Introducing Tetouan
Tetouan is quite unlike anywhere else in the Rif, or even Morocco. For more than 40 years, from 1912 to 1956, it was the capital of the Spanish Protectorate, bequeathing it a unique Hispano-Moorish atmosphere. The neat medina – a Unesco World Heritage site – sits hard against the modern Spanish part of town, with its whitewashed buildings, high shuttered windows and a spectacular backdrop of the Rif Mountains.
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Last updated: Mar 2, 2009
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Oued Laou - paradise not
by globe_trotting_gecko 13 September 2011
"With the feel of an overgrown fishing village, Oued Laou stretches lazily along a wide sandy beach with the charm of an undiscovered…
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RE: Chefchaouen to Gibraltar
by TimCullis 07 September 2011
Travel by public transport is slow. You'll need to get to Fnediq, probably changing at Tetouan, then get through the border to Ceuta,…
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RE: malaga to chefchaouene
by IntrepidGee 31 August 2011
Ha ha. Helicopter! We took the ferry Algeciras-Ceuta this summer. Very pleasant and easy, less than one hour. Taxi to the border,…
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