Tanger

Tangier is one of the oldest cities in Morocco. At the crossroads of Africa and Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, Tangier has a unique feel to it. The Phoenicians and Carthaginians established trading posts here. The Romans made it a capital city. It was occupied by the Arabs and invaded by Vandals and Visigoths. Before the Spanish, the Portuguese controlled the town. In the early part of the 20th century, Tangier was an international city whose tax-free status and cosmopolitan image attracted European and American artists and writers. Although it has lost a little of its glamorous image, it is still a bustling city with a blanket of mystery surrounding it. For most visitors that arrive in Morocco by sea, it is their first point of contact with the country .The town beach has a great setting: it makes up a several kilometer long curve with the white houses of Tangier as a frame before it ends in the barren mountains of which there is nothing further north than sea and the European continent.Tanger is a good place to make daytrips from to nearby highlights.