Tangier Travel Forum

Is it worth it? I am staying for four days in south of spain very close to the area where you can go to Tangier?

Is it worth it> if so how should I do it?

I am 40 year old male, in shape and travelling alone.

please advice!!

thanks

Yes why not.
Are you staying near Tarifa or Algeciras.
Look at www.frs.es for the deal from Tarifa. They also do some tours which you may find useful. "Crossing with fast ferry, visit of Kasbah, Souk, modern town and visit to a typical shop!" - can book ticket online or if you are going at a quiet season then just get to the ferry in good time and buy your excursion ticket.
It's is only a short hop from Tarifa.
Don't forget that there is a time change which is even more confusing this year because Morocco goes on to its own 'summer daylight saving' at the end of May !
Look at : http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html

is it worth it ? Definitely subjective.

Hi yes I think its worth it too - easy enough to do your own touring around - stay at somewhere interesting such as the Hotel Continental which is where Paul Bowles stayed and other personalities - or even better after seeing a bit of Tangier jump on a bus or in a grande taxi and head for Asilah and stay the night there.
Tangier is worth a visit for the Grande Souk, the Church of England church, the fortress and the museum that is up in it, the medina up inside the fortress area, if you had a car or taxi then the cape is worth a look and the Grottoes of Hercules, otherwise thats enough and then head for Asilah!

Very nice seaside town with one of the most intact fortress walled towns in morocco - very pretty and quiet and a nice place to stroll around, the beach and medina and sit for seafood meals.

you could do a circuit trip with there should be 1030 am bus to tetouan from Asilah and visit there too and back to Tangier or on to Chefchouen and stay a night in Chefchouen. you could do all this with a night in Asilah and then a night in chefchouen and back to Tangier and catch late evening fast ferry back to Tarifa. only take 40 minutes on those ferries rather than from Algeciras which take one and a half hours being the quickest and 2 and a half hours the slow ferries.

the ferry to Tarifa always has a bus waiting for transfer to Algeciras which takes about 20-30 mins. Tarifa too is a nice town to visit with castle/fortress and interesting old buildings. Buying a return ticket gets 10% off the ticket price for the ferry. Make sure you get your passport stamped while you are on the ferry - if you get off without doing it they will make you go back into the ferry to find the policeman who was stamping and signing the entry stamps.
and when you depart from Tangier yuo have to fill in departure card and hand that in with the police check there too.

Well worth a visit, even for a day trip.

Hi; Yep I vote for it too; The first thing to do when the ferry get into Tangier"s Port; is to walk straight the exit; and then (Stop) there is a court on the right side, there you'll see some old buildings (in Andalsian style) I would advice on having a meal there; this will be just one of the great points to start your day around and in Tangier- I mean the buildings really worthwile- I wound't advise on taking a taxi to downtown, walking from the Port to the down town is the main idea!.

You better take the earlier ferry; in order to save time for Tangier. it take atleast 40/45 mn!!!