Morocco Travel Guide

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LANDMARK

HISTORICAL  BUILDING

MEDINA

Safi

    Top Sights

Colline des Potiers

    Sights

1    Cathédrale Portugaise

Kechla

2    Musée  National    de  Céramique

3    Prison Tower

4    Qasr   al-Bahr

    Sleeping

5    Hôtel  Farah

6    Hôtel  Majestic

    Eating

7    Restaurant Gégène

    Shopping

8    Fixed-Price    Pottery Shop

9    Pottery    Souq

Sights

Colline des Potiers

Offline map Google  map Outside Bab Chaba,  on  the hill    opposite    the medina  gate,   you can’t   miss

the earthen kilns and chimneys of the Colline des Potiers (Potters’ Hill). The skills used here are
predominantly traditional and you can wander around the cooperatives and see the potters at
work. If a potter invites you in to watch him at work, you’ll be expected to give a small tip or
buy an item or two from the shop.

Qasr al-Bahr

Offline map Google  map (Castle on  the Sea;    admission   Dh10)   The impressive  castle  dominates

the crashing waves of the Atlantic on the rocky waterfront. The fortress was built to enforce
Portuguese authority, house the town governor and protect the port. The ramp in the courtyard
leads to the southwest bastion with great views. Prisoners were kept in the basement of the
prison tower Offline map Google map , right of the entrance, before being killed or shipped as

slaves. You can climb to the top for views across the medina.

Medina

Offline map Google  map Across  the street  from    the Qasr    al-Bahr stands  the walled  medina. The

main street, Rue du Souq, runs northeast from Bab Lamaasa, and you’ll find most of the souqs,