Know what to see, what to visit and what to do when traveling to Safi

Safi is a city on the coast of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean. Dukala-Abda is the capital of the region, has a population of 284 750 inhabitants. Safi is also the center of an impressive urban algomeration, which had a population of about 793,000 inhabitants (1987).

The port of Safi is the main port of the sardine industry in the country. The extraction of phosphate, the industrial ceramic and textiles have been developed. Safi was during the Second World War the site of landing in Operation Torch.

Information about Safi 

Safi, under the name Safim (Zaffim or Asfi), is one of the oldest cities in Morocco, therefore its date of foundation is unknown. According to historian Mohammed al-Kanuni, Safi must be identified with the ancient thymiaterion or Carcunticus and was founded by the Carthaginian Hanno during his Periplo in relation to Pliny the Elder.

Under the Almohades it functioned as an important port for the capital Marrakech.

The city was under Portuguese dominion 1488-1541; Are believed to have abandoned the Saadians (who were at war with them), as the city was difficult to defend from ground attacks. The Portuguese fortress built to protect the city is still there today.