Sale, Morocco Tourist Attractions

Facing Rabat, directly across the Bou Regreg River on its left bank, lies the town of Salé. Rabat and Salé are sister cities spanned by a bridge across the river which was constructed in 1957. Their combined population of around two million makes Rabat/Salé the second-largest urban center in Morocco after Casablanca.Salé is an important port with numerous industries including fish canning, cork processing, ceramics, flour milling and carpet weaving.According to some traditions, Salé was founded by Moulay Idris I at the end of the eighth century. Other traditions have it that the settlement was started by Moulay Idris II at the beginning of the ninth century. However, most historians believe that Salé was most likely established as a tiny short-lived principality of the Berber Bani Ifrans tribe led by Amir Abou Al Kemal Temin which, within a few years was overrun and destroyed by the Almoravids.For centuries Rabat and Salé were rival principalities but eventually Rabat began to dominate the area and Salé's power was ultimately eclipsed altogether by its larger neighbor.