Tangiers, Casbah

 

Tangiers is mainly of Arab decent.  Inside the castle walls thousands of people live as they did centuries ago.  There are hundreds of narrow winding streets that run for miles.  The Casbah overwhelms all of your senses.  There are smells of fresh breads, you hear beautiful middle eastern music, all in a tight knit Muslim community.  They are selling everything you can imagine.  The man in the picture is offering 27 types of olives.  It is said, “you can learn more in 10 steps in another country than by reading 10 books.”

I didn’t feel unwelcome in the Casbah however I did notice our guide commanded a lot of respect.

BTW; the movie Casablanca was not filmed in Casablanca, Morocco it was filmed in Tangiers, Morocco.