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Algeciras

There's only one reason to visit the ugly industrial port, and that's to catch the ferry across the Straits of Gibraltar to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta or Tangier in Morocco.

Algeciras has a reputation as a place to get ripped off and the market, port and bus and train stations are teeming with con artists offering to change money or sell you drugs and ferry tickets. However all this may seem a little tame if you've just arrived from Morocco.

Fortunately transport out of Algeciras is extremely frequent with several ferries an hour. The bus and train stations are both located around a kilometre west of the port.

Hostel accommodation

Instalación Juvenil Algeciras

Carretera Nacional 340 km 95,6 Brda. Pelayo, 11390 Algeciras
Tel 95 678 4035

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