Tetouan Medina, surrounded by walls with seven gates, is well worth a visit. Take a stroll through its tangled little streets, particularly lively during the paseo , a Spanish tradition that crossed the Atlantic like the architectural influences her..

The souks here are just as interesting as the ones in Meknes and Fes. The different quarters for djellaba makers, leather craftsmen, tanners and, above all, carpenters (brightened up by very colourful wooden chests, mainly painted red, a Tetouan spec..

From Tetouan to El-Jebha, the road overlooking the Mediterranean runs through superb landscapes contrasting sea and mountains, green cedars and eucalyptus and ochre-coloured earth, jagged coastline and empty coves between cliffs. The scene is animate..

A great many of the pieces on display in the archaeological museum come from Lixus, a city founded by the Phoenicians. The museum’s walls and surrounding garden also contain mosaics, vases and everyday objects that are vestiges of what later became a..

The ethnographic museum’s collections, presented in rooms giving onto a charming garden, include reconstructions of habitats with furniture and everyday utensils, fine crockery (notably, some typical Tetouan vases), bridal costumes, and musical instr..

This delicious square has a very friendly feeling due to its small size, trees, wide irregular paving stones and pottery stalls. Standing against a former borj , it is dominated by a fine polygonal tower topped by slender merlons. A vaulted passagew..

This long and narrow square is lined by numerous shops protected by rudimentary awnings. It is also known as “bread square”, in the centre of which are stalls piled high with round and flat loaves filling the air with their delicious aroma. Women sit..