Marina Smir  

The north coast of Morocco forms a little-explored landscape of bays and coves framed by a surprisingly green hinterland that shatters the first-time visitor's preconception of Morocco as an arid and desolate country. Set within this scenery of blue Mediterranean waters and green hills covered in wild flowers lays Marina Smir, Morocco's most fashionable marina and resort. Situated directly on the beach, halfway between Ceuta and Tetouan, and 30 kilometres from Tangiers airport, Marina Smir is approached through unspoiled natural scenery. Just 40 kilometres across the sea from Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol, the marina and resort which opened in 1991 has been developed by a Spanish group to the same standards as one finds on the Costa del Sol, offering first-class facilities for yachtsmen and visiting tourists who wish to enjoy a Mediterranean resort with a difference.Popular with visiting yachts from Andalucía, the marina forms the hub around which a series of luxury resort hotels, restaurants, bars, cafés, shops and residential developments have arisen. Beside a luxurious Sofitel Spa & Thalasso resort, the facilities now also include a golf course, a wide range of water sports, fine beaches and the kind of services that accompany a small but exclusive resort.