only accepts locked bags. A petit taxi to/from Tangier centre should cost around Dh10.
Getting Around
To/From the Airport
From the port to the airport, a grand taxi takes 30 to 40 minutes and costs Dh200 for the entire
car, but if you find the cab beyond the port, the price falls to Dh150. If you want to pick up a
local bus from the airport, bus 17 and bus 70 run to the Grand Socco, but you’ll need to walk
2km to the main road.
To/From Tanger Med
A rail link is planned from Tanger Med to the city of Tangier, but was not yet operational at the
time of research. A free shuttle bus runs every hour from Tanger Med to the CTM bus station
near Tanger Port (40 minutes). The driver will drop you off near the train station if you ask.
Bus
Buses aren’t really necessary for getting around Tangier, but two potentially useful services are
bus 13, which runs from the train station via Ave Mohammed VI to the port gate, and bus 17,
which links the train station and the main bus station. Tickets cost Dh6.
Taxi
Distinguishable by their ultramarine colour with a yellow stripe down the side, petits taxis do
standard journeys around town for Dh7 to Dh10; they charge 50% more at night.
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CAP SPARTEL
Just 14km west of Tangier lies Cap Spartel, the northwestern extremity of Africa’s Atlantic
Coast. It is a popular day trip with locals and tourists alike. A dramatic drive takes you through
La Montagne, an exclusive suburb of royal palaces and villas, and over the pine-covered
headland to the Cap Spartel Lighthouse . This is normally closed, but the caretaker might be
convinced to let you in for a few dirhams. The beaches to the south are clean and quiet outside
the summer season, so you can find your own private cove.
Below Cap Spartel, the beach Plage Robinson stretches off to the south – a great place for
a bracing walk. Five kilometres further you reach the Grottes d’Hercule (admission Dh5;
8am till dark) , next to Le Mirage hotel, the mythical dwelling place of Hercules. Since the