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| Tangier Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see tangier tangier simo kaddour Tangier is a major port of entrance from Spain to the beautiful and lovely Kingdom of Morocco. Although the old city is quite run down, it certainly has a lot of charm. The petit Socco is great for a coffee and a good starting point for exploring the old city. Just wander around the maze of alleys and find your way to the old Sultans Palace overlooking the straits of Gibraltar. There are some decent beaches nearby, both on the Mediterranean side and on the Atlantic coast. From Tangier you can make excellent daytrips to Chaouen Tetouan and Asilah. Some people who arrive by boat in Tangier are hasseled by young Moroccans claiming to be tour guides. Prepare for this - be firm and don't let them scare you away.But you can always hire an official guide,who has a bage with his picture from the Morroccan ministry of tourism at the exits of the boats. You may want to work in some time at Meknes/Volubulis, near Fez, a holy Islamic village and a Roman ruin, respectively. Loved Fez and would consider 3 nights there or 2 nights Marrakesh, 1 night Fez. also, for day trippers, I'd recommend Using a driver/guide vs. Completely independent. I've read Complaints about Persistent touts and beggars, but I had none of that - not a Single instance. I have to think it was because I was with a govt licensed guide [nezhatour@gmail.com] I'm sure my fondness for the Country, the Patience and Sweetness of the People, is Colored by this. Anyway, it is a remarkable Place to Visit. Also, if you don't know Arabic, brush up on your French which is commonly spoken, English is limited. Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: STP _________Sights Edit This You have one of the best views of the world standing on the top of the hill on which Tangier is built. There aren't many places where you can see two continents at once. This definately rates as a major attraction of Tangier. The road all the way up, is steep and colorful. While walking to the highest point you will get a good impression what the town is all about. But Tangier has more to offer. It has nice markets, some excellent museums and hotels with stunning views. You will also find one of the largest trees I have ever seen in a park near the Petit Socco. Here you find a selection of what's offered. [Add Sight] Hercules Caves Edit This If you go to Tangier for longer then a day, you should not miss the caves of Hercules. They are at an approximate 30 minute drive per taxi, a drive that allows you to see also a bit of the residential areas of the city as well as the emtpy beaches. To visit the caves themselves takes only 10 minutes but afterwards you can have a tea on the rocks and if the sun shines the whole trip makes a very nice afternoon. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.marocdreamer.com email: info@marocdreamer.com The Grand Socco or Place du 9 avril 1947 Edit This It was in this square, on April 9th 1947, that sultan Mohammed V made a famous speech in which he referred to independence for Morocco. This vast marketplace is dominated on the south-west by the minaret of Sidi Abib mosque (1917), decorated with multi-coloured ceramic tiles. The Grand Socco is the center of Tangier and a good place to start a tour as it links the medina and the new city. It was once full of snake charmers, musicians, storytellers much like the Djemaa el-Fna in Marrakesh. It is still busy on market days (Thursday and Sunday)when Riffian berbers come from the more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] The Petit Socco Edit This Located in the heart of the Medina, this little square is one of the most picturesque sites in Tangier. The noisy bustling crowd in multi-coloured clothing contrasts with those who have time to idle away over a cup of mint tea at the terraces of the cafés. The Petit Socco is at the end of the Rue des Siaghines. This is an interesting place to have a cup of mint tea and ponder on this busy little square’s colorful past. Not too long ago, this was the center for male prostitution, pornographic films and drug-related activities. The area still holds onto its sleazy more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] The Tangier American Legation Edit This Morocco was the first nation to recognize the United States in 1776. This building, purchased in 1821, is the oldest American overseas legation. The museum houses