Introducing Algeciras
Algeciras, the major port linking Spain with Africa, is also an industrial town, a big fishing port and a centre for drug smuggling. If you have time to kill here, wander through the old town up to the palm-fringed main square, Plaza Alta, flanked by two old churches. Keep your wits about you in the port, bus station and market.
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Algeciras was taken by Alfonso XI from the Merenids of Morocco in 1344, but later razed by Mohammed V of Granada. In 1704 it was repopulated by many of those who left Gibraltar after it was taken by the British.
During summer the port is hectic, as hundreds of thousands of Moroccans working in Europe return home for summer holidays.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Weather in Nov/Dec..?
by Liberat 12 September 2011
Who can predict the weather? Not I. We had snow in november as well as almost spring-like temperatures. I think you may have to decide…
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RE: Ferry from Tarifa - Tangers
by davidfromOz 08 September 2011
Don't know for sure if there is a direct bus from Gib to Tarifa, but I have a feeling there isn't. There is a bus Gib to Algeciras that…
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RE: Ferry from Tarifa - Tangers
by TimCullis 08 September 2011
Doubt there's a direct bus, but there's a FRS shuttle bus from Algeciras to Tarifa that's free if you've bought a ferry ticket. Never…
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