#Tangier American Legation

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"This year’s list challenges us to broaden our perspectives about American history, what it means to save places, and what our goals for preservation should be. Places like Estate Whim Museum in St. Croix and the Tangier American Legation in Morocco embody important but lesser-known stories that help us understand the breadth and complexity of American history. The Indigenous-led work to save and reconstruct Tlingit Clan Houses in Sitka, Alaska encourages us to think more broadly about what preservation means and how it can support perpetuation and celebration of clan traditions."

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johnnyrozsa: “ Jacques Brel is Alive and Well in Tangier” was the play mounted on @ veere_grenney ‘s courtyard for local charities. @ darrencriss #robashford @marisaberensonofficial @ mc.pots

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Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco

Linda Gerbec

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medina of Tangier, American Legation (building constructed 1821)

Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIMS)

© optikestrav

(2023)

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Morocco 🇲🇦 

Resurrecting this account to start documenting my trip itineraries & tips

Our Itinerary:

Day 1 - Tangier

We arrived in the evening and took a taxi to our apartment that we rented in the medina (in 2024 this taxt cost 200 MAD which was $20 USD). Our accommodation had a fantastic view and we could see Spain across the water! The inside of the place was gorgeous with so many beautiful details. We walked around the medina and made sure to stop in petit socco, grand socco, walked around the Kasbah, had a fantastic dinner at Chez Hassan (loved the fish mixed grill, the fresh juices & the moroccan cakes for dessert). Overall the dates, walnuts, fruits that we found being sold in small shops along the street near Grand Socco were the best quality and price out of all the cities we visited. I found the people of Tangier to be very kind and honest, not aggressive or pushy at all compared to other cities. Things don't get going until later in the morning around 11 AM but stay open until about 12:30 at night.

Things to do in Tangier: walk around the medina making sure to go to petit socco and grand socco (can relax at cinema rif and watch the square, look at the grand mosque), Grand Socco market & Berber market, Phoenecian Tombs (between cafe Hafa and Old Kasbah), Old Kasbah, Kasbah museum, American Legation Museum looks very beautiful and I wish I had been there during open hours, if summer or warm months then definitely consider the beach

Places to eat in Tangier: Chez Hassan (a highlight!, not fancy but so fresh and amazing), Cafe Hafa (great view of the sea and supposed to have nice tea), Palais Zahia Hotel has dinner with live music in a nice space that was the first bank in Morocco and also a nice rooftop, Le Sauver du Poisson (fancy fish), The Morocco Club (fancy), Restaurant Bachir

Day 2 - Fez

We took the train from Tangier to Fez which was easy (and cost $17, we had a really nice host for our apartment who drove us to the train station for 80MAD or $8USD), clean with good infrastructure and the trip gave us a great view of the countryside. Make sure to take the fast train with 1 transfer. We left in the morning since things take a while to open in the morning in Tangier. We arranged a taxi ride from the train station and a porter met the taxi to take our bags to the hotel since cars cannot enter the Medina to our Fez hotel through our accommodation (taxi was 100 MAD or $10USD but can likely get for less if negotiating with a taxi driver yourself at the station). Our hotel Riad Jardin des Biehn was really beautiful and owned by a French family and thus was one of few places to serve alcohol in the Medina. The whole center courtyard was filled with plants. Overall, this hotel was a feast for the eyes - there were interesting focal points to enjoy everywhere you looked. It was definitely on the pricey side relative to other Riads in the area but we really enjoyed the property and ended up spending a lot of time enjoying, also great service. We then walked around the medina however most shops and stalls were closed since it was Friday afternoon which is traditionally reserved for prayer and family time in Islam. However, there were some stalls open. We had lunch at The Ruined Garden where we had good lamb tagine and orange blossom date milk that I still think about. We ended up having a late dinner at Cafe Clock - a chain of restaurants in all major cities in Morocco that is also a cultural hub where they have live music every night around 7:30, they also host cooking classes and arts programs. The famous dish there is the camel burger which was pretty good. If you go to this location ask for table 22 on the roof for the best view of the nearby minaret.

