Casablanca
Travel Blogs from Casablanca, Morocco
Land of the Berbers
... the other passengers, so much of our first day in Casablanca was spent catching up on our "z"s. Casablanca at 3.8 million is the largest city in Morocco. From 1840 until 1956, Morocco was a French Protectorate; French is still widely spoken here and ...
how not to see Marrakech
... stadium that's being built and lost of residential development as we head in to Marrakech. It's a like a low-rise version of Casablanca except even more chaotic. I think we're already running a little late so Lazrak hustles us off the bus, ...
Casablanca and Closing Comments on Morocco
... : with all the trash, slums, noise and grit that goes along with that. According to our guidebook, the actual movie Casablanca wasn't even filmed in Morocco, all of it was shot in Florida! We certainly believe it, romantic is about the last term we'd use ...
Full Circle
... Their flights did not depart Casablanca for a couple of days, so they decided to spend the remainder of their time in Morocco there, rather than in Casablanca where there's less to do - and the shopping isn't as good! Perhaps we will meet again someday, ...
'Konichiwa' from Morocco!
... intact, including several mosaics. Here I am working one of the reconstructed olive presses. All aboard! Next stop Casablanca... Whatever romantic notions people have of Casablanca are quickly thrown out the window (the movie "Casablanca" ...
Hammam a mia!
... ; In case you make it to Casablanca you must experience it for yourself: Les Bains Ziani 59, Rue Abou Rakrak Casablanca - Liberte www.hammamziani.ma For all of you who have never had a hammam experience...there's nothing like it at ...
Play it again Sam.
... winning romance film from the early 1940's. In fact, I have never seen the movie, but at least I also knew that Casablanca is Morocco's biggest city, that it's name translates to white house in Spanish and that tourists who visit usually finds ...
first day of sightseeing
Well after a full day at sea i´ve arrived in the port of casa blanca. yesterday i was looking rather green as the boat(i know it´s a ship) wouldn´t stop rolling.. i´ve made some friendzs on here.. they are all above 60 but hey it´s not like there is ...
Day 1 of Tour Casablanca
I have loved my first 48 hours in Morocco... I have a feeling that this country will be everything I expect and more! At 6.30pm, I met my tour group that will be my 'family' for the next 14 days. I'm trying to keep an open mind as these tours ...
Epic Journey Madrid to Casablanca
... 24 hours in Morocco are anything to go by, I am in for a real treat. The journey from Madrid to Casablanca was long, tiring but so rewarding, interesting and enjoyable. Travelling amongst the locals within Morocco was exhillerating... even though I ...
Life in Casablanca
Finally after all this time in London, I have been granted a 16 day pass and I can now be found in Morocco What I don't get is, within 2 hours of being here, I have been offered hash on numerous occasions, I have been taken for a ride and been ripped ...
Casablanca
... in Casablanca was intended to break up the eight hour commute from Essaouira to Fes, and a great decision it was. We arrived to Casablanca at around 3:30PM via bus to Marrakech and then a three hour train ride. We nearly missed the train however since we ...
A Guided Tour of Casablanca
... construct and provides jobs for the 300 workers it takes to maintain it daily. Following my list of what to do in Casablanca in 24 hours, Youssef proceeded to drop us off at the Villa des Arts, a contemporary exhibition hall which was currently featuring ...
Biggest Minaret in The World
The area of Morocco that Casablanca is in has been conquered by many people over the years and even recently was rocked by suicide bombers. We had to go through Casablanca on our way out of the country and we had a 5 hour wait till our connecting bus ...
Casablanca
... plans. We decided to head to Spain again and the fly to the Island of Malta and then onto Italy. However I ate something in Casablanca that made me really Ill and ended up really sick on the overnight train to Tangier and also on the ferry back to Spain. ...
adjusting to casa
I have had 2 days now to settle into life in casablanca (the 'new york of morrocco'). Although I was expecting culture shock, it is nothing like i anticipated here- rather than cosmopolitan and exotic, it is tumble down dirty and smelly. the french ...
El Jadid, Morocco
... row with me and those in the row in front were nothing but pleasant and polite the entire trip. I felt pretty confident arriving in Morocco , Casablanca to be exact, I knew it was a Muslim country and I knew I was a woman (blonde at that) ...
Back to Africa!!!!
... Huegel, Seen, braune, gelbe, rote Erde, Straeucher, Buesche, Baeume... es hatte von allem etwas. War wundervoll. In Casablanca angekommen, legte ich mich erstmal ein bisschen in mein riesiges Bett um mich auszuruhen, bevor ich das pulsierende Nachtleben ...
Second Stop
Our second stop in Morocco is cosmopolitan Casablanca. The city is completely different from where we were the day before. We check out the beach (though it's too cold to swim), and we visit the very impressive Hassan II mosque (3rd largest in the ...
From Casablanca to Meknès-The First Few Days
... Mountains; relaxing at the seaside town of Essaouira; and finally spending a few days in Marrakech, Morocco's cosmopolitan epicenter. Before we left Casablanca, we made the essential stop at the Hassan II Mosque-the 3rd largest mosque in the world. ...
Round the World TOP TEN - Moroc
... . 4. Food vendor picks Skippy up and shakes him - to see what falls out. 5. Lord of the Flies moment in old Medina, Casablanca. 6. Cockroach in taxi cab - Casablanca. 7. Ibis Hotel in Casablanca is renamed Hotel NO - Can we get a non-smoking ...
The touring begins!
... ; After 4 or 5 hours driving (including an unscheduled stop when the bus overheated) we arrived in Casablanca at night. This is Morocco's largest city and is very urbanised and industrial, a completely different city to everywhere else we ...
Estamos en Marruecos :)
... sus caracteristicas y preciosas csitas blancas con puertas y ventanas en azul, luego otro dia mas en Fes y de vuelta a Casablanca a tomar un avion a Marrakech, donde estaremos 4 dias. Seguramente volvamos a escribir desde Marrakech. No podemos creer que ...
Africa! The Port City of Casablanca
... ! Glenn was happy! After finding the internet from the previous days instructions, we then enjoyed a big seafood lunch, after all, Casablanca was a port city. We decided to do a self-walking tour of the city after lunch, passing some nice old ...
Another long day
... it only took 3 hours. We were dropped off at the bus station and walked down the road to the train station. There was a train to casablanca at 1pm, which was only half an hour away so we decided to get this one. We got on it ten minutes before but we ...
En chemin
... , je dis au revoir à Leslie, cette fabuleuse française qui m'a accueilli dans ces terres burkinabées. A 3h30 mon avion décolle, arrivé à Casablanca au Maroc à 7 heures du matin... où il faut encore changer de fuseau horaire... et ...
Leaving Morocco
... had a large van waiting for us. We packed our stuff in the back and two and a half hours later we were at the Casablanca airport eating a proper breakfast. In all, we never had any kind of stomach problems in one month in Morocco, which was a big ...
Ma'a Salamah Moroc
... in a sandstorm, which worked itself into a serious thunderstorm. We took off for the airport early, since we had our fill of Casablanca. But as a parting gift we took a taxi to the train station which had a cockroach for a mascot. Lovely! We hung ...

