Tetouan

City in northern Morocco 60km from Tangier, and more 280.000habitants -Location chief of the province. on the northern slopes of the Rif, near the Mediterranean. Located in an agricultural region, Tetouan is a trade center for agricultural products and handicrafts. Its industries are particularly cement and fish canneries. She lives and crafts of tourism. It forms a sharp contrast with the modern city marked by the Spanish imprint The city was founded in the fourteenth century? Mérinide Sultan Abu Thabet looking to recover the city of Ceuta to built the walled city of Tétawine. After several battles THE Spanish landed in the city and destroying the city was rebuilt in the fifteenth century. Following the fall of Granada Muslim immigrants expelled from Spain settled in Tetouan. Tetouan was the capital of Spanish Morocco from 1915 to 1956.
To enter the Medina of Tetouan and cross its ramparts. we have a choice of seven beautifully carved doors.

Our only guide as inspiration, alleys exude a delicious coolness, the buildings decorated with ceramics. The wrought iron balconies of the white houses of the great Spanish tradition.
Here we are again immersed in the inevitable story of the great era Hispano-Moorish
The great palace of the Caliphate, built in the seventeenth century under the reign of Moulay Ismail, and a real proof. Enter this patio jasmine smell good, listen to the singing fountains, let yourself carried away by the melody that reminds you of Andalusia

Tetouan had also the souks,

• souk "al Fouki" feel good where fresh bread and spice blends 
• souk "Al-houte" pretty square shaded by a few trees where artisans exhibited their works lovingly work 

Souks with great animations, and what animations !! Townsmen in white or dressed in costumes jellabiyas
Peasant in "red and white striped Foutas" sell their freshly picked produce.
We can not forget to go through "al Mellah" where a thousand craftsmen and their skills ventent. On the heights of Ain Bournane a magnificent panorama of the city
Not to mention the "Riad al Ochak" (Lovers Garden) where we can dream for hours in the calm and cool of this small cafe deep in the

To visit around Tetouan
Cabo Negro 17 km from Tetouan on the beautiful coast, This site is the first to have hosted major seaside infrastructure. The "black cap" is a large wooded ratchet on the Mediterranean.
A 30 km from Tetouan found Marina Smir is a luxury marina. The marina is equipped to craft ultra modern that can accommodate the largest yachts in the world.
Martil: housing boom almost physically attached Martil Tetouan. A brand new cornice was built there. There are several campsites
The beach road from Tetouan to Ceuta : M'diq Restinga Fnideq, Bab Ceuta, several tourist groups (Restinga), high standing residences, residential luxury villas Marina (Smir and Kabila) and a golf
The coast of Rhomara : Oued Lau, Kaa Asras El Jebha (135 km).
The country Jbala : Road from Tetouan to Chefchaouen, the remains of Tamuda (Berber city in relation to Carthage, then occupied by the Romans), the shrine of Moulay Abdeslam Ben M'Chich, Souk El Arba Beni-Hassan, Ali's dam Thelatet and Talembote dam