Rabat
The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still
standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets
or shallow ocean water.
-- Raquel Cepeda
Rabat gets top billing for 2018 from Trip Advisor.
Morocco's coastal capital since 1912, Rabat has just over a million people.
Modern and even reserved by Moroccan standards, the city also has many fascinating historic sites,
including the picturesque Kasbah of the Udayas, built in the mid-12th century. The unique Hassan Tower,
begun at the end of the 12th century, was meant to have the world's largest minaret, but was never completed.
Just opposite the tower lies the 20th-century Mausoleum of Mohammed V, another of the city's main
attractions.
[tripadvisor.com]
