Tangier Travel Guide

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Pro

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  Its cosmopolitan past lingering still in the air 


Con

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  Tangier earns its bad reputation: Tourists are fair game, lots of beggars and shop hawkers, hard to get rid of your 'new friends', violence is too commonplace 


In a nutshell

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  Not the best place for first time visitors to Morocoo 

 

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Things to Do  

American Legation - not just for Americans.

American Legation - not just for Americans., Tangier

 Urban_Kitten Says:  Granted, I'm not American and 99% of my friends aren't either - but I'm still amazed that not one of my friends who have visited Morocco has visited the American Legation in Tangier.A working legation from 1821 until 1956, it is now a museum and serves to illustrates through... 

Water Man

Water Man, Tangier

 jayjayc Says:  You'll get a cup of water for 1 MAD from this man. Has a water jug right on his back with a hose and faucet on tail of it. He's on the street for help when you're at thirst. I did not pay him for the cup of water though, but for the photo. Nice! 

Visit Hercules Cave

Visit Hercules Cave, Tangier

 jayjayc Says:  From Tanger Train Station, rode a cab going to city center. It's near the port where all ferries are available going to Gibraltar, almost south of Spain. Heard it was an hour journey.From city center, asked many cab drivers / negotiated how much would it take to bring me to... 

Arriving in Tangier for 1 night, 2 day visit

Arriving in Tangier for 1 night, 2 day visit, Tangier

 angiebabe Says:  I would, as I usually did go through to Asilah and stay the night there - its a beautiful, small clean, hassle free, whitewashed fortress town beside the sea - only 45 minutes from Tangier - you can catch a taxi straight from Tangier port (dont catch the train to Asilah as... 

Sultan's palace

Sultan's palace, Tangier

 Merrouch Says:  The best way to get a ferry from spain to Tangier is from Tarifa but not to med-port because then you will be about 40 km far from the town of Tangier but if you take the ferry to madina-port then you will be in the center of the town.There's a ferry office at the port where... 

Beach

Beach, Tangier

 solopes Says:  Tangier displays one of the largest beaches that I saw in Morocco. The weather in mid September was good, but the beach was empty. Why? Dangerous sea? Maybe, but the emptiness and abandoned look were not attractive. 

Hotels  

El Minzah Hotel Tangier

 6 Reviews and 96 Opinions  We enjoyed our overnight stay in this old hotel which was being refurbished. Our room was... 

Hotel Continental

 11 Reviews and 130 Opinions  This hotel, set n the Medina, on a cliff top (small cliff top) overlooking the port, is a grand old... 

Restaurants  

Cap Spartel Restaurant

Cap Spartel Restaurant, Tangier

 keeweechic Says:  At the lookout spot at Cap Spartel is a seafood restaurant – the only restaurant I saw. They serve seafood, salads both in light lunches and main meals. At the front of the restaurant are souvenir sellers. 

Nightlife  

Brawler: Moorish Girls at Night

Brawler: Moorish Girls at Night, Tangier

 samnew48 Says:  Very near to Continental Hotel,there are few night clubs.By 8 p.m. Girls are coming in to the clubs.You will find Moorish (Arabic and Spanish speaking) and some Black African girls.You just offer them drinks and they are yours.Take them to your hotel. But you have to have... 

Transportation  

Driving to Tangier = Tanger

Driving to Tangier = Tanger, Tangier

 matcrazy1 Says:  Most visitors get to Tanger for 1 or 2-day visit either by passenger ferry or faster hydrofoil from Spain (Algeciras) or Gibraltar. Some buy a ferry/bus tour: Ceuta (ferry from Algeciras) - Tetouan - Tangier (details: follow the link given below).But I arrived to Tangier by... 

transportation from Tanger Med Port

transportation from Tanger Med Port, Tangier

 mcassimi Says:  I saw many people asking about how to get from Tanger Med Port (the new port of Tangier) to the city. It's simple there are 2 ways: Either you can get the free bus (CTM) to take you to Tangier (at no cost) or if you don't want to waste time, there are 2 car rental agencies... 

CTM bus to Oujda

CTM bus to Oujda, Tangier

 earthflyer Says:  CTM has 1 evening bus departing for Oujda.Journey times is 11 hours.Tickets are about 180 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.CTM bus station is beside the port gate in Tangiers.Please use prices as a rough guide only. 