documents which retrace the history of the relations between Morocco and the United States since 1776. Other collections are also on display : furniture, ancient doors, maps, paintings. It is here that the Allied Forces prepared part of the 1942 landings in North Africa. type: Palaces World66 rating: [rate it] address: 8 Zankat America, Tangier, Morocco url: www.legation.org __________Practical Information Edit This Tourist Office · 29, bd Pasteur - Tel: 94.80.50 - Fax: 94.86.61 Tourist guides Association: 45 Ave Pasteur Ville nouvelle Tangier Morocco phone: 39 31372 Email: moroccoguides@gmail.com Post Office · 33, bd Mohammed V · Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Police / Emergencies · Tel: 19 Fire Brigade · Tel: 15 Secours routiers · Tel: 177 24-hour Chemists · 22, rue de Fès - Tel: 93.26.19 Polyclinique de la Sécurité Sociale · Route de Malabata - Tel: 94.01.99 · 24 hour casualty department Garage Renault · 2, av de Rabat, km 2 - Tel: 94.14.87 / 93.69.38 Garage Peugeot · 37, rue Quevedo - Tel: 93.50.93 Car Rental Avis · 54, bd Pasteur - Tel: 93.30.31 Budget · 7, av. du Prince-Moulay-Abdallah - Tel: 93.79.94 Hertz · 36, bd Mohammed V Tel: 93.33.22 Dany's Cars · 7, rue Moussa-ibn-Noussair - Tel: 93.17.78 Taxi · Tel: 94.55.27 Coach and Taxi Station · Place Sahat Al Jamia Al Arabia - Tel: 94.66.82 Railway Station · Place de la Marche Verte - Tel: 93.45.70 / 93.11.52 Boukhalef Souahel Airport · Tel: 93.51.29 / 93.47.17 Ferries Comanav · 43, av. Abou-Allal-el-Maari Tel: 94.23.50 / 94.05.04 - Fax: 94.40.22 Limadet · 13, rue du Prince Moulay Abdallah Tel: 93.36.26 - Fax: 93.29.13 Comarit · 7, rue du Mexique - Tel: 93.12.20 Airlines Royal Air Maroc · 1, pl. de France - Tel: 93.55.01 / 02 - Fax: 93.26.81 · Réservations - Tel: 93.47.22 / 93.40.45 Iberia · 35, bd Pasteur - Tel: 93.61.77 / 78 Banks BMCE · Bd. Pasteur (VISA card) Crédit du Maroc · 19, bd Pasteur (VISA card) SGMB · Bd. Mohammed V, opposite the post office (VISA) Holiday Village : Club Aquarius Malabata · Baie de Tanger - Tel: 94.06.88 _______Getting Around Edit This Tangier is a fairly big city, but the part that interests you is small. You have the Medina, with all its small, winding streets, usually found in the old Moroccan part of town, with the petit socco, where rue es-Siaghin, rue des Postes and Rue des Chretiens meet. Take the first of these streets to go to the Grand Socco, the second to the port and the third to go to the Casbah. The new part of town just facing the Medina is full of interests as well. The Avenue d'Espagne / Avenue FAR (same street, different names) is easliy found, it goes east from the port along the shore. Higher up in the new city, you'll find the Belvedere near the Place the France and the big Boulevard Pasteur as central points. Rue de la Liberte leads you back to the Grand Socco. Petit Taxis are the best way to move around in the new city. You find them at the Grand Socco. ___________Getting There Edit This From Spain, ferries run regularly (several a day) from both Tarifa and Algeciras. From Tarifa the fast ferry is only 35 minutes but you should not expect any of these lines to run on schedule. Expect delays of up to several hours. Also, from Spain to Morocco there is a time change. During summer (daylight savings) the difference is two hours earlier in Morocco. In the winter, it is only one hour early than in Spain. Some of the companies that run ferries include: FRS: http://www.frs.es/ Trasmediterranea: https://www..es FerriMaroc: http://www.ferrimaroc.com/ EuroFerrys: http://www.euroferrys.com/ Comarit: http://www.comarit.com Once you arrive, the CTM (national bus line) station is only seconds walk from the gate of the port. Do not take a taxi there, you do not need it. The train station (ONCF) is further: Take a petit taxi and do not pay more than 50Dirham. Try to get the fare on the meter. If this is the case, you will probably pay about 10Dh. __________Day Trips Edit This Once you arrive to Tangier by boat or by fast ferry,the fist thing to do is to hire a local guide (has a bage with his fhoto from the ministry of tourist) or to contact one before your arrival,to make an agrement about the kind of tour and the price for it. If you have the all day ask your guide to take you for a driving tour to the California site and the mountain(where you ill see many royal palaces and other celebrities'home from all over the world,and the site for the camels,then to cap spartel and Hercules caves(prehistorical site). Drive to the Casbah