El Hank Lighthouse
Century-old stone tower on a rocky point, warning ships off reefs now ridden by surfers below.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to El Hank Lighthouse in Casablanca opens on a question: how did water that once wrecked ships come to draw surfers instead? It goes back to before 1920, when this stretch of coast had no warning light and captains tore their hulls on a hidden reef, and follows architect Albert Laprade's 1916 to 1920 tower, crowned with a Moorish ridge that echoes a minaret. Two hundred fifty six steps spiral up through its stone to the lantern room, where keepers once lived clustered at its base through Atlantic gales.
This audio guide was created using AI.
Similar places
Boulevard de la Corniche
Seafront promenade of beach clubs and terraces stretching past a century-old lighthouse toward a mosque built over the ocean.
Ain Diab Beach
Golden Atlantic beach known for steep surf breaks, strong rip currents, and lively beach clubs.
Fishing Port Casablanca
Working harbor behind a long stone jetty, with wheeling gulls, moored trawlers and stalls of fish straight off the boats.
La Sqala
Cannon-lined coastal bastion turned garden restaurant overlooking the Atlantic port.
Clock tower
Neo-Moorish clock tower shaped like a minaret, rebuilt as a replica of the French colonial original.
Plage Dar Bouazza 2
Sandy Atlantic beach break where local surfers ride a right-hand point through winter swells.