Atlas Hotel Casablanca

... lands 8.35am Sat, 26 Sep: 12.55pm Air France 2496 CDG > CMN (Casablanca) lands 2.00pm Sat, 26 Sep: Casablanca Hotel: Hotel Guynemer (2 nights) - Rue Mohamed Belloul (Ex.Pegoud), Casa-Anfa, Casablanca 20000, Morocco (Tour with Intrepid begins 6pm Sun ...

... to update - starting now... Today is our last day in Essouria. We catch a bus from Essouria to Marrakech, then a train to Casablanca. Essouria has granted us another splendid day although there is a little bit of a chill to the air.Both Shellie and I ...

... little bit of a expectancy in this situation.  It would have been a miracle for my luggage to have arrived in Casablanca after two transfers and an airline change.  I got an immediate introduction to the challenges of the language barrier, but ...

... the seven seasons of the West Wing to entertain me while I speculate about hw flat the area around Casablanca airport is, despite the hotel being named after the country's mountain range. *raises complementory cocktail with Royal Air Maroc voucher* ...

... the mosque for afternoon prayers. After the incredible opulence of the mosque I wandered straight into the "Ancienne Medine" - Casablanca’s medina. Unlike its equivalent in Marrakesh which was exotic, colourful and vibrant, the Casa medina is poor ...

... 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. In honour of Hassan ...

... Captain Renault:  What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca? Rick:  My health. I came to Casablanca for the ...

... He normally does Italy, Spain and Portugal. We leave the hotel and head north east out of Casablanca toward Rabat. Casablanca is sprawling and the hotel is right on the edge of the industrial area so we see a less salubrious side of the city. There ...

... 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, ...

... the fortress walls and fishing boats returning with a trail of scavenging birds. It was a wonderful sight indeed. Back to Casablanca On 40th day, when it was 4th August 04, I returned to Casablanca covering about 3,500 miles and blowing away ...

... it.  Same as before, without that nasty incident at the end.  Then we went out and did some shopping at the Casablanca markets.  A little different.  But the haggling was the same, which I enjoyed. We retired early that night.  So ...

... 3 in the morning after the unsurprising problems with ATM machines and taxi drivers.. 23 feb - Casablanca - met the tour guide, Jamal from the Atlas mountains, and spent the afternoon exploring this unimpressive city and its far more impressive beach ...

... ;t an impossibility in my assessment) and the cous-cous fattened patriarch, which I always labeled as fatman from having watched Casablanca too many times, always tucked these tiny venomous cobras behind his ear like a pencil although even if he was ...

... Closer to Casa we entered more undulating terrain benefitting from coastal rainfall. Good choc brown soil; plenty of cropping. The 'burbs of Casablanca went on for over half an hour. Arrived at Casa Voyages at 2.15pm. The same rugby scrum of intransigent ...

... than Thailand, you name it.  What a cool experience.   still to catch up on - hike to the Atlas Mountains, Moroccan luau, express train to Casablanca, Rick's Cafe   once again, pictures coming soon. I have posted some on facebook but for all those ...

Sunday morning in Casablanca and breakfast in the hotel was a large buffet and we ensured we are fully fueled for the day ahead. We decided to spend the morning doing a walking tour detailed in the Lonely Planet book. We head off and find the streets ...

... So it is with surprise that you discover, when you step onto the tarmac at Mohammed V Airport, that it's not Humphrey Bogart's Casablanca of romance and intrigue anymore, but a city where the tajine goes down easily with the latte that beckons you through ...

... dictionary that she loved more than life itself and from American films. I should have asked her if the Road to Morocco or Casablanca were on her viewing list.Anyway we bought some shampoo that is "guaranteed" to stop your hair falling out. Almost to ...

... towards the airport. We were pretty far but a taxi picked us up and took us back for $10. We found the train station in Casablanca and in an hours time we were on our way to Marrakesh. Finally.     Marrakech (or Marrakesh)   ...

... purely to show visitors what a traditional Hamman is like.   After a good hour we boarded the bus and drove out of Casablanca, passing the famous 'Rick's Bar' immortalised in the film. Can't say that Casablanca was a place I would want to hang around ...

... – Annapolis area.  They had just traveled in from Casablanca that morning.  They told us about their day in Casablanca yesterday and how intimidated they had been – we shared our stories as well.  We all laughed when they told ...