The Caves of Hercules
Just 5km south of Cap Spartel lies the Caves of Hercules, the vast and wild Atlantic, known locally as Robinson Plage. It is broken only by a rocky spit, which is home to the cave of Hercules, something of a symbol for Tangier, with their strange sea window shaped like a reversed map of Africa. According to legend, Hercules slept here before performing one of his 12 labors, picking the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides. The location of the legendary garden belonging to these nymphs of darkness and guarded by the dragon with 100 heads is said to be further south, near Lixus.
