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 theSpanish 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
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The Medina of Tetouan
She kept an Andalusian soul that made her the most Moorish Moroccan cities.
The Moorish style takes on its full dimension, especially in residential neighborhoods where wrought iron windows give any expression to these thick pristine facades.
Souk Al-houte
A few meters away, street jewelers unveils its multiple charms in the form of craft items likely to succumb the most demanding.
The tanners' souk
This is the fabric market. In the Medina of Tetouan, the Guersa el Kébira is the domain of the merchants of fabrics and clothes. The fabrics combed, united, precious and bordered are a real wonder.
The colors and the materials seem infinitely varied and compose a living picture under your eyes. In the center of the square, women of the Rif dressed in their costumes are seated behind stalls packed with pieces of red, white and blue striped fabrics.
The Royal Palace
Returning to Hassan II Square (Feddane), you will notice the Royal Palace built in the 17th century. The important restoration work which he had to undergo at the beginning of the 20th century did not alter his Spanish-Moorish character. A large square of Mechouar has been built in the center of the palis. It is the square on which the main festivals take place, in which the king participates, and which also ensures the security of the sovereign and his entourage.
Souk El Fouki
The Tetouan souks compete with those of other cities. Souk El Fouki is known as "place au pain". Numerous workshops open to your visit perpetuate the tradition of the gesture and the careful work to many highly motivated children. They learn here the weaving, the brassware, the engraving on metals, the work and the painting of the wood, the mosaic or the ceramics so that the tradition lives. In the middle, many stalls offer you the traditional round and flat loaves that exude a delicious smell throughout the neighborhood.
Tetouan Beach
Taking the road to Ceuta, many golden sandy beaches are furnished as well as many hotels that have been designed with a constant concern in the landscape.
Restaurants and resorts are plentiful. Give yourself the pleasure of tasting a few steps from the beautiful beach, beautiful fish, fresh out of the sea by the fishermen who face the sea on flimsy or esquis taganabout.
You can certainly spend a few pleasant days relaxing by the sea in Cabo Negro, Kabila, in Marina Smir for example.
Riad al Ochak
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 cave.
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