Asilah, located at 45 km in the south of Tangier, on the Atlantic coast, is a postcard port with
an imposing fort called : the Kasbah. The architecture of its walls and ramparts testifies the
passage of the Portuguese who occupied it in 1471.
Then, they were the Spaniards. The city remained under Iberian rule a little less than two centuries before it became again
Moroccan. At the beginning of the century, its famous Pasha Raïssouni built a Spanish-Moorish style palace within the Kasbah
where artistic works are exposed presently.
Like the small Andalusian or Greek ports, Asilah is a proper place to taste fish and seafood in the small restaurants of the
port. The fishing of the day is served on tables drawn up on the pavements and in the small gardens. Every summer time,
particularly in August, the Cultural Festival of Asilah is organised and when many international writers, poets and artists
meet.
In the streets of the Medina, the painted walls invite your attention to discover different types of artistic colours.
