Salé
Salé is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town.
Salé is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Along with some smaller nearby towns, Rabat and Salé together form a single metropolitan area.
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Worth seeing in and around Salé
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hassan Tower
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century.
2.4 km · Mosque in Rabat, Morocco · Wikipedia - 02Kasbah of the Udayas
The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah in Rabat, Morocco. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Bou Regreg opposite Salé, and adjacent to the Medina quarter of Rabat.
2.3 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 03Mausoleum of Mohammed V
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
2.5 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 04The Great Mosque of Salé
The Great Mosque of Salé, also known as the Masjid al-Tal'a, is a historic mosque in Salé, Morocco. It is the main mosque of the old city.
1.1 km · mosque in Salé, Morocco · Wikipedia - 05House of Representatives of Morocco
The House of Representatives is one of the two chambers—the other being the House of Councillors—of the Moroccan Parliament. The House of Representatives has 395 members elected for five-year terms, 305 of whom are elected in multi-seat constituencies, and the remaining 90 are elected based on regional lists dedicated to promoting gender equality.
3.5 km · lower house of Morocco · Wikipedia - 06Mohammed V University
Mohammed V University is a public university in Rabat, Morocco. It was founded in 1957 under a royal decree.
5.7 km · university in Rabat, Morocco · Wikipedia - 07Russian Orthodox Church in Rabat
Holy Resurrection Church in Rabat is the oldest of three functioning Orthodox churches in Morocco. It is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church.
4.9 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 08Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵉⵏⴰⴳ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵜⵓⵙⵙⵏⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, romanized: Asinag Agldan n Tussna Tamazight; Arabic: المعهد الملكي للثقافة الأمازيغية, romanized: al-Ma‘had al-Malikī lith-Thaqāfah al-Amāzīghīyah) is an academic institute of the Moroccan government in charge with the promotion of the Berber languages and culture, and of the development of Standard Moroccan Amazigh and its instruction in Morocco's public schools. The institute is located in the Moroccan capital of Rabat.
9.2 km · institute in Morocco responsible for the promotion of the Berber languages and culture · Wikipedia - 09National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco
The National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco is the national library of Morocco. It is located in Rabat and has a branch in Tetouan.
4.7 km · Moroccan national library in Rabat · Wikipedia - 10St. Peter's Cathedral (Rabat)
St. Peter's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located at Golan Square in downtown Rabat, Morocco.
3.3 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Salé
- Airports
- Rabat-Salé (RBA), 6 km · Mohammed V (CMN), 104 km · Fes Saïss (FEZ), 170 km
- Stations
- Rabat-Salé Airport, 6.1 km · Rabat-Agdal, 6 km · Salé-City train station, 800 m
- Casablanca → Salé91 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · MAD39–50
- Saïss → SaléTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Oulad Yaich → Salé185 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · MAD120–160
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No local-transport research exists yet for Salé
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Salé. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Salé
Salé is 4 km from Rabat, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.