Tangier
MoroccoHilltop medina with views over two seas and high-speed rail links south.
🧭 First 48 hours
Clear, quick notes to get set up fast.
📶 SIM & data
IAM/Orange/inwi (eSIM available).
💳 Money
Cash for taxis/markets; cards in hotels/new town.
🚖 Airport transfer
ONCF high-speed trains connect Casablanca–Rabat–Tangier; taxi or Heetch in town.
🚇 Get around
Petit taxis for short trips; walk the medina; coastal corniche for sunsets.
🏨 Where to stay
Kasbah/Medina (views/history), Malabata (modern seafront), Iberia/Marchan (quiet).
🛡️ Safety basics
Offers for guides are common—decline politely if not needed; agree taxi fares or use an app.
⭐ Editor’s picks
Clifftop cafés, sea caves, and history layered with expat lore—Tangier is equal parts breeze and intrigue.
Eat
Le Saveur de Poisson — City center
Legendary fixed menu of ultra-fresh fish—cash only; go early.
El Morocco Club — Kasbah
White-tablecloth classic with a piano-bar next door.
Restaurant Annajma — Medina
Traditional plates in a photogenic riad setting.
Coffee & Views
Café Hafa — Marshan cliffs
Tiered terraces over the Strait—mint tea and horizon lines.
Café Baba — Kasbah
Bohemian haunt with carved wood and musician energy.
Do & See
American Legation — Medina edge
Unique museum marking Morocco–US history.
Kasbah Museum — Kasbah
Archaeology and art inside a former sultan’s palace.
Caves of Hercules & Cap Spartel — Atlantic coast
Daylight through a map-of-Africa opening, plus a lighthouse view.
Night
El Morocco Club Piano Bar — Kasbah
Martinis and standards in a sultry room.
Malabata rooftops — Seafront
Hotel bars with skyline and bay curves.
Day trips
Asilah — South by rail
Artists’ town with muralled walls and quiet beaches.
Chefchaouen — Rif Mountains
Iconic blue medina—better as a full day with early start.