From Granada, we travelled south, past Malaga and Marbella and seeing Gibraltar in the distance.
We continued on through southern Spain’s holiday belt to Tarifa from where we took the ferry to Tangier, Morocco, across the 17 km stretch of water separating Europe from Africa.
In Tangier, we checked into the El Minzah Hotel, which has a wonderful old-world colonial ambience with hotel staff wearing Moroccan outfits.
From here we had our first experience ...