JJ Merelo · CC BY-SA 2.0Autonomous city
Melilla (Spanish:; Tarifit: Mřič) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, on the Morocco–Spain border, adjacent to the Moroccan port town of Beni Ansar, and faces the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi).
The trading outpost of Rusadir was established on the current site by seafaring Phoenicians. Passed over among several powers during Antiquity and the middle ages, the place was forsaken amid strife between the Kingdoms of Fez and Tlemcen, and it was seized by Christians in 1497, constituting a condominium between the House of Medina Sidonia and the Crown of Castile until 1556. Integrated in the Hispanic Monarchy, the fortress of Melilla la Vieja remained a military praesidium with limited civilian population for much of the early modern period. After the expansion of Melilla's perimetre to its current limits in the wake of the Treaty of Wad Ras (1860), the area in between Melilla la Vieja and the outer forts was urbanised and populated by mainland Spaniards, Sephardi Jews and Riffians, and the local economy thrived from the mining (iron ore) operations in the eastern Rif. Prior to the passing of its Statute of Autonomy in 1995, Melilla was a regular municipality of the province of Málaga.
Melilla is one of the special territories of the member states of the European Union. Movements to and from the rest of the EU and Melilla are subject to specific rules, provided for in the Accession Agreement of Spain to the Schengen Convention. As of 2025, Melilla had a population of 87,067. It has a small airport and its port is connnected to the ports of Málaga, Motril, and Almería via ferry. The population is chiefly divided between people of Iberian and Riffian extraction.
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Where to eat
We don't have verified restaurants here yet, but the larder of Ceuta y Melilla already says a lot.
See the restaurants on the mapWe haven't verified any table with its owner in Melilla yet. In the meantime, these are the restaurants mapped in the surrounding area.
Up to 30 km around, according to OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps. No ratings or prices: call before you go.
71 restaurants
71 restaurants
Melilla · in the village+34 628 679 720View on the map
Melilla · in the village+34 952 681 925View on the mapWebsite
Melilla · in the village+34 952682946View on the mapWebsite
Melilla · in the village+34 952 670 187View on the mapWebsite
Melilla · in the village+34 952 992 378View on the mapWebsite
Melilla · in the village+34 952 671 505View on the mapWebsite
Melilla · in the village+34 952 681 613View on the mapWebsite
Melilla · in the village+34 952 686 116View on the map
Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): what has been mapped with its name. If your restaurant is missing or you want to manage it, sign up as a professional.
The 30 closest to the centre, out of 68 in the municipality.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
What almost never fails in a village like Melilla.
From a wood-fired oven if you're lucky; ask what time the batch comes out.
There's almost always a cheesemaker nearby; the local shop will know which one.
From local beekeepers: wildflower or rosemary, depending on the hills.
Almost every village has its market day and its producers: the cheesemaker, the baker, the vegetable garden next door. Ask at the tourist office or the bar on the square; they'll tell you where to buy straight from the maker.
We haven't confirmed Melilla's market day. Every village has its own: better to ask than to make it up.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
