The Kasbah quarter hides crumbling masterpieces behind unassuming arches. These are the ghosts of Tangier’s International Era – villas where mid-century spies exchanged secrets in gilded salons, their ballrooms now echoing with the laughter of neighborhood children. Sunlight filters through […]
When storms hit Cap Spartel, Omar becomes Tangier’s unofficial bard. In the lantern room’s ghostly glow, he recounts shipwrecks like family gossip—the 1942 freighter that vanished in 20 minutes, the yacht carrying stolen Matisse paintings that ran aground just east […]
In a Medina alley no wider than your shoulders, third-generation attar masters blend magic. Their glass-stoppered bottles hold the soul of Morocco: rose petals from the Dades Valley, amber resin that once lined pharaohs’ tombs, and a particular wild lavender that only […]
In a workshop no bigger than a closet, Abdelkarim guards a dying art. His needles are older than your grandfather, his leather softened with centuries-old techniques. The real treasure? His stash of vintage Moroccan wallpaper—floral French prints from the 1920s—that […]
By day, this crescent of sand belongs to sunbathers. But come midnight, the beach transforms. Fishermen mend nets by hurricane lamp light while students strum guitars in the ruins of a 17th-century fort. The bravest wade into bioluminescent waves that […]
They shouldn’t thrive here. Yet these stubborn trees—descendants of seedlings brought by Portuguese merchants in the 1500s—still burst with fruit each winter. The municipal gardeners whisper that the sweetest tangerines grow near the old French consulate wall, where exiled writers […]
The crashing waves inside this cavern tell two stories. Guides will show you the “Map of Africa” naturally carved into the wall, but few know about the Roman amphorae still visible at low tide—relics from a vessel that sank carrying […]
The true lifeline of the Medina isn’t its pipes—it’s the 12th-century Almohad cisterns hidden beneath guesthouse courtyards. Follow the sound of dripping water to find vaulted chambers where the air stays cool even in August. Some say the deepest pool […]
Morocco’s first U.S. diplomatic gift holds a mystery: a sealed chamber behind the Paul Bowles archive. Rumor says it contains Sultan Moulay Suliman’s “cursed” 1802 treaty pen. The caretaker smiles when asked—then changes the subject.
Behind a butcher’s shop in the Medina, down a stairwell lined with vintage film posters, lies Club Othello. Since the 1990s, this clandestine gallery has hosted punk Sufi musicians, feminist calligraphers, and painters who mix henna with street art. The […]
