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Al Hoceïma

Al Hoceima is a city in the north of Morocco, on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains and on the Mediterranean coast.

Al Hoceïma
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The place

Al Hoceima is a city in the north of Morocco, on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains and on the Mediterranean coast. It is the capital city of the Al Hoceima Province. Located in the heart of the Central Rif, Al Hoceima is surrounded by the highest peaks of the Rif mountain range, including Mount Tidghin (2,452 m). The city served as a focal point for the Republic of the Rif (1921–1926) and remains a cultural center for the Ayt Waryaghar tribe. The city is a known tourist destination despite its small size. It has a population of about 50,225.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Al Hoceïma

One place 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
    Stade Mimoun Al Arsi

    Mimoun Al Arsi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Al Hoceima, Morocco. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Chabab Rif Al Hoceima.

    100 m · building in Morocco · Wikipedia

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Getting to Al Hoceïma

Airports
Nador Al Aaroui (NDR), 87 km · Sania Ramel (TTU), 132 km · Gibraltar (GIB), 163 km
  • Al Aaroui → Al Hoceïma
    88 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · MAD50–70
  • Tétouan → Al Hoceïma
    135 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · MAD95–125
  • Saïss → Al Hoceïma
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Al Hoceïma

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 Al Hoceïma. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextFerries connect it with mainland Spain and it can make a less hectic alternative to nearby Tangier.

From Wikivoyage: Mediterranean Morocco, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-02.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ChefchaouenMA

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    122 km
  2. 02
    Merzouga and Erg ChebbiMA

    8 ways of moving, 41 sources

    461 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,525 km
  4. 04
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,548 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,730 km

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Around it

Next door to Al Hoceïma

  • AjdirA small town in Morocco6.2 km