 |
 |
Destinations for Tanger Ferries
Spain Morocco
Operators for Tanger Ferries
Acciona Trasmediterranea Ferries
Comanav Ferries
|
| |
 |
|
 |
| |
About Tanger Ferries |
Tanger Ferries port is located beside the medina, and a few hundred metres from the ville nouvelle. Although the government has been partially successful in reducing the number of touts, money changers, taxi drivers and faux guides hassling people arriving by boat, expect to be mobbed.
The taxi rank is inside the Tanger Ferries port area - you are likely to be mobbed by requests from many drivers. There is no queuing system -just take the taxi which you have agreed a fare with and are comfortable with. The blue coloured petit taxis are substantially cheaper and used more by locals and are preferable to the cream coloured grande taxis who are mostly unmetered.
Tangier is very easy to navigate around; the two main roads are Boulevard Mohamed V which runs from near the Medina through the ville nouvelle and Boulevard Mohamed VI (formerly Ave des FAR) which runs along from the beachfront from the port to Malabata.
The Medina area is a complex array of alleyways some of which can only be accessed on foot. Mohamed V has a whole range of clothes shops, pharmacies and cafes as well as Hotel Flandria, Hotel Rembrandt. Hotel Minzah lies just off this road. Mohamed VI runs along the beach front where you will find numerous hotels (Rif, Ramada, Sherezade, Solazure, Tariq, Movenpick), bars, discos, restaurants and cafes. Most hostels are situated on the roads heading uphill near the Tanger Ferries port area.
Disembarking by ferry at Tanger Ferries port can be a bit of a slow process, with queues for passport control and customs. Make sure that you have your passport stamped (and departure card collected) while on board the ferry. Once ashore, and through customs, ferry arrivals pass into the Tanger Ferries ferry terminal building . There's a bureau de change here and outside the building is a branch of the Banque Populaire; both sell dirhams at regular rates and accept most currencies and traveller's cheques. For credit card exchange or a cash dispenser you need a bank in the city.
Tanger Ferries port is ranked second only to Casablanca. There are plans to build another, goods-only port, Tanger Atlantique, on the Atlantic coast financed by the private sector and leaving Tangier port a passenger only ferry port.
Tanger Ferries port address:
Gare Maritime du Port Souk Al Mouhajir
90 000 Tanger
Morocco
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
.gif){kind=small}
.gif){kind=small}
