Tetouan

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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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  1. moroccotraveler avatar
    Re: Travel from Spain into Morocco

    by moroccotraveler 29 May 2012

    ...... with such a short time in Morocco forget Marrakech and Essaouria, just do the north, see this interactive map and make a plan…
  2. WanderinWilco avatar
    RE: Day trip to Morocco from Spain

    by WanderinWilco 28 May 2012

    I can think of worse places than Tetouan. Mmmmm........, give me a minute........................, errrrr........................, oh…
  3. neckervd avatar
    RE: Day trip to Morocco from Spain

    by neckervd 28 May 2012

    A on e day trip to Morocco is a nonsense anyway. But if it cannot be avoided, the best solution would look more or less like that: Dirve…

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