Where to eat in Fez based on my research: Dar Hatim (best home cooked dishes), Dar Roumana, Restaurant Ouliya, The Ruined Garden (best for tapas), Darori Resto, Cafe Clock (camel burger, lemon tea, date milkshake), Made in M cafe in medina (orange blossom drink, couscous, tomato salad)

Day 3 - Fez

We got a half day guide on Viator to take us around the Medina and show us the main sights: Funduq al-Najjarin, Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II, Chouara Tannery, Place R'cif, Place Seffarine. Hicham was amazing and spent 6 hours with us when the tour was only supposed to be 4hrs. He even offered to come back and take us around to finish the tour after our Hammam since we didn't get to finish everything. We then did a massage + Hammam at Palais Amani. There was a tea man there who kept serving us fresh mint tea in the beautiful courtyard it was so lovely. We enjoyed live music with dinner at our riad.

Overall, an extra day in Fez to explore some other Riads would have been nice and also to visit the ceramic cooperative outside the medina which is the ceramic capital of the country

Other things listed in the tour that we didn't get time to go to: Al-Attarine Madrasa, The Blue Gate Bab Boujloud (we went on our own the day before), Quaraouiyine Mosque (entry only for Muslims), Cherratine Madrasa,

Day 4 - Tour Day 1, drive to the Sahara

We had an early start out of Fez to the Sahar through a 3 day, 2 night tour. This day's itinerary was: Fes→Ifrane→Ziz Valley → Merzouga Desert with a camel ride at sunset to get to our desert camp. We stayed in the standard tent option which was fine for me, but my more high maintenance companions were not happy with it so I would say if you are over age 30 and want a private bathroom then book the luxury option however it is double the price when you are really only getting about 5-6 hours of sleep there since you have to wake up at 5:30 for breakfast the next day before the sunrise camel ride.

Day 5 - Tour Day 2, Sahara to Ourzazate

We started our day with a sunrise camel ride which was amazing. Then we went to Todra Canyon and Dades Gorge and then spent the night in Ouarzazate. We had a walking tour with a local guide through Todra Canyon and he took us through the townspeople's garden plots which was really cool to see; they were growing pomegranate, almonds, soy, corn, potatoes, This night everyone was in the same hotel no matter if you booked the standard or luxury option. We got lucky and there was a craft fair going on down the street and got lots of wholesale beauty products.

Day 6 - High Atlas Mountains to Marrakech

We woke up and hit the road, our group decided to skip Atlas Studios, but this is a film studio where lots of movies are shot including Gladiator. Then we went to Ait Ben Haddou, the oldest and largest Kasbah in Morocco and a UNESCO world heritage site. Beautiful views from the top and overall was really nice to walk through. Next, we went to the High Atlas Mountains, beware if you get carsick like me, bring some zofran or try to sleep through all the windy roads. There are stops along the way with beautiful vista points of the atlas and anti-atlas mountains. We were then dropped in Marrakech where we stayed at Riad Zeitoun Palace which was gorgeous and cute and even better than the pictures. We went for lunch at Naranj, a Lebanese restaurant close to our riad, which was great. Then we walked around the souks and the main square Jemaa El-Fna full of juice stands, meat grills, and even snake charmers.

Day 7 - Marrakech

We started our day by having a wonderful fresh breakfast at our riad and then we went shopping in the Souks with the owner of our riad - she really went above and beyond and we spent about 6 hours out with her. Then we went to Medersa Ben Youssef, an old quranic school that had an amazing courtyard and many side small center squares for clusters of dorms with nice plaster and tiling. They even developed a plumbing system using gravity and this place started in the 800s! Incredible! Then we went to The Secret Garden which was a really nice oasis right off a busy street, the restaurant across the alley Cafe Arabe has a nice rooftop as well. The Secret Garden had a really nice first garden with exotic plants and then a second one with a more french style garden. The entry fee was a bit high $10 USD per person to enter. Then we went back to our hotel to, rested on the roof and then had a late dinner at Mandala Society which was mid.

