE ATLANTIC CITY by matcrazy1
To be honest it is not the best Atlantic view. The beach below looks dirty, Europe is not seen on a horizon and the Tangier port to the right doesn't look great. But there are many locals and visitors walking there, so it's a good place to watch them. And maybe the place looks nicer at sunset/sunrise at least for photography fan. Leave a Comment
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 View Africa and Europe from
Tangiers's Kasbah by dlytle
From the open courtyard you have one of the best views of the world since the Kasbah is standing on the top of the hill on which Tangier is built. There aren't many places where you can see two continents at once.
It has an incredible view across the Straits of Gibraltar to Spain. This definitely rates as a major attraction of Tangier. The road all the way up from the harbor to the hill top is steep and colorful. Leave a Comment
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 Arched gate to the Medina in
the Grand Socco by dlytle
Lots of interesting people pass through these gates and if you are given a moment or two, just do some people watching.
On the right side of this arched gate you will find a map of the streets of the medina which will show you just how many little streets there are and how they wander all over the place. Look for it as your adventure into the old shopping district of the Medina begins. Leave a Comment
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 GRAND SOCCO by matcrazy1
It is no longer a market place. I found Grand Socco a busy, noicy meeting place and a transportation junction. There are tenths of taxis around the square with a bit chaotic, typical for Morocco, traffic. The square is a place where the modern city's street were forced to continue in the narrow streets of medina (the old city).
Leave a Comment Directions: At the edge (northeast) of the medina (old Arab town).
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 MINARET OF MOSQUE SIDI BOU
ABIB by matcrazy1
The white, hidden among other houses, edifice of the mosque didn't look impressive in contrast to highly decorative with multi-hued faiences walls of the minaret which was, as usual in North Africa, square in shape. The pattern of bricks, on my picture, is typical for Muslim architecture and easy to find all over North Africa.
Leave a Comment Address: Grand SoccoDirections: By large square known as Grand Socco, at the edge (northeast) of the old arab town (the medina).
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