Tetouan Beaches

Tetouan is Morocco's gateway to the Mediterranean — a city of Andalusian heritage with a beautifully preserved Hispano-Moorish medina inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Just 10km east of the city, a chain of golden-sand Mediterranean beaches stretches along the coast of the Bay of Martil, offering an entirely different experience to Morocco's Atlantic coast: warmer, calmer seas, lower waves, and a more developed resort infrastructure beloved by Moroccan families and Spanish visitors alike.

The three main beaches — Martil, M'diq and Cabo Negro — each have distinct character. Martil is the most accessible, a lively resort town that comes alive in summer with a full beach promenade and all amenities. M'diq is the most upmarket, a proper resort town with hotel complexes, yacht club and a long stretch of clean sand. Cabo Negro is the most peaceful of the three — a wooded headland backed by pines with a quieter beach appeal. Together they make the Tetouan coast one of the most complete family beach destinations in the whole of Morocco.