Day 8 - Marrakech

We woke up had a nice breakfast on our riad's roof, then went right around the corner to Palace Bahia which was so impressive. The details everywhere were gorgeous. Then we went to Jardin Marjorelle, the Berber Museum and the YSL Museum. The tickets were pretty pricey at $33USD per person but the Jardin Marjorelle was really lovely and impressive. Then we went back to the hotel, had to buy a suitcase and repack all of the things we bought at the souks. Then we went to dinner at FOLK MARRAKECH which was an absolute highlight of the whole trip. Tuesday through Sundays they have live music and performances starting at 8:30. We arrived at 8pm stayed until 12:30am and only left because we had to leave early for our flight the next morning but I wish we could've stayed for many more hours. There was traditional Berber music followed by a DJ set then a drummer and live band then belly dancers and there were many times that lots of the dinner crowd got up and danced. I had sore feet the next day from dancing so much. I definitely recommend making a reservation ahead of time for 8 or 8:30. There is also happy hour with some good cocktails until 9PM. The food was mid in my opinion but the vibes were immaculate.

I could've spent much more time in Marrakech as there was so much more to do. Here's a list of main Marrakech activities:

Medersa ben Youssef, Souk Semmarine, YSL museum & Jardin Majorelle, Bahia Palace, El Badi Palace (landmark/ruins), Maison de la Photographie - photo history museum of morocco with nice rooftop cafe, Hammam (some fancy options La Mamounia looks amazing, Tarabel, Es Saadi, Riad BE marrakech), Jemaa el-Fna square with lots of food stalls, snake charmers, Musée de confluences (attached to Bacha coffee so get coffee first then go through palace, get to Bacha coffee at 8:30/9AM to get in), The Mellah - jewish qunlarter, Le Jardin Secret, Street food tour

Where to eat in Marrakech:

Coffee at Bacha Coffee (arrive at 9:30AM, go straight to coffee and do the palace tour after), Les jardins du lotus, Pétanque Social Club - nice garden, fusion foods, cocktails, Maison Reine near Bab Doukkala mosque, Plus61 (in the new Gueliz area), Dar Yacout - fixed price menu in nice riad with terrace come very hungry $70pp but cool experience, rly great reviews, Naranj- Lebanese , Nomad - rooftop good for sunset in medina - make res, Amal Centre- very good home cooked, La Famille- vegetarian, Café Clock - camel burgers & date milkshake, Folk Marrakech in very gorgeous space with live music @8:30 (an absolute highlight, GO HERE)

Chefchaouen

Note: We were supposed to go to Chefchaouen but our hotel overbooked us and we ended up going to Fez early instead. However, here is my research for things to do in there. I would recommend going from Tangier since it is only 2 hours instead of 4 hours from Fez.

Things to do in Chefchaouen: The main thing is walking around and taking in the beauty of the blue city. If you have extra time you could do a cooking class at Cafe Clock.

Where to eat in Chefchaouen: Restaurant Bab Ssour (eat on balcony and catch sunset), Restaurant Al Wiam, Casa Hassan, Lala Mesouda, Cafe clock (camel burger), Sofia’s (good veggie tagine), El Kasbah (nice setting)

Tips:

streets with a rectangular border in Fez medina have an outlet to another street, but those with a circular or octagon/hexagon are dead ends

If taking the train between tangier and fez make sure to take the fast train which takes 3 hours and requires a transfer (but for us it was just walking from one side of the platform to the other), there is a slower train that does not require a transfer but takes about 6 hours and not worth it since the transfer is so easy to do

If you go to Cafe Clock in Tangier ask for table 22 on the roof for a great view of the adjacent minaret

Bargain for everything in markets (I would start by offering 30-50% of what they propose) except for dates and produce that have fixed prices labeled

Try to haggle for taxi prices and confirm the price before getting in the car, smaller taxis will cost less and they will be ~20% more at night after 7PM. If there is a taxi stand attendant or a restaurant host that helps you get a taxi then your taxi driver will have to pay them commission if they open the door for you so if you just go to the taxi driver yourself you could save some money

If you go to Fez book a hammam + massage or some sort of hammam experience at Riad Laaroussa.

