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Tangier:

The medina, 'Grand and Petit Socco', the Kasbah square overlooking the ocean and the Spanish coasts, Dar el Makhzen housing 2 museums, the American legation museum, St. Andrew's church, synagogues, Mendoub's palace (ex Forbes museum), various art galleries, Cap Spartel where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean, Hercules' Caves, the Cotta's Punic ruins, Cap Malabata .

 1 day to Chefchaouen : also called 'Chaouen' 125 km/78 mi far. Holy town, nestled between 2 mountains. The medina, the kasbah, the museum, the Uta El Hammam square, the great mosque Jamaa El Kebir (15th cent.), the craftsmen centre, Ras el Ma source 3 km/1.9 mi far, beautiful landscape. Try to visit the Moroccan guest house 'Casa Hassan' or at least have lunch there. Souks on Mondays and Thursdays. Possibility to organize trekking and canyoning in the hills.

 ½ day or 1 day to Tetouan : 60 km/37 mi far. The medina, exterior of the Royal palace, souk El Hots, Guersa el Kebira, the Mellah Jewish quarter, archeological museum, museum of popular arts & traditions, traditional art school, Bab Remouz, Moulay Rachid gardens. With more time you drive further to the East and visit the beautiful white sand beaches and fishermen's ports like Cabo Negro, Restinga, Smir...

 1 day to Asilah, Lixus ruins, Larache, Moulay Bousselham : 140 km/87 mi far. In Asilah stroll in the medina surrounded by 15th century Portuguese ramparts, Bab el Bahar sea gate opening on a square housing art galleries, Raissouni palace. Then drive to Lixus where Hercules is supposed to have accomplished the 11th of the 12th labours. Visit the ruins of a once important Roman city (salting works, Roman theatre, temple..). Then on to Larache and admire the arcaded Andalucian houses, archeological museum, the stork's castle. And on to Moulay Bousselham renowned for its beautiful lagoon and beaches. Nature reserve for thousands of birds such as flamingos and herons. Merdja Zega lagoon has the highest concentration of migratory birds wintering in Morocco.

 

 

Museum in Tangier, Morocco
THE MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES
Dar el Makhzen, Place de la Kasbah
Tangier

If you walk into the former kitchens of the Dar El Makhzen palace, you will come face to face with Moroccan antiquity and pre-history, such as bronzes and mosaics from the Roman sites of Lexus, Cotta, banasa or Volubilis.

The later was where the famous mosaic known as "The Voyage of Venus" was found, showing the Goddess enthroned among a group of nymphs on a ship cutting its way through clear blue, almost transparent, waters.

The history of Tangier and its region is told on the first floor. In Room 3, devoted to antique funeral rites, there stands an amazing life-size model of a Carthaginian tomb, amidst a group of small lead sarcophagi and a child's tomb buried in a clay jay.

finally, you can end your visit in the peaceful Andalusia garden, where the reproduction of an antique necropolis appears to have been slumbering for centuries.


Forbes Museum
Palais Mendoub, rue Shakespeare
Tangier

 

As a great collector of lead soldiers, the American billionaire Malcolm Forbes brought together a total of 115,000 models in this building. These figures re-enact the major battles of history; from Waterloo to Dien Bien Phû, realistically recreated with lighting and sound effects. Entire armies stand on guard in the showcases, while in the garden, 600 statuettes bear silent homage to the Battle of Three Kings.

 

THE MUSEUM OF MOROCCAN ARTS
Dar el Makhzen, Place de la Kasbah
Tangier

The imposing silhouette of the Dar el Makhzen dominates the Tangier kasbah.

Formerly the governor's palace, it was built in the XVIIth century and is laid out around a splendid patio decorated with enameled faience.
The Museum of Moroccan Arts is housed in the prince's apartments which are indeed princely: painted wooden ceilings, sculpted plaster work and mosaics, all of them exquisite.
A worthy setting for works of art from all over Morocco, which are honored as prestigious ambassadors of their regions.

The north is represented by firearms decorated with parquetry and its pottery bearing subtle motifs of flowers or feathers, while from Rabat come the shimmering carpets with their characteristic central medallion...
the Fez room is quite dazzling... silks with their subtly shifting highlights, superbly bound illuminated manuscripts with the finest calligraphy, centuries-old dishes decorated in the most brilliant colors, from golden yellow right through the famous "Fez blue".
From the miniscule to the monumental, the Moroccan Museum of Arts is an entire universe of beauty.

 

 
 
 

 
 
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