Laghrib Hostel

Folded into the medina's Khalid Ibn El Oualid lane, Laghrib Hostel sits behind a plain riad facade two minutes from the Petit Socco and roughly ten from the Kasbah museum — a practical, low-cost base for backpackers and first-time Morocco travellers who want the old town without a hotel budget.

Common terraces catch cross-breezes off the Strait of Gibraltar, and staff sketch informal walking routes through the tannery alleys most guidebooks skip.

Tangier's port ferry terminal is a fifteen-minute walk downhill, useful for early Tarifa crossings.