Only in Tangier
A Guide to Unique Locations,Hidden Corners & Unusual Objects
Published on 27. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-3-9505392-6-4 (ISBN)
Description
Discover Tangier's ancient walled medina, bustling New Town, and little-known suburbs with this explorer's guidebook to Morocco's international port city. Old forts and new mosques, historic hotels and contemporary gardens, traditional crafts and modern art. Discover the Grand Mosque, the tomb of Ibn Battuta, the Teatro Cervantes, and the street of the Beats. Explore the Grand and Petit Socco, the Cinema Rif, an abandoned bullring, and Morocco's first pet cemetery. Also the Cave of Hercules, Paul Bowles' apartment, the Perdicaris Affair, and the Sultan of the Mountains. The ideal city guide for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
244 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-9505392-6-4 (9783950539264)
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Person
In 2003, Duncan JD Smith decided to start writing and illustrating his own travel guides. He has since embarked on a lifetime's adventure, travelling off the beaten track in search of unique locations, hidden corners and unusual objects.
His findings are being published in a ground breaking series of city guides - the Only In Guides published by The Urban Explorer. With eighteen titles currently in print, the series has garnered positive reviews and sales in excess of 200,000 units.
Born in Sheffield, England in 1960 Duncan ran his own private museum from the age of ten before going on to read Ancient History and Archaeology at Birmingham University.
A passionate collector, he enjoys vintage travel books, gardening, natural history and music.
Duncan divides his time between England and Central Europe and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
His findings are being published in a ground breaking series of city guides - the Only In Guides published by The Urban Explorer. With eighteen titles currently in print, the series has garnered positive reviews and sales in excess of 200,000 units.
Born in Sheffield, England in 1960 Duncan ran his own private museum from the age of ten before going on to read Ancient History and Archaeology at Birmingham University.
A passionate collector, he enjoys vintage travel books, gardening, natural history and music.
Duncan divides his time between England and Central Europe and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.