Royal Atlas Hotel

... 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 annoyed ...

... , 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 ...

... probably hasn't changed a lot. Check out the main street, taking photos of the imposing Council Chambers and the typically large Royal Mail Hotel, with a long second storey verandah around the corner, and cast iron posts. Leaving town, we get a photo of a ...

... , 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... anywhere in Marrakech.  It was a beautiful day, with not a single cloud in the sky, and from the terrace the High Atlas mountains were such a striking view above the Medina.  I stood on the terrace for quite a while, just soaking in the view, ...

... 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 ...

... of North Africa at 4,165 meters. It is called Jbel Toubkal, and our activity today is to ride donkeys to a beautiful hotel called Kasbah Toubkal, where we enjoy a fabulous lunch on a terrace overlooking splendid panoramic views in all directions. Along ...

... , across a wonky table which was embellished with a heavily stained tablecloth. As you may have gathered, I wasn't exactly enamoured with Hotel Guynemer and I think you would be hard pressed to find someone who was. I studied my fellow group members, 17 ...

... to be the heart of Meknes' Medina. The square was built by the sultan Moulay Ismail and was originally used for royal announcements and public executions. It now plays host to several restaurants, local traders and a number of kids playing football. ...

... a local restaurant for dinner. Unfortunately, it was the first of many dry restaurants.What! No booze on Christmas evening? Luckily the hotel had a bar in their nightclub(?) so we headed back there as soon as we had eaten. Sat there drinking, in the ...

... 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 ...

... arising to eat breakfast and 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 ...

... 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 ...

... is no need for it.  I'm determined now to learn a new language within the year.  Today I managed to get a single bed hotel room with no problem at a whopping $5.50 a night.  I then did the usual walking around for hours.  I ...

... through the mountains and is considered a tourist drive. On the Wanaka side of the Crown Range we stopped at the old Cardrona Hotel where Robin remembers stopping every time she and her family would go skiing at the Cardrona Ski Hill. Zachary had a cup ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...