The remains of the Casa Mar fortress built by the British in the 1880s in Tarfaya, Morocco.
Story
Tarfaya links an Atlantic townscape with the history of early airmail. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry became station chief at Cap Juby, today’s Tarfaya, in 1927. That aviation connection gives a coastal stop here a story beyond the beach.
Explore the town and shoreline, then check local arrangements for the Saint-Exupéry museum or memorial. Plan onward travel around confirmed road connections and current services. Allow time to appreciate the coast without assuming that a historic sea link still provides a passenger ferry.
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- Tarfaya
- Region
- Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
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Tarfaya
- Tarfaya Literary and Coastal History Walk
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- Casa Mar Tarfaya
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- Tarfaya Akhfennir Khnifiss Naaila
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- Tarfaya, Laayoune and Boujdour Atlantic South in 6 Days
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- Khnifiss National Park and Naaila Lagoon
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