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Full-Day Tangier Highlights Tour with Cap Spartel and Hercules Caves

1 Day Round trip from Tangier Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore Tangier's kasbahs and whitewashed hillside medina
02 Visit the Dar el Makhzen, the former sultans' palace turned museum
03 Discover the Seven Palaces and the city's French, Spanish, and American quarters
04 See Cap Spartel at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar
05 Visit the Hercules Caves, where Hercules allegedly rested

Visit Tangier, the strategic gateway between Africa and Europe since Phoenician times. Explore the kasbahs and the whitewashed hillside medina, home to the Dar el Makhzen, a palace of the sultans that is now a museum of Moroccan artifacts. Discover other important sites in the city, including the Seven Palaces, while uncovering Tangier's rich Moroccan history.

Explore the kasbahs and the whitewashed hillside medina, home to the Dar el Makhzen, a palace of the sultans that is now a museum of Moroccan artifacts.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 1 Day

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Tangier

Languages Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Discover Tangier's Historic Quarters and Coastal Landmarks

Meet your Tangier tour guide and visit the following places:

Visit the French complex and learn more about the French motives for colonizing Morocco.
See the Spanish Quarter and the American Quarter.
Explore the Seven Palaces in Tangier.
Witness Cap Spartel, a promontory in Morocco about 1,000 feet above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar.
Proceed to the Hercules Caves, caverns where Hercules allegedly rested.