Royal Atlas

... graduated from the "Royal Moroccan Federation of Skiing of and Mountaineering. In addition to his experience and knowledge in the Atlas Mountain, this diploma qualified him as a Mountain Guide, able to organize trips of all kinds around the Kingdom of ...

... as the others from the day before, so we were actually able to buy a few.  We made our way back to Fes to visit the Royal Palace and see the famous bronze doors.  We were able to visit the metal store where the doors were made.  All of the ...

... , the Mediterranean seems so much closer. Apart from the museum which has some perfectly preserved bronze busts, and the sprawling royal palace, what makes Rabat a worthwhile stopover are the ruins at Chellah. Originally the site of a Jupiter temple, the ...

... , the apartments was a good will of hotel owners). We sit to the bus, got our cameras ready and departed... First stop was Royal Atlas Hotel & Spa 5*. Well, it's very rich, very pretentious... Red wood is everywhere around you... And that is what ...

... most things are still substantially cheaper than in England. The palaces are towards the south of the medina, both uninhabited - there are a few royal palaces these days, but the public can't go in. The first was El Badi palace, which was the ruins of ...

... have enjoyed thus far on the tour, but today is simply beyond belief! We head south of the city of Marrakech into the High Atlas Mountains. In just a few miles we reach the village of Tahanaoute, which is having its weekly market day today. It is our ...

... , kültür ve bilim merkezi. Şehre 6 havaalanı hizmet ediyor. Moskova'da 9 demiryolu istasyonu, 3 nehir limanı (Atlas Okyanusu ve Kuzey Buz Okyanusu deniz havzalarıyla nehir ulaşımı bulunur). Başkentte 1935 ...

... to digest it all again as I relax and ruminate about the day.  Over the next few days, we will be travelling over the Atlas Mountains and also into the Sahara desert so I am suspecting I will be out of internet reach for at least 3 days until we ...

... sit on a bus for 9 hours. Today we boarded a bus for Ouarzazate. It's a small mountain town, on the other side of the Atlas from Marrakech. Our bus ride ended at night, so we thought we'd get some zzzs aboard; we were wrong. The mountains are amazing. ...

... factory and the rest of us explored more of the downtown area. We went and walked around the Residences, Which is where the old Royal Bavarian family used to live. It was very large and has a massive garden area. unfortunately I forgot the camera at the ...

... to sell Neuschwanstein castle and several other castles in the area to the state of Bavaria to settle all of Ludwig's debts. The royal family still owns the Hohenschwangau castle. This was an amazing day trip just wish we would have left earlier  so ...

... send off the remainder of the group, departing the hotel at 10am. As we leave the hotel, we barge clumsily in front of a Royal Princess. Who knew? There has been a huge event at this property all week having to do with the Special Olympics. The sister of ...

... come across, worse 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 ...

... on the bus today and arrived in Ouarzazate.  It's towards the south which meant we had to cross the amazing Atlas mountains which was one of the most terrifying and amazingly beautiful trips I've had by bus.  I am spending one ...

... 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* To safe ...

... station and we hopped on the S-bahn (street train) to the first beer hall. The first beer hall we went to was the Hofbrauhaus (Royal Brew Haus), which they said is the most famous, because not only was it beer hall that all of the royals used to drink ...

... out a multitude of paperwork. Palm trees replace the eucalyptus and then we see a very fancy wall behind which is the Royal Marrakech Golf Club - a beautiful looking golf course but I am always upset at the use of water in a desert for expensive ...

... ;All with pale, cream walls, Fes has a core medina (Fes el-Bali), a 700yr Fes el-Jdid (which includes a Jewish quarter and Royal Palace) and a Ville Nouvelle (new town).  I took a walking tour of es-Bali, from Bab Bou Jeloud (a 1913 gate), walking ...

... through a narrow rebuilt passage. After what we had passed through they are an oasis of peace, sunlight and greenery. The royal tombs are contained in two pavilions, soaring, arched, rooms held high by slender columns. The walls decorated by delicate ...