For many years, Tangiers enjoyed the status of an International Free Zone, free from normal rule, which helped create a raffish and cosmopolitan society.
Something of this spirit lingers and life in Tangiers perhaps has more of an edge than anywhere else in Morocco.
There is an attractive old medina, which has not just Islamic and Berber influence, but also some wonderful examples of Art Deco architecture from the city’s louche days of yesteryear.