Tétouan

Worth seeing in and around Tétouan

7 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.

1. 01
   Medina of Tétouan

   Tétouan is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 kilometres E.S.E. of Tangier.

   500 m · World heritage site in Morocco · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Saniat Rmel

   Saniat Rmel Stadium is a football stadium in Tétouan, Morocco. It is the home ground of MA Tétouan.It used to be during colonial period a bullring where the stadium was filled with sand.

   1.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Isaac Ben Walid Synagogue

   The Isaac Ben Walid Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the mellah of Tetuan, Morocco.

   400 m · synagogue in Tetuan, Morocco · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

   The Abdelmalek Essaâdi University is a Moroccan public university established in 1989 and headquartered in Tétouan. It is one of the main higher education institutions in northern Morocco.

   700 m · university in Morocco · Wikipedia
5. 05
   medersa loukach

   Medersa Loukach is a Madrasa built in 1758 in the Medina of Tetouan, Morocco. It was built in 1758 on the order of the Alaouite Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah to serve as a school and residence for students who came from surrounding regions to study theology in Tetouan.

   500 m · museum in Tetouan, Morocco · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Musée d'ethnographie à Tétouan

   The Tetouan Ethnographic Museum or Bab El Oqla Museum is an ethnographic museum located east of the old medina of Tétouan in Morocco, and is named after one of the seven historic gates of the city.

   500 m · ethnographic Museum in Tétouan, Morocco · Wikipedia
7. 07
   École nationale des sciences appliquées de Tétouan

   The École nationale des sciences appliquées de Tétouan is a public engineering school located in Tetouan, Morocco. It was established in September 2008 and is part of the network of Écoles nationales des sciences appliquées.

   600 m · University in Morocco · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Unlike any other Moroccan Medina, Tétouan's

1. 01
   Medina
2. 02
   Bab El Okla

   Houses Ethnographic Museum (also known as Bab El Okla Museum).

3. 03
   Bab Jiaf
4. 04
   Bab Mkaber
5. 05
   Bab Saida
6. 06
   Museum

   It's on the premises of the former Mosque of Laouk.

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Things to do

Tétouan is surrounded by two mountains:

1. 01
   Mount Dersa
2. 02
   Mount Ghorghiz

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Restinga Restaurant

   21 Av.

2. 02
   Dallas

   Small teashop/patisserie with lots of sweets and baked goods on offer.

3. 03
   Restaurant La Union
4. 04
   Cafeteria Pizzeria Lisboa

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Getting to Tétouan

Airports

Sania Ramel (TTU), 5 km · Tangier Ibn Battuta (TNG), 53 km · Gibraltar (GIB), 65 km

Stations

Tetouan Saniat R'mel Airport, 5.2 km

• Tangier → Tétouan

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · MAD23–31
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• Saïss → Tétouan

  Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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• Rabat → Tétouan

  219 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · MAD120–160
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