Fes, the cradle of Moroccan culture. Some say it’s stuck in time. It hasn’t changed. Some compare it to Marrakech, seen as dynamic, cosmopolitan, hedonistic even. With the passage of centuries, the milennial medina and its renowned university, akin to its sister- city across the Mediterranean, Granada, has had its share of visitors and chroniclers. […]
WHAT’S NEW IN MOROCCO WINTER 2025 NEWSLETTER From our offices in Marrakech, we regularly get on the road and scout Morocco for new locations, experiences and unique accommodations. Our latest scouting covered over 2500 miles ( 4000 km) in November and December 2024. Over 2 weeks we tried and tested new and established riads and
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Whatever lives has meaning and whatever has meaning lives. ( C. Geertz) Years ago, strolling around Gueliz, something in a shop window caught my eye. It was a book store and the cover of the book in question portrayed a fortress ( or a castle ?) strung up on the top of a bluff. The
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This trek is specifically thought for those that look to trek Morocco when the desert and its surroundings are too hot. It’s also an alternative to the High Atlas mountains next to Marrakech ( Imlil, Ourika Valley, Asni) where both local and foreign tourists teem in summer. If you prefer to meet other tourists on
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TRAVEL FROM SPAIN TO MOROCCO: WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Update March 2025: We’ve traveled via Ryanair between Malaga and Marrakech quite a few times in the last 12 months and the several-hour delays suffered in previous years are now gone, with most of the times the flights operating on time. ( Disclaimer:
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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
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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
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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
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