Sefrou
Travel Blogs from Sefrou, Morocco
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Mar 26, 2009
The Middle Atlas, Fez, and al-medina
... ) in the Fez medina, which is the largest medina in Morocco, if not the world, with over 9,000 alleyways. Fez, the capital of Morocco's first Arab dynasty, was founded by Idriss II in 807 AD. Idriss also founded the medina, which is a place of significant ...
Fez, land of surprises
The bus ride down out of the mountains towards Fez was relatively uneventful. It got warmer and the fields were greener. Lots of what looked like wheat and probably mint in the fields. Oranges too. They have so much more flavor ...
Fending off touts in Fez
After a painful overnight bus journey where neither of us managed to sleep, we arrived at Fez at 5 in the morning not at all ready for the touts that we thought would be awaiting us. Luckily we realised that the touts need to sleep at some time to, and ...
Man and Wife
... eternal presence at her shoulder deterred would-be suitors, but i rather think that the days of such fantastic offers are over; Morocco is westernising fast, and there are enough white girls about that they donīt bring the local men to their knees. Not ...
Home, Sweet Benjamin's Home
Ribat El Kheir sits atop a plateau that looks out over a wide valley full of little farms with the Middle Atlas mountains on the other side. We've been gently immersed into Benjamin's life: 1. We've washed our clothes on the roof with many watchful ...
Alpine style
Picking the apples along the main road, Jewish community in Sefrou, skiing in a ski resort Mischliffen, berberian monkeys, countryside of cedars trees....and more and ...
Local encounters
The markets in Fes were closed today so we went to the town of Sefrou. There we encountered an individual who wanted to show us his town. He could speak some English but was much more comfortable in French so it was left to me to communicate with him. He ...
Meeting the king
It was a very scenic bus ride to Fez. We met a couple of young men who had a spare Lonely Planet guide so they very kindly gave it to us. It is an older edition, but not much has changed here. If anything prices have gone down! It will make a difference ...
Relaxing at the Riad
... so soft, though I nearly kicked her in the head when it came time to scrub my feet. Another experience I will never forget... Morocco is wonderful & the food is even better. I stand out like a ... white person in Morocco??? Everyone asks "Where you ...
Morocco--Sept. 2005
so morocco, to sum it up...bustling markets, sweaty trains and freezing buses, meals that were a vegetarian's delight, buzz-inducing coffee, unbelievable palaces, fabulous medina shopping, lots of gooey honey and pistachio treats, having to communicate ...
In Fez with Fede!!!
Guess who is here??? Fede!!! After 2 weeks of solo traveling in Morocco... here he comes: Fede!!! After Rabat I went to Meknes to visit a guy from US that is currently living and teaching there. I had a really good time chilling, wandering around the ...
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