BlueBay Marrakesh Marrakech

Situé en plein coeur de la médina, à quelques pas du port et de la plage, le Riad Chakir Mogador est le lieu privilégié de votre escale à Essaouira.


Cette maison d'hôtes, entièrement restaurée dans le pur respect des traditions et de l'architecture ...

... t sure of. Ended up being interesting old ruins
that possibly were to do with water. But the second thing was the Quaranic
school. We couldn’t go into the mosque but the school nearby was open and –
again – full of tourists. It was an amazing place though with lots of tiny
rooms for learning and praying, and big breezy halls and courtyards. Again lots
of intricate wooden panelling and lovely tiles. I was very happy after seeing
all this and both ...

From the fun flats of Marrakech...we made our way to the High Atlas mountains for well...mountains of magnificent hiking and views.

Jebel Toubkal stands at 4200m above sea level and at that is the highest most point in northern Africa and also a bit of a mission! We made it up the mighty mountain in a few days and did some sleeping, sun burning and Scrabble in there as well. An absolutely incredible adventure!

Back down and all set to embark on a road trip to Fez!

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... magnificent mazes of Marakesh. After the events of my manic few months back in Britain, i was up for a few days of down time but the city soon sucked me in.

Between BIG sleeps and snuggles with the resident cats, camp land lord and lovely courtyard at our hotel, we wound our way amongst the amazing stalls, scenery and scents of an awesome place.

It ...

... lather hardens as the water quickly evaporates. The blade is sharpened, the lather is thick, my chin is pointing to Polaris. I hope this guy isn’t on a Jihad…After about 7-8 minute’s worth of short confident strokes, he’s done. He rubs my skin against the grain for any missed spots, then repeats the whole process from the beginning. He did that 3 times. A man of my age, of course, grows hair in places ...

... in Marrakech. With palace numero uno conquered, it was onto to the second, only a few minutes away, the other side of the rose garden. Strangely, this one was absolutely rammed with bus loads of tourists, and Mum snuck onto the back ...

... originates in Palestine. So here I am, and sometimes I do wonder if I stepped on board a Boeing 737 to get here, or was it really a time machine. Luckily, every few minutes you get almost run over by a motorcycle in those narrow winding streets, so the time machine is kind of out of the question, but then you walk a little further, take a side lane into some spooky neighbourhood and start to wonder again. There ...

... Toujbkal) Jbel Angour, Ait Benhaddou, Ouzarzate, Merzouga, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi, Vale do Dra, Desfiladeiro Todra.
Marrakech
uma cidade com vida, com cor, com aroma, a praça Jemaa El-fna, é
fantástico assistir ao final da tarde a todo aquele espectacular que é
o aparecimento de todos aqueles restaurantes ambulantes...onde se come
por 3,00 € apesar das condições de higiene serem bastante duvidosas,
mas a comida é sempre muito ...

... tables and serve up delicious seafood, couscous and salads. There is no better (or cheaper) place to eat in all of Marrakech and we enjoyed spicy suppers every night. It was some of the best food we have eaten in all these months. Morocco is an awesome place, if not a bit intense, the people are genuine and their culture is intriguing. Come here if you ever have the opportunity, you will be blown away.

... In hindsight our discussions with them were really weird. One guy was from Tanger and ran a shop of some sorts in the Medina (market). The other guy said he was from a British Colony in Africa, had joined the British armed forces and travelled the world now owning properties in Tanger, Miami (US) and the UK. The place had ran out of chicken and harira (thick lentil soup) and so we bid our Moroccan pals farewell - the whole time wondering if they for real or were simply ...