From Tangier to Asilah

From Tangier to Asilah

Start the tour at the port or at anywhere you are. First is an hour and half pannoramic tour through diferents areas of the new Tangier showing you the living sections of diferent communities that lived in the city during the international administration (1923-1956), drive through residential sections with its hundreds of luxirious residences and palaces and end up at Spartel Cape (a meeting point of the maditeranean and the atlantic) in Africa.We will continue to the Caves of Hercules for a visit. Then we will drive along the atlantic coast for 45 minutes to get to the beautiful fishing town of Asilah.
We will do a walking tour of an hour in the ancient casbah build by the portuguese in the 15 th century.(a very interesting casbah with its narrow streets and murals (The town is considerd today as a cultural center). You will have some free time at the end and continue back to Tangier and visit the market place, its souks and the medina, ending up having a mint tea in socco chico ...

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Pass By: Asilah Medina, Rue Attijara, Asilah Morocco

While tourism dominates, Asilah is said to offer a good introduction to Morocco. It hosts annual music and arts festivals, including a mural-painting festival. Thursday is market day. The International Festival, held in August, features jazz and Moroccan music as well as art exhibitions.
Many of the houses of Asilah feature mashrabiya (oriel windows). The main cultural center is the Centre Hassan II des Rencontres Internationales, which hosts festivals in the summer.