Ryad Mogador Opera Hotel 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 ...

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Shane, dad and I
were seen off by Olga on another warm clear morning and it was sad to leave. We
flew from Split to London, had a stereotypical curry in an airport pub and then
flew to Marrakech. The immigration queues were achingly slow (literally in
dad’s case as his legs were killing him standing still for so long) and the
Moroccan stamp was **** in the end. But we were there.

Coming in ...

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!

XXX

... 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 ...

... 8217;s this? It’s nothing, only a coin.” So I said, “Give it back then but that’s all I’ll pay.” I took it back.) Then we called a cab – not the Mercedes cabs that charge more but the sand-brown beaters. We were back at the riad in 5 minutes for 5 Durhams. Time for a gingerly entry into a cold plunge-pool.

After a very stiff gin & tonic (now I was feeling better ...

... areas set around a central courtyard. It was still raining so we weren't in the best of spirits especially as all our shoes were soaked through and we had no dry clothes left. We decided top go to a hamman, a traditional Morrocan bath/spa. When we got there we were shown in to a little round room where we could sit and drink mint tea while w waited as there are designated times for men and women and we had come a little early. When it was our turn we were ...

... 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 ...

... agua
limpa....asneira....e grossa...que ficou fina...bem já passou...muitos
Imodiuns, Demicinas, Cipro, e qualquer coisa mais..
Merzouga, porta
do deserto de Erg Chebbi, 50 km da fronteira com a Argélia, um calor
abrasador...a vista do hotel para as dunas ao fim da tarde é
fantástica...subimos algumas dunas para ver o por do sol, não tivemos
sorte nesse dia, havia algumas nuvens, mas mesmo assim valeu a pena.
Partimos
no dia a ...

... the distance. I was the only one there at the deserted spot that afternoon. "Where have I seen this before?" I wondered, before the resemblance to the new Holocaust Memorial I saw in Berlin earlier in the year occurred to me, a monument that consists of similarly aligned granite rectangles of different heights for which perhaps the Miara was an inspiration. I was surprised by the number of tomb ...

... the hammam is for men only, the Moroccan men are very discrete and would never appear naked in front of each other. We wear our underwear throughout the torture session that is to come. When we pay our entry fee, we are handed a mitten-like thing that is as rough as a pot scrubber, plus a small amount of a dark brown, tar-like substance that has an odd smell. It is what is used during the exfoliation process. We strip to our underwear and check our clothes and shoes, then are ...