Lots of places will call themselves a 'cooperative' which traditionally was started for widows to start selling handicrafts and make a living once their husbands died, now many things call themselves cooperatives to dupe everyone

Buying rugs and things at cooperatives and setting up shipping through them is much cheaper than trying to ship things yourself because they get discounts by being 'cooperatives'

You will always be served bread at meals, you don't have to ask for it and it will be free - moroccan custom

Traveling as a woman: you will get lots of stares wherever you walk from men but it felt very safe to me. No need to excessively cover up but you might feel a bit more comfortable if you cover shoulders. I would avoid low cut tops but I had no issues wearing dresses above the knee and short sleeved tops. It was definitely a bit colder than expected in some places, especially the desert so pack a sweatshirt/layers!

Overall Impression:

Morocco was such an amazing country. The people were so warm, there was such a great energy and familiar feeling. I felt very safe there.

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What are the best places to visit in Tangier, Morocco?

Tangier offers a wealth of captivating attractions. Some highlights include the historic Kasbah, bustling medina, vibrant Grand Socco, American Legation Museum, and scenic Cape Spartel. Each spot offers a unique glimpse into Tangier's rich history, culture, and natural beauty.For additional details and comprehensive insights, please follow the link provided below.

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12 DAYS TOUR FROM CASABLANCA

Overview of a 12 Days Tour from Casablanca to Morocco

A 12 Days Tour from Casablanca will take you through Morocco’s highlights and must-see locations. This itinerary includes the finest of Morocco’s many landscapes and towns, from northern treasures like Tangier and Chefchaouen to the southern glories of the Merzouga desert and the colorful Marrakech in the west.

HIGHLIGHTS OF A 12 DAY TRIP FROM CASABLANCA:

Exploring Tangier’s northern allure, Exploring the enthralling Akchour waterfalls, Chefchaouen, sometimes known as the “blue pearl,” is admired. Immersing yourself in Fes’ cultural riches, Exploring the enormous Merzouga Sahara desert, Exploring Ait Benhaddou’s ancient Kasbah Finally, enjoy the lively red city of Marrakech while marveling at the Todgha Gorges Valley and its beautiful gorges.

FROM CASABLANCA TO MOROCCO, 12 DAYS ITINERARY

Day 1: Casablanca to Rabat

Our 12-day Morocco journey begins in Casablanca. Our first visit will be the magnificent Hassan II Mosque, which is accessible to the public but not for Muslim prayers. Following that, we’ll visit the old Medina and the lovely Corniche.

We’ll then go to Rabat. The Chellah and Hassan Mosques, popularly known as the Hassan Towers, are the first stops on our journey. Following that, we’ll take a tour around the medieval Medina of Oudayas. The day will culminate with an overnight stay in a hotel in Rabat.

Day 2: Rabat to Tangier

We’ll continue on our 12-day Morocco journey from Casablanca to Asilah and Tangier. The old Medina of Asilah and its magnificent shoreline will be our first visit. Following that, we’ll go to Tangier to see Hericle’s Cave, Cape Spartel, and the American Legation Museum. Before checking into the hotel, we’ll have a tour around the old Medina.

Day 3: Tangier to Chefchaouen

We’ll take a three-hour trek via Tetouan to reach the breathtaking Akchour waterfalls. From there, we’ll go to Chefchaouen, Morocco’s blue city. After you’ve settled into your hotel, you’ll have some free time to explore Chefchaouen at your leisure.

