Discovering modern art, mythic caves and coastal golf in Tangier

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Today in Golf Travel Tales, we join Immy Barclay as she uncovers the wonders of Tangier, one of Africa’s oldest cities with 2,500 years of heritage.

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00:00This program is brought to you by Morocco, Kingdom of Light.

00:10Located at the entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar, at the crossroads between two seas and two

00:15continents, welcome to Tangier.

00:23You cannot fail to fall in love with the city.

00:26It's one of the oldest in Africa, with over 2,500 years of history, so join me to discover

00:33its wonders.

00:36Well, what better place to start than Morocco's oldest golf course?

00:43It's founded in 1914.

00:45The Tangier Royal Golf Country Club is also one of the oldest in Africa.

00:53Located in the center of the city, the Tangier Royal Golf Country Club extends over an area

00:58of approximately 65 hectares.

01:00How are you doing?

01:01Good.

01:02Good to see you.

01:03Welcome to Royal Country Club of Tangier.

01:05Well, I think you're going to be taking me around, are you?

01:07I think so.

01:08I'm going to scoot here.

01:09Into the wagon.

01:11Blue, this is a beautiful place.

01:14I can see why you're so fond of this course.

01:16It is amazing.

01:17It certainly has, for me, the most charm of all the Moroccan courses.

01:20It's an 18-hole course.

01:22It's hilly, especially the first nine.

01:25It's a challenging course, but it's a lovely course, so you never feel really bad once

01:29you finish, no matter how badly you've played, because this is a great place to play golf.

01:35It's a technical course with a mixture of hills and flats, sometimes challenging, sometimes

01:40simple, and a few surprises.

01:46Today, I'm in the Grand Soco, that inspired a novel of the same name by Joseph Kessel.

02:02Now, as soon as you enter the Old Medina, you are greeted by an abundance of beautiful

02:07scents and smells, and also there, you'll find lots of local street food to sample.

02:16The beautiful city of Tangier boasts these unforgettable landscapes, and fans of Greek

02:21mythology have to check out the Cave of Hercules, which you can find just around here at Cape

02:26Spartal.

02:29You can see why this beautiful scenery has seduced writers, adventurers, and artists

02:33for centuries, including Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Jack Kerouac, Eugène Delacroix,

02:41Camille Saint-Saëns, and Matisse, all fell under its spell.

02:48Well to find out more about Tangier's amazing art scene, I've come to the right place.

02:52This is the Museum of Contemporary Art.

02:55Hello.

02:56Hello.

02:57Assalamu alaikum.

02:59Nice to see you.

03:00I'm Aziz, a tour guide in Tangier, and I welcome you to discover the beauty of Tangier in the

03:03scene of art.

03:04Great.

03:05Come with me, please.

03:06Looking forward to this.

03:09What is the art scene like today?

03:11So actually to talk about art in Tangier, we need to know very well the history of this

03:15beautiful city, and actually Tangier is considered the point meeting between Europe and Africa.

03:21The history of Tangier is very rich.

03:23What would you say attracted artists to Tangier?

03:25So Tangier attracted everyone, and especially artists.

03:29So Tangier, thanks to its location, thanks to its history and cosmopolitan side, you

03:34know, this made of Tangier a very special city and an attraction for everyone.

03:40To finish my Tangier experience, I've come to play a round of golf at Alhuara Golf Club.

03:47Alhuara Golf Club is a unique course surrounded by a protected forest and the Atlantic.

03:52Conceived and designed by the famous architects Graham Marsh and Vijay Singh, the course stretches

03:57over 110 hectares between Tangier and Asila.

04:03So the Alhuara Golf Club is a magnificent 18 holes championship courses with a length

04:11of around 7,600 yards, and it features two swings, room, indoor room for education, nine

04:22hole compact practice facilities, which are all footed.

04:30The 13th hole is a very nice hilly hole, with an eventful green and big bunkers that

04:35defend it.

04:37The icing on the cake is a golf hole that ends on the sea with a magnificent view of

04:41the Atlantic.

04:45And if you're interested in other courses, there's the Cabo Negro Golf, nestled on the

04:49slopes of the Riff Massif, facing the sea.

04:56This program is brought to you by Morocco, Kingdom of Light.

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