Casablanca Hostels

... early to see the sunrise. It was quite possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. We had to start the drive back to Casablanca around 7 though because it was a 13 hour drive from where we were in the Sahara! I rode up front between Brahim and ...

... robes and headdress but that and the beads were not enough to coax us to travel further away from Spain. It was decided that Casablanca was the next destination. This meant bus travel again and 9.50 dirham each bought us tickets on a second class bus. ...

... my European tour and jump to a country a bit further south called Morocco. I basically found a cheap ticket 40 euro to Casablanca and took the sale without planning anything else or doing much research. The flight left the next evening at 11 and arriving ...

We only stayed one night in Casablanca, in the excellent and well-located Youth Hostel. At 120 dirham it is our most expensive accommodation so far, but it included a simple breakfast. The manager was a very interesting and helpful man. He gave us lots of ...

... Casablanca.” Of course, the movie focuses around a romance and doesn't include too much about the culture....After arriving in Casablanca, I was amazed at the modernness of the city! During the taxi ride alone, we passed T.G.I. Friday's, Papa Johns, ...

... and we were all happy to be farther away from Tangier and closer to Marrakesh.  (story worth noting on the trip... to Casablanca I set beside a large sweaty man who awkwardly hit on Nick by rubbing on his legs!!!  I'll try to explain later.) ...

... rather stay in? Her: Which one is the less expensive? Me: You have a flight from Buenos Aires to Cairo and a flight home from Casablanca to Buenos Aires. Do you want to also reserve a flight from the Middle East to Casablanca? Her: No, of course not. I ...

... was always an intention of mine to touch upon the African continent on this RTW journey. From Tangiers, I aim to get a train to Casablanca, for the start of my 2 week tour through Morocco with Intrepid. I´m looking forward to a change in scenery, but ...

... red clay is abundant; or (b) there is some weird zoning requirement, every building is red.  Marrakech is not as conservative as Casablanca, and there are many, many more tourists.  Many of them are dressed in a manner the locals do not seem to ...

As soon as we booked our flight from Casablanca to Cairo we felt as though a weight had been lifted. Although the schedule dictated that we would be forced to remain in Morocco for another week, the fact that we knew we would soon be experiencing ...

... by asking them if they spoke French... lets just say they were not as ressourceful as the Marocains I have encountered in Casablanca :).  In general, I did not have the feeling that many tourists where there, which was great.  And forget ...

... weeks was my backpack. From the pharmacy, we explored the city some more then went to lunch. It was like something from Casablanca. We were greeted by a group of performers with cymbals. Lunch was quite similar to dinner from before, but still delicious ...

... ; It finally came, and I avoided a situation like the one from Rome. (We have not updated the blog yet, but when we flew from Casablanca to Rome, the high-class Royal Air Maroc Airlines lost my bag for a couple days.  It ultimately arrived, but I had ...

... books cost him $100US. It was the supply and not the demand, I think. After this came the weekend, which I will describe in part two of two, wherein Eric travels to the rich, California-like winemaking valley of Casablanca for two heavenly ...

... over the top and pretty disgusting. Its the biggest Cathedral I have ever seen, more over the top than Hussan II Mosque in Casablanca (itself the 3rd largest religious building in the world) and all I could think was how many people could have been helped ...

... ; The taxi journey was an interesting introduction to Lima - the traffic was crazy - reminded me of that in Casablanca / Marrakesh (Morocco), but I think the drivers in Lima may just be more skilled (and ...