Day4: Chaouen to Meknes

We’ll spend a half-day in Chaouen before continuing on to Meknes later in the day. We’ll visit the Kasbah Museum in Wtat Lhmam Square and go up the Jeb Al-Kalaa. Following that, we will go from Chaouen to the ancient Roman remains of Volubilis. Finally, we’ll go to Meknes to conclude our 12-day Moroccan odyssey that began in Casablanca.

Day 5: Meknes to Fes

Meknes was originally Morocco’s third capital city. We’ll visit Lhdim Square and Bab Mansour before heading to Cara’s mysterious prison. Our tour will take us to the Shrij Swani pool and the Jewish district of Melah. After that, we’ll go to Fes and check into our riad.

Day 6: Fes (full day to explore the city)

We’ll take a tour of Fes with a local guide. Our adventure begins with the King’s Palace and pottery before continuing on to Nord Borj, one of Fes’s Borjes. We’ll tour the tanneries, walk through the alleyways of the medieval medina, and see the famed Al Karaouine Institution, the world’s oldest operational university. In addition, we’ll visit Al Bouaanania University.

Day 7: Fes to Merzouga

Merzouga is the star of our 12-day journey from Casablanca. Our journey from Fes will take us to the Upper Atlas Mountains, where we will first stop in Ifran, Morocco’s cleanest city, and photograph the Atlas Lion monument. Continuing on, we’ll visit the Cedar forest, where you can see the indigenous monkeys that live among the Atlas Mountains.

We’ll arrive to a breathtaking panoramic vista of the date palm valley later in the day. Our path will next take us via Arfoud and into the Merzouga Sahara desert. We’ll go out to see the sunset when we’ve settled into our accommodations.

Day 8: Merzouga ( Full day to explore Merzouga)

This leg of our 12-day Morocco trip from Casablanca will allow you to explore the enchantment of the Sahara. Starting with the enchanting beats of Gnaoua music in Khamlia, our tour will reveal the nomadic lifestyle. After that, we’ll go to one of Morocco’s mines, Mifis, before going off-road to meet Berber people who live in traditional tents.

After a delicious lunch, we continue on to Srij Lake and the picturesque Hassi Labied oasis. Prepare for an exciting camel ride over the Erg Chebbi dunes to Berber villages. As night falls, we’ll build a warm bonfire and listen to Berber music. Don’t pass up the opportunity to climb the dunes and look out at the magnificent Milky Way and starlit sky.

Day 9: Merzouga to Dades Gorges

This leg of our journey will take us to Boumaln Dades. Our first trip is a Berber clothing cooperative, where we can see how they dress traditionally. Following that, we’ll go to Morocco to see the stunning Todgha Gorges canyons. We’ll stop along the route to see the monkey-finger mountain formations and the mesmerizing Tisdrine bends. As the day comes to an end, we’ll take you to Dades for the night.

Day 10: Boumaln Dades to Marrakech

We’ll travel across the High Atlas Mountains today on our way to Marrakech. Our first visits are in Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou, which are well-known for their use as movie backdrops — scenes from films like as Gladiator and Lawrence of Arabia were shot here. We’ll stop at a picturesque overlook and an argan oil cooperative before continuing into the hills. Finally, we’ll arrive in Marrakech and transport you to your accommodation.

Day 11: City of Marrakech

A local guide will accompany us on our excursion to Marrakech, and we will depart from your accommodation in the morning. Our schedule includes visits to Jamaa El Fana Square, the Kotobia Mosque, and the gardens of Menara and Majorelle. We’ll also see Bahia Palace and the Tombs of Saadien. You’ll have free time in the afternoon to explore Marrakech.

Day 12: From Marrakech to Casablanca.

