Hotel Central Casablanca

... trip, to spot the Hotel Ibis which looked particularly attractive after our Moroccan bathroom experiences so far, but we had booked into Hotel Central where James had stayed a few weeks earlier. This was on the edge of the Medina and on a square where ...

... my passport and automatically gave me a 90 day visa. Had to juggle a couple of trains to make the tip to central Casablanca, population 5 million. Knowing in advance not to expect much hollywoodian sophistication helped, but I have to admit that while use ...

... 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 ...

... waited for my next flight -- which was late as well.   I settled in and had plenty of room and arrived in Casablanca about 30 mins late.. i came though immigration and customs fine and my bag was on the carousel which is always a good ...

Casablanca At the beginning of May, Kyle and I and our friend Laura, flew from Paris to Casablanca. Even with all the internet research that we did before our trip, nothing could have prepared us for our 10 day adventure in Morocco. We spent our first ...

... invitation for any of our friends and family welcome to call him and stay with him and his family!) over a coffee or three, we said goodbye to Casablanca with a nice glass of... Panache...doh! Oh well, not complaining - Meknes still holds the ...

... such a pill. The outer wall of the (old) Medina Young??? Dinner was spent at the toros (bullfighting) themed La Bodega de Casablanca under the advice of Joseph and Lianne. The tapas were right on, except for the chuck of blue cheese that remained on ...

... ! Glenn was happy! After finding the internet from the previous days instructions, we then enjoyed a big seafood lunch, after all, Casablanca was a port city. We decided to do a self-walking tour of the city after lunch, passing some nice old ...

... flying over Morocco, the thing that stood out was the green fields - I had expected only desert.  We arrived in Casablanca, finally got through several passport and customs checks and headed out to find a taxi. The ones that leave from the airport ...

... , we hopped on the train to Marrakech.  It is worth mentioning the hotel here; if you ever find yourself in Casa, the hotel Central is clean, cheap and welcoming. The guy running it is a little eccentric, but he gives you free mint tea regularly. ...

... on a square with little shops & cafes and the windows have shutters. The 1920's French influence will be a feature of Casablanca. The Hotel is in the old Medina so a wander is called for through the souks. Now I have left the tourists behind, this is ...

... below. It is on the edge of the medina (old city) in an old colonial style building and we have our own bathroom too! Casablanca contains the world's third largest mosque the Hassan 2nd mosque which we walked to. I have to say that it is one of the ...

... be open and I think a lot of people are taking a 4 day weekend - don't blame them.   I went back to the hotel (Casablanca doesn't really have much of a tourist -- its more business) and read my book before dropping into a nanna.  At ...

... square.   Its a bit of a dodgy area, so many men just hanging around doing nothing but stare and look suspicious, Casablanca is not a good place to start a holiday in Morocco.   I turned on the TV and happily discovered the English ...

... headed back inside the old city walls into the intricate labyrinth of whitewashed buildings in the old medina. Miraculously we found our hotel, wrote a few more postcards and chilled out for a couple of hours before hailing a taxi back to the station. We ...

... 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. ...

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

... baked loaves, which was as delicious as most of the bread that I've eaten here. After checking into our hotel, we spent the afternoon touring Casablanca.  With a population of 6 million it is the largest city in Morocco and is the financial center ...

... No. 906, Tel: 01 (618) 8372000, Web: www.posadasanagustin.com . This small hotel is just up the street from Hotel Casablanca. The spacious high ceiling rooms are set around an enclosed colonial courtyard. Their current rates are 500 + 550 peso for 1 or 2 ...