Why I wouldn't ride this boat from Europe to Africa again... (disappointing!)

I travel from Spain to Morocco without flying, by train & boat - but would I recommend that you use the same route?

After taking the Italy-Tunisia boat earlier this year, I went in for seconds with the Spain-Morocco boat, via Granada, Algeciras and Tangier Med.

I chose to go via this route purely for a nice leisurely view sailing away from the rock of Gibraltar... but would I get it?

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[thornton]

And which niche ferry journey should I review next? Willing to travel very far x

[siobhan]

I travelled from Tarifa, Spain to Tangier, Morocco in 2007. I was staying in Nerja at the time so had to take a coach to Tarifa. The trip to Morocco was amazing. It was my first time in Africa. Even though it was only a day trip, its one I'll never forget.

[GabrielsReviews]

2:00 I think it was a necessary repositioning train that was carried out to enable a much busier return and any revenue on that train is a bonus with any loses off set by a busier return leg .

[stevemcclure]

Looking forward to watching the African train video! We were in Granada and thought about going to Morocco, kind of wishing we had done it now!

[JMB]

Denmark to Iceland via the Faroes would be cool too!

[dianaw]

Bravo, Tom! Your photo what’s very well worth it! You did great! What a beautiful but Novell journey!

[redademe]

Great video Tom, the port you got off at (Tangier Med) is meant mostly for folks with cars/motorcycles/trucks going to other places in Morocco who don't want to get stuck in Tangier's traffic before getting on the highway. If you're a foot passenger it makes a million sense to get on the ferry from Tarifa which drops you off right in the heart of Tangier, Algeciras-Tarifa is also half the distance between Tangier's two ports.
The third option that you didn't include is the ferry from Algeciras to Spain's exclave of Ceuta, this is the cheapest of all three crossings (Tarifa-Tangier being the priciest) but you then have to take a bus/taxi to the land crossing into Morocco and another taxi ride to the nearest major town.
There are up to 5 other routes as you go east along the coast between Morocco/Spanish exclaves and mainland Spain bringing the total up to 8 different routes without counting the longer journeys from Barcelona/France/Italy, there's definitely no shortage of sea travel options between the two countries.

[BadSloucher]

At last! A new video! I was having parasocial abandonment issues for a moment there

1:41 🧑‍🍳💋 👏👏👏

[ebrent]

we took the same ferry from Morocco and the process was much smoother. I agree that the trip from Tangier to the ferry port is beautiful and should itself be considered an integral part of the journey.

[SilverNightKyle]

Another glorious adventure, my friend…

[audioupgrades]

You're a hero for championing travel by train and boat. As always, a beautiful video filled with ambiance.

[HumblElephant]

The quickest commenter this side of the atlantic

[silvieb]

Hello from California. I enjoyed your video. ❤

[OnMyFeet]

You did what I wanted to do. Well done for giving it a go and just getting to Tangier and it all being good once you got there. Gives me hope to do this!

[kathrynstemler]

7:50 I don’t think you can see the Atlas Mountains yet, but hopefully you’re headed there. They’re beautiful 😃

[benjaminjaffer]

Hello! I also traveled from Barcelona to Tangier overland a few months ago (via cordoba instead of Granada). However, I decided to go from tarifa and add a visit to Gibraltar. I must say immigration was just as painful and nobody even gave me an immigration card! That being said Tangier is an amazing city and I hope you enjoy it. Gibraltar is definitely worth visiting in the future too.

[ljosephdumas]

Hi, Tom. Just wanted to let you know the Closed Captions were reading Gibraltar as "Jaaa."

[realhawaiio]

Last remaining?
There's a lot of ferry routes.

[JohannesNikitin]

Take that ferry to Ceuta. That's cool place. Mixed culture with Spain and Morocco, weird religions, EU-Morocco borderline etc. And not touristy like Gibraltar definitely is...

[GeekyScot]

Some feedback of you’re open to it - I don’t necessarily mind the hard-coded subs at the start of the video, but maybe next time make them a bit smaller? I watch YouTube on my big TV and the font was huge!