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TRAVEL FROM SPAIN TO MOROCCO: WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO After spending 15 years living in Morocco, since 2020 we split tour time between Morocco and Andalucia. Several times a year we travel to Morocco and back from southern Spain. We’ve traveled this route before, during and after the pandemic, by car, train, ferry …
Tafraoute is also home to spectacular Morocco trekking, when the High Atlas is covered in snow. It’s a glorious morning in Ameln valley, perhaps a little too warm for this milder- than- usual November. Leaving Tafraoute behind, Lion’s Head is winking at us. Or so it seems from down here. The lush valley spreads …
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Now the Moroccan south has its own luxury kasbah, a perfect location half way between Marrakech and Erg Chigaga dunes. But this is not just another kasbah turned guesthouse story. It’s personal. And it’s inspiring. Why personal: the owner of the house spent his childhood therein and returned decades after to restore it and create …
Kasbah & Dar Hnini – Eden on the way to Erg Chigaga Read More »
La Mamounia revamped itself during the pandemic. Staying true to its origins: the epitome of luxury in Marrakech. Never resting on its laurels and making good use of the forced shutdown during the pandemic, La Mamounia revamped itself in 2022. The French restaurant has been replaced by an Asian. The Italian restaurant boasts a new …
A private tour of Morocco over 7 to 10 days. Feathers, Ivory and Gold ( 7 – 9 days) A classic Morocco 7 days itinerary, with a twist or two. Centuries ago, caravans laden with gold, ivory and feathers were delivering their loads at the sultan’s palace in Marrakech and Fes after weeks of crossing …
Casablanca – Fez – Erg Chebbi – Dades – Marrakech: 8- 10 days Read More »
Mount Toubkal, the highest summit in North Africa. Always the reference when it comes to hiking or trekking in Morocco. 60 km south of Marrakech, it’s become a staple with tourists, a box to be ticked off along with the likes of ‘Sahara desert camp‘ or a ‘tour of the Jemaa El Fna Square’. 4160 …
Work from home ? No, thank you. Part 2: off the beaten trek. Read More »
” He deems the Wild the sweetest of friends, and travels on where travels above him the Mother of all the clustered stars” It is early afternoon, under this tree, a fig tree pitched here on the bank of this wide sandy river bed, dry – how many centuries, (millennia ?) no water had surfaced …
Dar Ahlam: a hidden gem on your Morocco honeymoon or the ideal escape ? Then, this is the place. But let’s start with the beginning. 19 years ago, a man had a dream. He had fallen in love with Morocco and aspired to create a place where his guests would stay, yet as remote an …
Trekking Morocco: when, how, where, for how long and more. With 16 years of in- country living, the best part about trekking Morocco must be the wilderness, the untamed nature of its topography. Virtually devoid of well signalled routes, camping areas, mountain gites or via ferratas, the traveler is besotted by the virginal aspect of …
Our natural propensity to explore Morocco. After all, it’s about trails. And sun. Covid restrictions and the trend to work from home have but amplified it. Part 1: The desert, the water and the djinnoun. Water diviners. Overhanging fortresses. Gold diggers. Sculpted boulders, wells in the desert, trees sprouting out of rock. Treasure hunters, tears …
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