El Minzah

... ;rode some very gentle  camels round a small circle to the cheers of the rest of us. So back to our 5 star hotel, El Minzah. Looks like it may be surviving on the glory days of  bygone years. Winston Churchill, Rock Hudson and Rita Hayworth were ...

... So, we asked the guy at the ferry (in my still-broken french) where we could find a good hotel and he recommended Hotel El Minzah. Cabbie kindly drove us over. Noticed the same thing in Tangier as everywhere in Morocco, every cafe table was taken up by ...

... maybe they finally tore it down. We did find and treat ourselves to an expensive lunch in the famous and still ritzy El Minzah hotel.   Hustlers   Morocco is known for its hustlers or people who approach tourists offering some sort of ...

... and a bit lost at the souk (the girls thought that was funny), they made their way for a nice welcome dinner at El Corcan located in the El Minzah hotel for a big Moroccan-style dinner of couscous, pastillas, and tagines, with a dancing performance ...

... Ville Nouvelle (new town) to vist a 'must see' on this visit.  I'm delighted to say that I entered the delightful Hotel El Minzah with some excitement, as I was about to go into the inner Caid's Piano Bar - the actual bar room where ...

... with some kind of orange-flavored sauce and dipped in sugar.  Mmmmmmmm.... Later that evening we ate at the upscale El Minzah hotel - traditional Moroccan food, music and belly dancing.  Really a magical evening... After a great night sleep we ...

Today was  our day to discover Tangier. We had the close attention of Mohammed, our local tour guide. After the usual town tour to get the feel of the place and see some of the faded buildings  where faded multimillionaires and movie stars had ...

From Gibraltar, we cross the border back to Spain and head for the port of Tarifa. From there, a speedy ferry boat takes us across the Strait of Gibraltar, to the port city of Tangiers. It doesn't sink in yet that we're on another continent; not until we ...