Cap Spartel
14km west of Tangier, the road leading to Cap Spartel, the northwest extremity of Africa’s Atlantic coast, runs through La Montagne, the city’s western suburb, which is bathed in the perfume of eucalyptus and mimosa. At the Cape, is the promontory known in antiquity as Cape Ampelusium or Cape of the Vines, and a lighthouse dating from 1865. There is breathtaking view of the ocean where the Mediterranean and the Atlantic meet up, and on clear days you can see the Strait and coast of Spain from Cape Trafalgar to the rock of Gibraltar.