We’ll take the highway from Marrakech to Casablanca. You have the option of being dropped off at the airport or in the center of Casablanca. That concludes our 12-day Morocco vacation from Casablanca.

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Podcast: Tangier American Legation Museum Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a building in Tangier that was one of the first pieces of land owned by the United States Government—outside of the country—and was a gift from “America’s first friend.” Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-tangier-american-legation-museum

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The writer Richard Hamilton and former BBC correspondent for North Africa has published his second book on Morocco, ‘Tangier From the Romans to the Rolling Stones’. A mosaic of Tangerine history, anecdotes and vignettes describing Tangier through its eccentric inhabitants and renowned interlopers. A fascinating roll call of a city with a chequered past and a blossoming renaissance on the cards.

After reading the book and meeting Richard at the Moroccan launch at the American Legation in Tangier I wondered what does the somewhat obscure ‘El Muniria’ hotel in Tangier have in common with the infamous ‘Beat Hotel’ in Paris, where artists sought out freedom to experiment and create without censorship and then came to Tangier looking for the same?

Namely William S Burroughs, who wrote The Naked Lunch, Brion Gysin who invented the “Dream Machine’ (a kinetic artwork viewed with your eyes closed), also pioneering ‘the cut ups’ technique in Tangier and Harold Chapman the photographer who met them both and documented it all previously in Paris amongst an entire community of oddballs, poets, writers, artists, musicians, pimps, prostitutes, and anyone else you could imagine; thus mirroring the artists, atmosphere and adventures that had happened in Tangier and are recorded in Hamilton’s the book.

If I draw a quantum map from Deal in Kent (where Harold Chapman was born and lives today, once my tutor and mentor) to the Beat Hotel in Paris and then to the El Muniria in Tangier and back; a set cosmic of connections reveal themselves rather like a venn diagram of artistic intersections in time and space across cities and continents.

It seems that the after international heyday of Tangier the city fell into decline but is staging a comeback with native creative forces leading the way. Landmark buildings such as museums, hotels, cinemas are being restored to their former glory and the mood is upbeat bustling with energy and optimism.

Watch Richard here at the American Legation in Tangier describing the artist Brion Gysin and the Cut Up method click here https://vimeo.com/372179263

I pitched Richard a few questions and immediately grasped his deep affection for Tangier

 ·      Can you describe your writing practice and how the book came together?

I don’t have a particular writing process that I adhere to, but the way I researched the book and the practical limitations of having to visit Tangier in short bursts (I have a job at the BBC and a young family in London) meant that I had to write in chunks followed by long spells of inactivity, self-doubt and writer’s block! I decided on a basic structure which involved a series of chronological biographies charting the history of the city. I therefore read a lot of books about the people I wanted to write about. Most of this element of the research was done in the UK, either in libraries or simply buying books about these people. Then I would go to Tangier and try to visit as many places where they had lived or visited. Another layer in this mixture was interviews with present day Tangerines.  

·      Which is your favourite anecdote in the book?

In his diaries, Kenneth Williams recalls a story about a man who was invited to a fancy dress party at the villa of a very rich British aristocrat who lived on the Old Mountain above Tangier. The guest decided to dress up as the Queen Mother. But when he knocked on the door, the butler said: “You can’t come in, she’s here already.”

·      Tangier is charged with creative electricity, what are the elements that combine to make this energy bubble to the surface?

This is a difficult question to answer. The Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri who came from Tangier said that in the city “everything is surreal and everything is possible.’ That pretty much sums it up. There are also two main quirks or oddities about Tangier. One is geographical. It is on a promontory between two seas: the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. This makes the light, which bounces off these two seas, incredibly clear. This aspect – that you also encounter in St Ives in Cornwall and Skagen in Dnemark – therefore attracted many artists; the most famous being Delacroix and Matisse. They found the light brought out the local colours so powerfully that for them it became a painter’s paradise. The second quirk is historical. Tangier was part of an International Zone from the 1920s to the late 1950s (because the Great Powers did not want any of their rivals to own it outright) and this meant that many people from many different countries came to the city and were able to do more or less whatever they wanted. They came to Tangier to escape from the constrictions of their more conservative home countries. So, for example, Paul Bowles and William Burroughs lived here because homosexuality was illegal in the US, whereas no one really cared what they got up to in Tangier. They also experimented with drugs. The result was that two of the most influential works of 20th century literature were born out of the same city in Morocco.

