Morocco Travel Guide

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18   Pensión    Charito

19   Pensión    La  Bohemia

    Eating

20   Cala   Carlota

21   Central    Market

22   El Angulo

23   El Puente  Cafeteria

24   El Refectorio

25   Gran   Muralla

26   La Jota

27   La Marina

28   Mesón  el  Bache

29   Mesón  el  Cortijo

30   Mucha  Kanã

31   Supersol

32   Supersol

    Drinking

33   Café   Central

34   Dublin

Information

35   Instituto  Gestión Sanitario   (Ingesa)

36   Main   Tourist Office

37   Plaza  de  Africa  Kiosk

38   Viajes Flandria

Transport

Buses   to  Border

39 Buses    to  Border

40 Local    Bus Station

41   Renfe  Office

This cultural-island phenomenon is the essence of Ceuta. It explains the heavy Spanish
military presence, the Moroccan immigrants, the duty-free shopping, the shady cross-border
commerce, the tourism and the local caution towards foreigners. Many people simply pass
through here to avoid the hassles of Tangier, but this small piece of Spain has more than
enough charms of its own, and is the perfect weekend getaway.

THE LAST PIECES OF EMPIRE

Some    of  the most    fascinating places  in  northern    Morocco are not Moroccan    at  all,    they    are Spanish.    When    Spain   recognised

Moroccan    independence    in  1956,   it  retained    a   collection  of  historical  oddities    that    had predated    the Spanish protectorate.

Known   by  the euphemism   plazas  de  soberanía   (places of  sovereignty),   they    have    a   population  of  145,000,    and are divided into

two groups.

The plazas  mayores (greater    places) contain virtually   all the people, and include the coastal cities  of  Ceuta   and Melilla.