Excursions

First Day

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Second Day

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Third Day

Saturday morning breakfast is served in the hotel at 08:00 and at 09:00 we leave to begin the tour of the Medina and currency can be exchanged.

“ Medina ” means “the old city” and it is found in the higher part of the city surrounded by an ancient wall with 7 “gates” . It is a fantastic labyrinth of small alleyways, full of noise, smells, flavours, colours and the hustle and bustle of people going about their daily lives. Here we find people from the Rif mountains dressed in their typical straw hats with coloured tassels and “futas” or striped blankets which the women use as a type of shawl. These are people who come down to the market each day to sell their produce such as vegetables, fruit or poultry and to buy the other essentials they cannot find in the mountains such as tea, sugar, oil and fuel.

Throughout the tour of the Medina , which takes about 3 hours, we are accompanied by a local guide who provides a commentary in both Spanish and English. In addition we also have other local staff to look after the group.

At the end of the tour of the Medina there is a display of craft work and carpets during which the different weaving techniques and types of carpets and rugs are explained. Lunch is in a typical Moroccan restaurant where you have the chance to taste the most typical local dishes such as “harera”, couscous, kebab and mint tea accompanied by cakes and other sweet desserts.

After lunch we leave for Tanger accompanied by a local guide. The journey time is about one hour and is followed by a sightseeing tour of the city.

Tanger is a cosmopolitan city where cultures mingle together and where you can still see evidence of the Spanish colonial period as well as other distinctive influences which, over the centuries, have helped to create the atmospheric city you see today.

After the city tour we go to cape “Espartel” from where we can easily see the Spanish coastline and the fantastic beaches of Tanger. From here we can see where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean sea meet.

On the way back we pass through a prestigious residential area where we pass villas and palaces of the famous, including those of his Majesty Mohammed VI, the king of Morocco and of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia . We then visit the historic old town.