·      It feels like Tangier is on a ley line of sorts as odd things always seem to be happening? Can you shed any light on this?

The Ancient Greeks believed that this region, the mouth of the Mediterranean, was the edge of the known world, and that ships would disappear here. There is also a sunken land mass near the lighthouse at Cap Spartel, which disappeared around 12,000 years ago, that some believe was the lost island of Atlantis. Paul Bowles said he was attracted to the city because he thought there was a sort of sub-stratum of witchcraft going on beneath the surface and that at night he could almost feel the spells being cast. He was also attracted to the night time sounds of dogs and frogs. I do find that Morocco in general is an odd place where strange coincidences seem to happen to me. Tangier seems to be a magnet for eccentrics and when strange things occur they often remark: “that’s so Tangier!”

·      How does Tangier compare to other Moroccan cities?

Every Moroccan city is unique and I can’t really say that I have a favourite. Fez seems the most medieval and Marrakech is the most colourful. Rabat is relatively serene and hassle free. Tangier feels much more international because of the waves of invasions, conquests and migrations that have occurred throughout its history and it is more nuanced than some of the other cities. It is a city on the edge and a home for exiles and outsiders. A Moroccan writer who helped me research the book, Otmane Benchekroun, told me that ‘Tangier is like a woman who does not give herself easily to you.’ That is certainly my experience. It was not love at first sight but every time I go back there I love it more.

Tangier From the Romans to the Rolling Stones Richard Hamilton https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tangier-9781784533434/

More on Richard Hamilton http://www.richard-hamilton.com/ 

More on Harold Chapman https://peeperspuntersandpedants.tumblr.com/post/162469187096/harold-chapman-at-90-not-only-the-beat-hotel

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المفوضية الأميركية، طنجة

The American Legation, Tangier

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Via Tony Marion's Instagram Story (June 22nd, 2023)

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The State History Tangier Travel Guide for Everyone on a Budget

Morocco is a country located in North Africa. With a population of over 33 million, it is the 5th most populous country in Africa. Tangier is one of the major cities in Morocco and is located in the northwest of the country. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco with a population of over 700,000. The city is a major commercial and industrial center in Morocco. It is also a popular tourist destination. Tangier has a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and warm summers. The best time to visit Tangier is from April to October when the weather is warm and sunny. There are a number of things to see and do in Tangier. The Medina is the old city which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Kasbah is the fortified old city. The Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in Tangier. The American Legation is the first diplomatic mission of the United States. Other places of interest include the Caves of Hercules, the Cap Spartel, and the Tangier Zoo. Tangier is a city with a long history and there are a number of museums which reflect this. The Museum of Moroccan Arts is located in the Dar el Makhzen. The Museum of Contemporary Art is located in the Jardin de la Kasbah. The Museum of Antiquities is located in the Medina. There are a number of hotels in Tangier ranging from luxury to budget. There are also a number of restaurants serving both local and international cuisine. Tangier is a city that has something for everyone. Whether you are interested in history, culture, or just want to relax on a beach, Tangier has something to offer. Read the full article

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As Morocco prepares to launch its high speed rail service, I love looking at these pictures of the old stations and first trains to arrive in northern Morocco. This is the station at Asilah https://buff.ly/2ye8DRY from the International Tangier https://buff.ly/2sFOwqH collection of negatives from the American Legation in Tangier https://buff.ly/2s11IpP #Asilah #Maroc #trainstation (at Asilah)