Tangier

Designated as "Summer capital", Tangier becomes for two months each year a hive of bustling activity: festive displays and all kinds of social gatherings, enhanced by the precense of distinguished visitors, contribute to the city's prestige.

Tangier's visual impact is bewitching: its amphitheatre of houses painted white or pale blue which stretch up into the wooded slopes of the "mountain", its colourful minarets, its kasba, its modern buildings and numerous palaces, its hotels, swimming-pools and first class beach, all go to make Tangier an ideal spot for a holiday which can be combined with visits to places of historical interest.

Before talking about visiting the town, might I add that Tangier really is the "Gateway to Morocco", and is the only point where one can cross over the continent and remain behind the steering-wheel of one's car?