Why the Moroccan Riviera is the secret hotspot to visit this winter

A budget alternative to expensive sister Marrakech, Tangier, on the so-called ‘Moroccan Riviera’ where Burroughs wrote The Naked Lunch and Jagger smoked kief, is an increasingly popular swap. A short hop from Gibraltar’s red pillars boxes and Barbary apes, and just an hour’s ferry ride from the Spanish town of Tarifa, Tangier was an international zone governed by European powers for several decades in the early 20th century, making it a magnet for thrill-seeking celebrities ranging from…