Exploring Tangier

Tangier is a very busy city. We met our tour guide at 9am after an amazing breakfast at the Palais Zahia. We drove through the modern section with new shopping malls and then the area where all the homes are well over a million dollars. Ironically they call it “California”. Apparently there were a lot of Californians who moved to Tangier, but then sold the homes to wealthy Spanish citizens. The area looks very much like California. We had tea at the viewpoint where the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean meet. The area of Tangier has a Mediterranean climate, so a lot of people from southern and eastern Morocco come to Tangier during July for holiday.
We had a nice camel ride and luckily the camels were both very sweet. Such a memorable experience to ride along the beach. Seems like the camels enjoy the ocean as well.
We toured the Hercules cave. We drove past the kings palace (he stays in Tangier during the summer months). The rest of the time the king, Mohammed VI is located in Rabat.
We walked around the kasbah.
The kasbah has served as Tangier's military and political center since the Roman era. Then, also the medina where the oldest mosque is located. We are staying in the center of the old medina, so it’s very convenient for walking through the tiny streets and see so many vendors. We are a little nervous of getting lost though. We had an interesting dinner with a little free acrobatic show. Really have to pay attention walking these narrow, busy streets because motorbikes are quite aggressive. Most of the restaurants close at 5pm and then re-open at 7pm. The shops stay open till midnight. The first prayer starts at 4:25am, so needless to say…we are running out of steam 😴Read more