The first stage in the eastern Rif, RI Hoceima hugs the hillsides and overlooks the Mediterranean from seventy metres' altitude. with its heart completely set on marine pleasures, the seaside resort is protected by a deep bay closed off by three islets. There are dozens of beaches, both small and large, ali beautiful and ali different. The sand is everywhere, changing colour, varying from the brightest white to the darkest black, sometimes adorned with pebbles or luxuriant greenery. Small coves hide in the calanques (deep narrow inlets) or lose themselves in the rocks af a forgotten island.

The RI Hoceima to Melilla itinerary travels through a multitude of very different settings, The cedar and pine forests give way bit by bit to a bare massif, its contours turbulent from years of erosion, gradually leading to the fertile land of the Gareb plain.