City walk · Tangier · Morocco
Walter Burton Harris
1866–1933 · a real person
a witty, well-travelled British correspondent of the 1920s: gossipy, affectionate, allergic to pomposity
Read what Walter Burton Harris says
My name is Walter Harris. For forty years I wired Morocco's news to London from this town, and I am buried at the top of this hill. Tonight I would like to walk the road home one last time, and I would rather not walk it alone. There are no riddles to solve — only things to look at while I talk. Come up with me: we start in the new town and finish in the oldest house America owns abroad.
Tangier · 5 stops · 2.3 km
about 32 min walking, 22 min listening at the stops — going inside is extra · Tap a stop on the map for a preview.
Where it takes you
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Best time to walk: Morning or after 5pm. The Grand Socco and the terrace are shadeless at midday; the Legation closes at 17:00 on weekdays and 15:00 at weekends.
55 min · 2.3 km · 5 stops · medium
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Partly shadedBest time to walk: Morning or after 5pm. The Grand Socco and the terrace are shadeless at midday; the Legation closes at 17:00 on weekdays and 15:00 at weekends.
The walk
Tangier between the wars was a city of consuls, spies, market women and journalists, and Walter Burton Harris knew all of them. This walk climbs from the French church of the new town to the Grand Socco and down the medina's oldest street to the American Legation. No puzzles — just a story told stop by stop, with something to look at each time. It ends in the only United States National Historic Landmark outside America.
Start here
Rue Hassan El Ouzani, arrondissement de Tanger-Medina طنجة المدينة
Stand on the street outside the Eglise Francaise, the small church just north of Place de France, and face its door.
Directions
