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Cristel notes

El Jedida provides for a suprisingly rewarding visit. Though the town is rarely featured on the standard Moroccan tour, it hides a beautifully preserved Portuguese fortified neignborhood, testimony of the Iberian nation's past maritime power. Sturdy remparts circle a city boasting narrow cobble stoned streets and iron clad balconies. A European oddity at the center of a typically 'Moroccan city'.

As we walked along the city walls, looking out onto the port, the medina, the ville nouvelle, and the Portuguese fortifications, we wondered at this mix of influences and its results.