Skift Take
Bourdain compares the realities of a destination against its reputation built up by those that loved it best in Tangier, as well as indulges viewers with insight into Bourdain’s personal taste for literature, drugs, and travel.
In episode 5 of Parts Unknown, Bourdain goes in search of a dream city, a city described by one journalist as "a Moroccan city with an European outlook."
Bourdain takes Tangier, what is considered by some savvy travelers as a dingy dangerous port city, and transforms into a poetic destination visited by inspired minds looking to escape the doldrums of society.
Bourdain accredits novelist and composer Paul Bowles for "creating a romantic vision of Tangier that exists even today, a dream that has become almost inseparable, in the minds of many, as reality.”
Bourdain does a bit of his own soul searching as he works out the truth of Tangier with British journalis
