Tourism Guide
Tourist guides in India are usually very helpful people who take pains to ensure that tourists visiting India have a memorable trip to India. Most travel agents and hotels provide tourists with these Indian guides who charge a nominal amount for their services. The tourist guides are very helpful in taking the tourists around the city and can sometimes take you to places where normal public is not allowed. Most of these guides are well conversant in English and the local language. Some guides can speak other languages like German and French along with English. Though they are very helpful people, go through these tourist guide tips to be on the safe side.
Walking is perhaps the best way to see the relatively compact Tangier. Petit taxis are common, but if it is un-metered make sure you agree on a price first. Tangier is easy to very navigate around; the two main roads are Boulevard Mohamed V which runs from near the Medina through the ville nouvelle and Boulevard Mohamed VI (formerly Ave des FAR) which runs along from the beachfront from the port to Malabata. The Medina area is a complex array of alleyways some of which can only be accessed on foot. Mohamed V has a whole range of clothes shops, pharmacies and cafes as well as Hotel Flandria, Hotel Rembrandt. Hotel Minzah lies just off this road. Mohamed VI runs along the beach front where you will find numerous Hotels (Rif, Ramada, Sherezade, Solazure, Tariq, Movenpick), Bars, Discos, Restaurants and Cafes. Most hostels are situated on the roads heading uphill near the port area. Most locals in Tangier will be unfamiliar with what we call the "ville nouvelle". To help with agreeing fares and generally with navigating using taxis - the central main thoroughfare is simply known as the "Boulevard", the beach area as "Playa", the port as "Marsa", the medina as "souk barra", the hilly area to the west of Tangier with the Golf Course and Race Track as "California", the residential area heading towards the main road to Tetouan as "Idrissia", the thieves market as "Casa Barata".