If you arrive from the sea, you are overwhelmed by the grace of a town that has
acquired
mythical status. Its dazzling white casbah spreads over a hill 100king down on a
bustling
fishing harbour. From the Café Hafa, the eye is held by an incomparable view
over the
Straits of Gibraltar. Seated at the tip of Africa, you are presented with one of
the most
awe-inspiring spectacles. Vou are aware that you are in Tangier, a city So
beautiful that
even the Atlantic arranges to meet the Mediterranean there. There is a town in
Moracco where each lane conceals a mystery, each step signais a new meeting. The
"Pearl of the Straits", Tangier wins hearts and minds through the elusive
atmosphere pervading its streets. Many are those Who came for a day and stayed
for a lifetime. From Henri Matisse to Paul BoWles, from Tennessee Williams to
Jean Genet or from Samuel Beckett to Roland Barthes, the number of celebrities,
artists, writers, Who succumbed to the charms of a town to which they devoted at
least part of their work is legion. If yoU arrive from the seo, yoU are
overwhelmed by the grace of a town that has acquired mythical status. Its
dazzling white casbah spreads over a hill 100king down on a bustling fishing
harbour. From the Café Hafa, the eye is held by an incomparable view over the
Straits of Gibraltar. Seated at the tip of Africo, yoU are presented with one of
the most awe-inspiring spectacles. VoU are aware that yoU are in Tangier, a city
50 beoutiful that
even the Atlantic arranges to meet the Mediterraneon there.