CTM bus to Chefchaouen

CTM bus to Chefchaouen, Tangier

 earthflyer Says:  CTM has 1 bus departing for Chefchaouen.Journey times is 3 hours.Tickets are about 40 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.CTM bus station is beside the port gate in Tangiers.Please use prices as a rough guide only. 

CTM bus to Tetouan

CTM bus to Tetouan, Tangier

 earthflyer Says:  CTM has 1 bus departing for Tetouan.Journey times is 1 hour.Tickets are about 20 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.CTM bus station is beside the port gate in Tangiers.Please use prices as a rough guide only. 

Shopping  

Market in Grenada.: Daytrip to Tangier - you decide..

Market in Grenada.: Daytrip to Tangier - you decide.., Tangier

 oldguy472003 Says:  If you are considering a day trip to Tangier just for shopping, but will be in Grenada as well, in the near future, you may want to visit the shops near the cathedral in Grenada as an alternative There are two specific alleyways which sell all Morrocan goods. We found... 

Traditional art gallery, Kasba: Rugs, jallabads, tourist souvenirs

Traditional art gallery, Kasba: Rugs, jallabads, tourist souvenirs, Tangier

 patsy0 Says:  The shop is on three floors, top floor is full of beautiful oriental rugs, second floor crammed with wooden carvings, boxes, silver jewellery, and ground floor was full of traditional Morrocan clothing. We were taken to the shop by our tour guide, Hassan (a local university... 

Local Customs  

Market in Ksar-es-Seghir

Market in Ksar-es-Seghir, Tangier

 solopes Says:  It was fun to watch the local market in Ksar-es-Seghir, near Tangier, with all the women in... uniform. We had already seen that striped djellaba, but never saw so many people together, and all with the sane pattern. The village seems poor, the market was poor, but the... 

Tourist Traps  

a tour in many languages

a tour in many languages, Tangier

 taoumitour Says:  How would you think a tour in 4 languages would be ?While the bus in driving the guide that speaks the 4 languages is human beeing.when you buy the excursion in spain, make sure about the language.... And in case if there are many expect that you will get what the other... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Mendoub Palace

Mendoub Palace, Tangier

 grandmaR Says:  Part of our tour from Spain to Tangier involved a visit to the free Forbes Museum of Military Miniatures. It was very interesting, but hard to take pictures because of the glare of the glass cases.Malcolm Forbes, who was an American publisher (1919-1990) of Forbes magazine... 

Ksar-es-Seghir beach

Ksar-es-Seghir beach, Tangier

 solopes Says:  Maybe the sea is dangerous or cold in this northern coast, maybe the lack of infra-structures or the hard access keep people away, but the very nice beach of this small village near Tangier seems to deserve another kind of human presence.Was it a bad day? 

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Climate

Climate, Tangier

 keeweechic Says:  Tangier enjoys a Mediterranean climate and it can get quite hot during the summer months. If you are trying to miss the rainy season then late spring through to early summer is a good time. The winters are fairly mild with an average of about 20C, but can also be wet. 

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 If you are driving to Tangier you will have either arrived from Tarifa in Spain where you will go through normal customs/immigration procedures or from another... 

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  4=Four years ago a guide was recommended to me for a day tour through Tangiers. I cannot remember his name but he arranged our... 

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A: My apologies for sounding too critical but your post does get me down. Having a guide makes things too organised, or should I say automated; you go where the guide says... 

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Better surroundings than the city itself

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 Tanger was the second place and city I visited in Morocco (after Tetouan) and to be honest it was not my favourite city in Morocco. It seemed to me too dirty, too strange, too unpleasant even... 

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Memories of Tangier

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  What comes to your mind when you think in Tangier? Mint Tea … relax , sitting on a terrace, letting the hours pass by with no rush. Smells, colours, life, people .. The past and the present …....... 

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Tangier, a street corner where Europe meets Africa

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 Tangier is the street corner where Europe meets Africa; where the Atlantic washes into the Mediterranean and where an intersection of Islam and Christendom comes together. Tangier, known as the... 

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OUR TANGIER "EXPERIENCE"

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 Hans and I thought it would be fun to take a side trip to Tangier, while we were in Spain. So we went to our favourite local travel agency in Torremolinos and booked a day tour. This year's price... 

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Our Day Trip to Tangier

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 We had wanted to see Tangier, but couldn't make our minds up whether to go for a day trip, or take advantage of the two-day mini tours which can be had for less than 100 Euros. As Mary hadn't... 

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