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A few hundred yards from the port, the penon of Alhucemas stands as a challenge with his Spanish flag snapping in the wind. He signs and the history of the place. A recent history since Al Hociema, campée the top of a cliff overlooking the sea about 70 m, was founded by the Spaniards under the name Villa Sanjurjo that in 1926. No architectural treasure it. But on the other hand, beaches, coves, creeks and promontories around you hold without penalty: they form is one of the most beautiful natural the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. Completely devoted to the pleasures of the sea, Al Hoceima lives with the seasons. Last summer, hotels and restaurants close their doors, and Al Hociema s' sleep until the following spring.

English, french ... Even before the city existed, the islands off Al Hociema that attract, the seventeenth century, the attention of European navigators. At the decline of the dynasty saadienne, Vice Admiral Law to consider the effect of creating a post (1661). Embodying a draft Mazarin, Colbert decided ahead of the English or, failing that, of encouraging the Spaniards to obtain install their place ... After a recognition of the archipelago by the Duke of Beaufort, the brothers Frejus, starting Marseilles, the king asked the authorization to establish himself in the islands Albouzemes, with exclusive privilege of commercial traffic. Roland Fréjus y débarquera in 1966, but his first interview with Moulay Rachid did not give the expected results, the company created to this effect was dissolved. ... or Spanish? THE Spain, which before protested against the installation of the French under a concession which had been granted in 1660 by the sheriff saadien, installed to turn in 1973. The hostility of Rifains' s prevented nevertheless enjoy this interesting strategic position and trade. Abd el Krim took possession even when the war in rif, but the islands remained Spanish: they are even, which prohibits any access from the Moroccan coast.

the modern city, which has no monument or building particularly interesting, especially rises at the souk, on Tuesday. descendant Avenue Mohammed V, we note, however, just the height of the square, residence of the governor, surrounded by gardens. On the right road down to the port along a beach bordered by the hotel Quemado.

The port, recessed between a cliff and a rock, is home to dozens of trawlers and a small shipyard. Despite the difficulties of fishing in the Mediterranean, it remains active. Curiously, bars sailors alongside a mosque.

Following west. the coastal road on 2 or 3 km, could stop on a crack or sandy beaches and see a ruined house built on a rock in the middle of the ocean.

But we preferred to leave the city to the este went to the beautiful beach Asfiha (4 Km), and discover the Penon de Alhucemas. built facing the village club Mediterranean islet Spanish (no access) is home to a church, some houses a garrison and a prison. One can imagine the difficulties of supply, and that the right of access can mean