Country Info
- Rabat
- Capital
- Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
- Currency
- 30,645,305
- Population
- MA
- Country Code
Rabat Slideshow
Rabat
Travel Blogs from Rabat, Morocco
Trying To Take It All In
... ; It was an African band from Senegal. The music was fantastic - turns out the band is a favorite of the younger generation in Morocco and there was a tremendous turn-out. We realized that it was about a 75:25% male to female ratio, which was ...
Rabat
Fun time in the capital of al-Maghreb. Walked through the medina which incidentally is one of the coolest ones I have seen aside from Fes because you can paint the walls any color you want so there is a number of variations of color in the maze. Went ...
Rabat and Meknes
... the whitewashed Kasbah, as well as the old city where Portuguese slaves were once used. By train, Meknes is a 2.5 hour journey from Rabat. Anne and I shared our carriage with a singer that happily conversed with us in English and French (Anne speaks some ...
Finally a new country!
... Egypt, via an interesting flight from Cairo (5 hours!) to Casablanca, from where we made our way to Rabatm the capital of Morocco... It's quite the change from Egypt! It's nice and clean and fairly calm (compared to Cairo at least...) We toured ...
Wonderful Rabat
... for their services. Guillaume and I didn’t really have the time to do a full look around and though I suggested we leave, in Morocco the man has final say, and Guillaume agreed. At the end the man demanded money and we had nothing to pay him. After ...
Rice is nice but the Tanjine is Supreme!
... hadn't eaten anything authentic so we found the closest Moroccan place and dug into a pile of Couscous and Tajine chicken...yum, Morocco was getting even better. We spent another hour walking the new city and then the old. The cafe's, which ...
News Flash: It Gets Hot in Africa!
... random topics - that was by far the best part of the whole day. We talked about cultural, social and political issues in Morocco and the Middle East. I just love those conversations and hope we can squeeze a few more in before this program ...
Rabat, Fes
... to ignore some moments of our travel in this blog, so this info will have to do;)). And so, it's nearly evening now [:-)] and Morocco begins to play Ghana. The streets became a bit empty and we are climbing to a hill near Borj Nord to have a wonderful ...
Brillo Hair - The Saga Continues
... hair product until Voila, he proudly handed down a bottle of Dove conditioner! And do you know what conditioner is called in Morocco? Apres-Shampoo. Who knew? With deep gratitude, I asked how muich; he replied vingt-neuf dirham. I handed him a ...
Moroccan Mosques
... and one or more minaret prayer towers, all of which have taken on local character as Islam spread around the world. Morocco has several distinguished examples of mosques. Kairouine Mosque in Fez is the oldest in Morocco, founded in 857 A.D. ...
Christmas anyone?
... got some xmas texts but surely they've just got the wrong day! But, alas, no, they had got the day exactly right because, when in Rabat at night, searching for food, I was able to go for a pizza and buy a coke that was one pound, instead of the usual ...
Rabat
The capital of Morocco is not as beautiful as its other cities, nor as historically rich. The city boasts a number of palaces owned by the king and the Chellah Roman Ruins, which is a very interesting place. I saw Chellah in the pouring rain, and I still ...
Continued.
... I never ended up there. In the end I went to the Agdal Label Vie then caught a cab to the “Gare Agdal” (“Agdal Rabat Train Station”). To Zineb: if you do read this, I made it to Friday’s via cab, had soup, and then I made ...
Making fun of bad drivers!
So today in school, I drank the worst OJ ever. Unless I miss my guess, it was a Moroccan generic brand. Generic brands seem to be a foreign concept here. Of course most Moroccans would hate on it in French. Anyway, don’t drink it and I’ll ...
Lunching in the Mountains
... really cool restaurant that was lit by candles and enjoyed a three course meal. Then we went back to the hotel and had closing remarks on the roof wrapped in like 10 blankets. Morocco is much colder then Seville even though it was further south. ...
Embracing the Culture
... needed to do some shopping. We had him take us to the market for some bartering. I bought an inlaid box because apparently they come from Morocco. They wanted 70 Duram (7 Euro) for it but I got it down to 30 Duram. Last we went to a Café to talk and ...
Day 8 - Morocco, Rabat - A Driving Day
... of beer which we snuck under the truck floor. Shhhhhhhh. From there it was back on the truck for the drive to Rabat, some 200km from Fes. Pulled into a servo for a speed lunch of salad, tuna, cheese, bread and fruit before continuing ...
First day
... can't speak for the rest of the class, talk 98% in Arabic, and ask as many questions as possible. For goodness sake, I'm in Morocco. Stuart won't be able to get a word in edge-wise. I'll talk only in broken French, MSA, and broken Moroccan colloquial ...
Jun 13, 2010
Day 12 - Morocco, Rabat - Hang Over No. 1
Ahhh dear me hello first hangover of the trip. Red wine is nasty nasty nasty... or maybe it was the white.... or the rose, I'm not entirely sure. We did however discover that apple snaps and rose is actually quite nice. I blame it ...
Morocco Part III: we have no more dirhams!
From Fes, we moved on to Rabat, the capital of Morocco. Rabat was quite a refreshing site, it had a different feel to Fes and Tangier. There were no touts when we exited the very modern train station, the main street was lined with palm trees, the city ...
DRIVING LESSONS
Hola, as they never say here in Morocco: Some updates: -As far into the future I can see, there won't be very many pictures. Sorry. -I never do anything, so you can look forward to anecdotes instead of travels. Sorry again. ...
Waiting on Visas
... to stay dry (it rained a lot). In Rabat we found a Pizza shop with Schwarma Pizza which was pretty delicious, other than that not too much to report. Being Morocco's winter it isn't warm (16C), so we are looking forward to the heat of ...
Visas and vistas
... . He arrived in Tangier with an Italian guy called Bruno the previous night who is on a much shorter holiday, discovering Morocco. While our visas were getting processed we headed to Le Tour Hassan, which is a 44m minaret (although originally ...
You don't speak English very well
... , they think I’m an idiot. “Ana waslitu ala al Maghrib eowma ahid faqat.” (I only arrived in Morocco on Sunday only.) Apparently this is no excuse for idiocy. They continue laughing. Side-note: there was a motorcyclist ...
Moroccan Finale
... . It was also very cheap here and I was able to secure a nice room for only $5 a night. My next stop was Rabat, the capital of Morocco. There was not much to see here because it is mostly a modern city but it is on the coast and has nice wide-open ...
Loong bus trip to Rabat for Maritanian visa
Got the late night bus to Rabat at 00:00 from Essaouira. It takes some 8hrs and costs 108Dh (9.67euros / 8.20quid) one way. This was some trip! stopped a few times, first time the engine was blasting smoke out so a 45min stop was necessary. Then the bus ...