Tangier, Morocco- First Impressions

We stayed at the historic Hotel Continental. It was one of Tangier’s first hotels and opened up in 1870.

Not super fancy, but it was kind of cool to stay in such an old hotel.

This was the view from our room:

We immediately ventured into themedina to look for a museum we wanted to go to. We thought we had it handled by trying to use our maps.me app. Oh how naive we were! The Medina is a bustling maze of narrow streets with no names. Touts were everywhere trying to get us to follow them for tips. 

We finally found the Tangier American Legation Institute. Apparently, Morocco was the first country to recognize America’s independence and so this museum is dedicated to that relationship. 

We capped off the evening with some yummy Moroccan mint tea.

And watched the almost full moon rise over the port.