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Historic Sites
Numerous dilapidated buildings recall the days when Saint-Exupéry and the chaps
touched down here. The
Casa Mar
is abandoned but still standing, and can be easily
reached at low tide. At the north end of the beach, a
monument
honours Saint-Exupéry's
memory: a dinky green Bréguet 14 biplane, the sort he used to fly. Nearby, the
Spanish fort
now houses military barracks, and behind the museum is the 1930s
cinema
; in the same
area, swashbucklers swapped anecdotes between flights at
Bar des Pilotes
. The wrecked
Armas ferry
Assalama
, 2km south of town, put paid to the short-lived connection between
Tarfaya and Fuerteventura when it went down in 2008.
HISTORIC SITES
Musée Saint-Exupéry
( 0661 07 94 88; admission Dh10; 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri, by appointment Sat & Sun)
Tells the
stories (in French) of Saint-Exupéry, the airmail service's founder Pierre-Georges Laté-
coère, and the incredible service itself, which eventually became part of Air France.
MUSEUM
Festivals & Events
Rallye Toulouse Saint-Louis
(
www.rallyetoulousesaintlouis.com
; late Sep or early Oct)
The airmail service is remembered
when light aircraft fly from France to Senegal and back, landing in Tarfaya en route.
FESTIVAL
Sleeping & Eating
There are numerous self-catering apartments in Tarfaya, including
Residence Armas
(
0673 54 66 47; ste Dh350; )
, which has four suites sleeping up to three people each. Les
Amis de Tarfaya can help you find an apartment.
Numerous cafes on the main street serve cheap dishes such as grilled fish.
PENSION
€€
Residence Hotelière Addoyouf
(Hotel Cap Juby; 0665 43 58 92; alisalemtarfaya@gmail.com; s/d Dh188/376)
This blue-and-yel-
low building at the northern entrance to town has five rooms on the 1st floor, with a
shared bathroom, kitchen and terrace. Meals are available and an adjoining booth sells ba-
sic provisions.
Casa Mar
HOTEL
€
