Sights in Tetouan
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Medina
Surrounded by three mosques and four modern minarets, not to mention the Royal Palace, Place Hassan II links the medina to the ville nouvelle. The square forms the heart of the old town and has traditionally served as a meeting place. It is ringed with small cafés that are prime spots for people-watching. The main entrance to the medina is Bab er-Rouah (Gate of the Winds), which leads off from the square's southeast corner.
The medina is an industrious, bustling place; it's quite unlike the great medinas further south, as the Spaniards had a hand in some of the building in the 19th century, and most of its inhabitants, from the 16th century on, were refugees from what ha…
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Musée Marocain
This ethnographic museum off Calle Garnata is worth a visit, if only for a peek inside the bastion in the town wall, where it is housed. Cannons are still in place in the garden, and the terrace is sometimes open, offering incredible views of the Rif Mountains. Unfortunately, the museum is frequently closed outside the summer months.
The museum contains the requisite collection of traditional clothing, musical instruments, antique jewellery, carpets, arms and household implements. Keep an eye out for the gold embroidered Jewish wedding robes with gold thread, and the highly elaborate iron doorknockers and keyhole covers. All of the captions are in French and Arabic.
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Artisanal School
Just outside Bab el-Okla is the Artisanal School - the best artisan centre in northern Morocco. This is a fascinating opportunity to see masters teaching apprentices traditional arts, including ornamental woodwork, silk costumes, carved plaster, intricate mosaics and decorative rifles. A fantastic central treasury holds the best of the best – don’t miss the ceiling. Staff will open it upon request. The building itself is of interest, set around a large courtyard, with fine doors upstairs.
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Archaeology Museum
A few blocks from the Place al-Jala there is an Archaeology Museum with an excellent collection of artefacts from the Roman ruins at Lixus. However, during research the published hours were not being adhered to; the museum had been closed for a week, and it was not clear when it would reopen.
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Ethnographic Museum
Just inside the Bab el-Okla, this museum is worth a visit for the terrace views of the Rif (ask the caretaker to open it for you, if necessary), its pleasant garden with old cannons and the display of silk wedding gowns. Otherwise, you’ll see some of the same decorative features in the palace restaurants.
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Grande Mosquée
Of the many mosques in the area, this is one of the most impressive. Non-Muslims are not usually allowed to enter the mosques.
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Saidi Mosque
It's customary that non-Muslims do not enter the mosque but, even from the outside, this is an impressive sight.
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Iglesia de Bacturia
The Catholic Iglesia de Bacturia, was built in 1917 and is still active.
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