It’s a quick ferry ride from Tarifa to Tanger and a long trek through customs into Morocco.
Many stories proceed a trip to Morocco- tourist touts, poor roads, mad drivers mint tea and the physical beauty of the country.
Tanger being the sea gateway to Morocco one both arrives and departs from Tager. So maybe coming in and out of Tanger is a good time to compare my cautious and naive thoughts on entering Morocco and the utter thankfulness that I had had a month travelling in Morocco ( I could have spent 3).
So after some sickingly sweet mint tea, some haggling with money changers and a very greasy omelette it was into the seemingly crazy traffic and on the road to Tetuan.
Coming up the the Atlantic Coast back to Tanger and the Ferry back to Spain. Asilah is one of the first towns in Tanger province with a small Medinain the old Portuguese fort right on the ocean.
Rubbish on the Moroccan Beaches and in the country side is a sad scare on the landscape and if you read the guides Asilah is about the worst. But Tanger province has made a big effort to clean up its beaches and as you can see in the photos
Cape Spatel is the most north western point of the African continent. The lighthouse is called the Hercules Lighthouse. The Greek legend is that here and across the Strait in Gibralter is where Hercules tore the African and European continents apart and let the Atlantic ocean flood in to form the Mediterranean Sea.
A little south of Cape Spatel is the Grote de Hercules where legend has it the strong man slept while undertaking the slightly daunting task of ripping two continents apart.
While I had been warned about Moroccan drivers I found it the safest place to ride but you need to understand the codes.
Let me share an anecdote.
I use a GPS it’s my guide but it’s not infallible. Coming into Tanger the GPS went to send me down a road the was blocked by roadworks.
As I was readjusting a scooter zipped past slowed down and gave me the slow down and follow me sign. A little way along the rider pointed to the road on the left. Gave a wave and zipped off. The road led straight to the port.
I’m sorry I didn’t see more of Tanger. Maybe next trip!!!!
Wow, great photos. And a great trip!
Thanks Sandra I’ll fill in the many gaps between the start and the finish over the coming days
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Maaannn, my day is coming!! Fred TheRider & Co. can’t wait to hit the road
Looks great. One of many places I’d like to visit.
I’ll get into riding in the Atlas Mountains soon. Just amazing!
Looking at all these photos I may have to move to Europe
Well having a bike here as well as Aus is a good compromise
Seems like a slightly crazy place, but in a good way. A real adventure!
Good for you Mick. Well done.
Where to next?
We’re in Donegal, moving south down the www
Great Larry, the wild Atlantic awa is great. I’m.in Barcelona for a few days the heading across Spain to Portugal.
Great. We arrive in Bilbao on 1st July.
Ok we overlap leaving from Santander on 10 July. Will be coming up from Portugal into Gallicia
Love all the photos, really a beautiful place, thanks for posting.
Morocco looks beautiful Mic and the beach looks very inviting! I see you’re heading to Portugal next. Will be interested to hear your thoughts as we’re planning on heading there next year. Cheers Pauline
I will take detailed notes currently at the Spain/Portugal border