for a walking tour into the Medina with it famous narrow streets an it souks(markets). [Add Day Trip] Tangier on your own Edit This Even if Tangier is a city without famous highlights or must see's, the city is great for a half a day visit - or of course longer. Arriving from the Ferry Port, Tangier is easy to visit. You can see the whole town in less than 2 hours. But Tangier is 'par excellence' a city to just wander and wonder, have a tea, a couscous, or stop at the charming small shops. At the exit of the Ferry Port, you are already in the center. If you stand with your back to the exit of the Port, take the street on your right, leading uphill to the heart of the city. more.. World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.tangierdreamer.com email: info@tangierdreamer.com ___________Beaches Edit This [Add Beach] Beach of Tangier Edit This There are many great and fantastic beaches in Tangier. However there is one beach that will probably stick in the minds of many people and that is the main beach in Tangier. The beach is situated next to the very famous harbour and is strectched for miles along the coast line. On a clear day you are able to stand in the edge of the beach and look out to sea where you will be able to see Gibraltar. Along the beach there are many beach bars where you can eat and have a drink any time of the day. Also you can experience wonderful camel rides that are avalable any time more.. World66 rating: [rate it] |
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GNU Free Documentation License Esso utilizza materiale tratto da http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangeri Cronologia/Autori: http://it.wikipedia.org/=Tangeri&action=history Tangeri Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera.La città di Tangeri (arabo Tanja, طنجة) è un porto marocchino con 500 mila abitanti. Deriva il suo nome probabilmente da una corruzione del toponimo latino Tingis di probabile origine berbera. Tangeri ha una antica e ricca storia: fu città fenicia, cartaginese, romana,e poi vandala, araba, portoghese, spagnola e britannica. Strappata dai Romani a Cartagine nel 146 a.C., al termine dei conflitti che opposero le due grandi potenze mediterranee, Tangeri fu eretta colonia dall'imperatore romano Claudio nel 38 a.C. e divenne capitale della Mauritania Tingitana. Nell'VIII secolo d.C. Tangeri divenne musulmana quando il governatore di Ifriqiya, Mūsà b. Nusayr, vi nominò come suo rappresentante il berbero Tāriq b. Ziyād. Nell'area si insediarono poi comunità kharigite e lo Sharīf Idrīs b. ‘Abd Allāh vi fondò un Emirato. Nel XV secolo i Portoghesi occuparono Ceuta (in arabo: Sabta) e nel 1471 Tangeri, dove rimasero fino al 1671, anno in cui gli Inglesi occuparono la città in quanto bene dotale di Caterina di Braganza, andata sposa a re Carlo II Stuart. Nel XVII secolo inzia l'azione indipendentista musulmana, impersonificata da al-Khadir Ghaylan dei Banu Gurfat. Solo nel 1666 però, con l'arrivo della dinastia alawita, Tangeri recuperò la sua indipendenza dall'occupante cristiano. Fu merito del sultano Mawlāy Ismā‘īl (1672-1727) se la città e il suo territorio tornarono a far parte della dār al-Islām (il territorio sottoposto alla Legge islamica). Nel XIX secolo la città conobbe una crescente fortuna commerciale. Nel 1856 un Trattato anglo-marocchino vietò i monopoli di Stato che fino ad allora ne avevano frenato lo slancio economico e finanziario. La popolazione passò da 5000 abitanti degli inizi del secolo ai 20.000 del 1878, un quinto dei quali di religione israelitica. Nel 1903-4 lo Sharīf Ahmad al-Raysuni s'impadronì di alcuni cittadini occidentali e nel 1905 il Kaiser Guglielmo II inviò una piccola squadra navale, con l'incrociatore Panther, sbarcando le sue truppe per proteggere gli interessi tedeschi in città. Il Trattato di Protettorato sottoscritto nel 1912 e in vigore fino all'indipendenza del Marocco nel 1956, assegnava uno statuto particolare alla città - neutralità politica e militare, totale liberismo economico e amministrazione internazionale - anche se l'effettiva applicazione del dispositivo sarà reso valido solo dopo la fine del I conflitto mondiale. In tutto questo periodo l'economia crebbe vertiginosamente e Tangeri contava nel 1950 85 banche e oltre 4 mila società anonime, impegnate nel commercio e negli affari finanziari, mentre la popolazione si quadruplicava e gli Europei (specialmente Spagnoli) diventavano circa 40.000.
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