The Tetouan Medina feels very authentic and real – a place where locals live and mingle and bargain, not a contrived attraction trying to look exotic for tourists.
It’s the area’s renowned school of arts and crafts, which teaches and preserves the traditional Moorish arts of wood carving, painting, copper work, embroidery, etc.
Exploring this Morocco souk and medina
(with a side-visit to Dar Sana) is definitely one of the best things to do in Tetouan – and perhaps our favorite experience in Morocco.
It’s a small, 18th century riad (house with a garden courtyard in the middle) with eight clean and attractive rooms—we know because we peeked into some of them!