The entrance to a mosque in Tangier

Lying just across the strait from Gibraltar, the city that gave its name to the tangerine is eponymous with '50s and '60s hedonism.

A fascinating history of Greek, Roman and Arabic rule along with the indigenous berbers underpins its multicultural vibe.

Nowadays, not a lot of tour operators provide trips to Tangier as it has acquired something of a seedy reputation with Westerners seeking to emulate the sex and drug debauchery of that questionable belle epoch.

Tangier has a much-loved jazz festival and a film festival to boot. It inspired Matisse.

But again the Morocco conundrum - it is not a particularly safe city with women in particular advised not to travel alone.