Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comTangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
based on 87 reviews
Duration: 13 hours (approx.)
Location: Costa del Sol, Spain
Product code: 2140JTCDS14
87 reviews of Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
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The tour was very well run. Be sure to be ready early as the bus was 10 minutes early.
Reviewed by: Hilton L, Canada, September 2008
The trip was enjoyable and very well planned. The lunch was very good.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, July 2008
Well organized and included lunch. The guide was professional and informative. Enjoyed the whole day in Morocco.
Reviewed by: Sandra Dee O, United States, June 2008
Any bad reviews of this trip are incorrect. Having just gone on May 10th, I can say the day was planned wonderfully. We were picked up not even five minutes from our hostel (we are students) and then took a coach all the way to Tarifa. Anyone complaining about stops, either stay closer or don't complain because it has to do with distance to southern-most tip of Spain. Our guide was amazing. Comments that caught our attention when booking this was that they gave too much time to shop, but in reality there was a rug demonstration along with a spice information session. These were both excellent, and we both ended up buying rugs for extremely cheap prices! Overall, trip was wonderful and would recommend it for the price. Take this journey and pray you get our guide.
Reviewed by: M C, United States, May 2008
What a tremendous experience of going to a little slice of Africa. We felt very safe, well fed at the lunch, and learned a lot about their culture and history. While the street vendors were pretty aggressive, it was still entertaining in itself, as we did not take it too personally. Both of our guides were really excellent, and we were picked up only a few hundred meters from our hotel.
Reviewed by: James A, Canada, February 2008
Everything turned out according to plan. We were picked up at the exact time the tour company indicated. It was an excellent tour both en route and in Tangier. I recommend this tour and the ease of booking online. This tour is a must if you're in the area.
Reviewed by: William F, Brunei, October 2007
The trip to Tangier was wonderful, fascinating and very interesting. We had never been to Africa and this was a small glimpse, but very different. The tour was well organized, efficient and the driver and guides very good. We were picked up at our time share actually arrived early and had an interesting drive down the coast. The ferry was fun, transfers easy and the walk through the casbah and medina very interesting. The local guides were good, and one followed at the end making sure no one got lost, a real possibility in the narrow allies. The snake charmers were interesting, and the meal was good. They dropped us off right in front of our place on the way back. Altogether a great tour.
Reviewed by: Bruce F, United States, July 2007
So glad we took this brief day trip to Morocco, well worth going, it is so exotic and a totally different experience. Our guide was extremely pleasant, knowledgeable, spoke perfect English and had tons of patience! It was a somewhat rushed day but covered all the typical sights and sounds of an Arab world. Loved the people, the food, the merchants, the music, camel rides and snake charmers even! Wish we had more time to shop!
Reviewed by: Janet D, United States, June 2007
This is a great tour. There is no way that I could have seen as much if I had done it on my own.
Reviewed by: Katherine R, Canada, April 2007
I certainly couldn't have covered the area and places we visited any quicker nor would I have enjoyed what I did see had I tried doing this myself. It is quite apparent that the tour is geared to helping the area sales persons whether it be a restaurant, carpet and souvenir shops, the local snake charmer complete with flute to the camels and souk vendors. I would have been very disappointed had we missed any of what we saw. The tour guides were excellent. Have change with you and small bills for tipping but more so for buying. Lower bills can fetch a better price in bargaining. A most memorable tour and experience. Will have Viator in my bookmarks for sure. You also came through with flying colours with the Paris Hop on Hop off Bus tour as well.
Reviewed by: George C, Canada, February 2007
We were put in a minivan because there were more people than the bus could accommodate. Unable to see any palaces from outside the minivan.
Reviewed by: Mahesh P, United States, January 2007
Very long day with a 5:30 pick up but well worth it. Very good guide with lots of knowledge, bit of a hassle with lucky lucky men but you expect that!
Reviewed by: Garry H, United Kingdom, September 2008
The experience was terrific. My teenage daughter and her friend really benefited from seeing the contrast between living in the Casbah and living in the European part of town. It is an experience that would benefit lots of young people. I wasn't very happy with the third guide blatantly asking for money from us at the end of the tour. We were happy to tip the guide from the bus and the professor who shared important historical information with us, but there was an extra guy who just walked with us and at the end asked for 5 euros for his help. I don't know if he was part of the tour or just someone who latched on to the group. I didn't find the carpet people too pushy although I had read on Trip Advisor that it was a problem for some people. The camels were commercial but the kids really enjoyed going for a ride. The street vendors were pushy but that is part of the way they live. I was in Tangier twice before, 36 and 38 years ago, and that part hadn't changed. Thanks for the great experience at a reasonable price.
Reviewed by: L M, United States, August 2008
We had one problem which was the location of pick-up. Our pick-up point was San Pedro. We were not staying in San Pedro and we did not know where the San Pedro Terminal was. To prevent early morning problems we decided to find the pick-up point the evening before. This took 2 hours as we were given various directions by bus drivers, taxi men and although we eventually got directions from the Police, because of the position of the stop, we had to go back to Puerto Banus and then return to San Pedro to confirm the location. Detailed directions, with a map, would be a useful addition to the email confirmation. We arrived at the pick-up point at 645am as requested in our confirmation, the bus arrived at 735. Once on the bus, everything went fine and we all enjoyed the day.
Reviewed by: Brendan P, Ireland, July 2008
I REALLY wanted shopping time! What a wonderful city! We were picked up right on time by a new and clean, comfortable bus. The ship ride was great! From our 1st steps in Morocco, we were hustled to buses, and the whirl-wind began. We bus toured a fancy section of outlying Tangiers, with multi million dollar homes, but the view we got was of the homes privacy fences and walls! The bus drove up to a point where the Mediterranean met the Atlantic. I have film of the many roadside vendors set up there, but we could not go to see them. I did totally enjoy my ride on a camel, that was another thing to check off of my 'life moments list'.
After this stop, finally the bus tour part was over and the real Morocco was opening up before us well, maybe the tourists version! The streets and the people were wonderful. The architecture unique and diverse. Unfortunately, part of the deal is you HAVE to sit through the sales pitches at the rug dealer and the spice and herb shop. There were so many little shops along the way, that beckoned further investigation and purchases, but we were herded like cattle, ever forward. Lunch was nice, with music playing in the back ground. After lunch, we were herded back to a waiting bus. The only shopping a person could do was bartering with the men that followed our group hawking what ever they carried. When we got off the bus at the port, there were street vendors set up near the gateway to the ship. Ah, my time to finally shop! NO! We again were herded past the gate and onto the boat and I with money in my hand and no purchases in my backpack!
