Archive for May, 2015

Trip Advisor Awards Travel Exploration 2015 Certificate of Excellence

Trip Advisor Awards Travel Exploration 2015 Certificate of Excellence

Morocco Vacations & Tours

                TripAdvisor has awarded Travel Exploration Morocco Private Day Tours the 2015 Certificate of Excellence. This achievement is a direct result of Travel Exploration’s consistent great reviews from Morocco travelers who have shared their experiences on TripAdvisor’s website. The Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence Award is a testament…

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Opening Night at The 21st Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

Opening Night at The 21st Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

Morocco Travel Planning

                    Each year, the holy and ancient city of Fes, Morocco is host to the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music. This festival brings together sacred and world music from many different cultural, religious and musical traditions. This year’s theme, “Fes:…

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Hindi Zahra Rocks the Essaouira Gnaoua Festival

Hindi Zahra Rocks the Essaouira Gnaoua Festival

Morocco Vacations & Tours

                      The 18th Annual Gnaoua Music Festival took place in Essaouira, on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast from May 14th -17th. Every year, the festival showcases the best of Moroccan Gnaoua musicians and a wide array of Gnaoua and world music. Gnaoua…

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Boutique & Luxury Garden Hotels Essaouira, Where to Stay

Boutique & Luxury Garden Hotels Essaouira, Where to Stay

Morocco Accommodations & Lodging

                Essaouira is located on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast and offers a wide range of places to stay outside its charming medina. In the Essaouira countryside, just 15 minutes from the city center are several charming, boutique and luxury garden hotels that offer a…

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Art Deco Casablanca: Must See Historic Buildings

Art Deco Casablanca: Must See Historic Buildings

Morocco Vacations & Tours

                Prior to the establishment of the French Protectorate in Morocco (1912-1956), Dar al Bayda, as Casablanca was then known, was a modest port of a population of around 12,000. A few years into the Protectorate, this had increased 10-fold and has hardly…

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Remembering Jewish Essaouira, Heritage Sites & Synagogues

Remembering Jewish Essaouira, Heritage Sites & Synagogues

Morocco Vacations & Tours

              Essaouira owes much of its past, present and future to its situation on a bay sheltered from the fierce trade winds of the Atlantic Ocean by an archipelago of small, rocky islands. Towards the end of the 18th century, Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben…

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Mohammed Choukri, A Post War Moroccan Author

Mohammed Choukri, A Post War Moroccan Author

Morocco Vacations & Tours

                Few Moroccan authors have achieved international recognition beyond the Francophone world because of the lack of translations of their works. The international acclaim of writer Mohammed Choukri and the fact that not only his works, but his remarkable life story, are known…

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10 Best Things To Do in Morocco, Your Morocco Travel Guide

10 Best Things To Do in Morocco, Your Morocco Travel Guide

Morocco Vacations & Tours

From the Atlas Mountains to the Atlantic Coast and from the Great Sahara Desert to Imperial Marrakech, Morocco offers a wide range of things to do. Adventure activities in Morocco offer travelers the opportunity experience another dimension of during a Morocco Private Tour. Travel Exploration has created partnerships with cooperatives and local experts…

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Morocco’s Great Deserts, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco’s Great Deserts, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Vacations & Tours

                Although, compared to neighbouring Algeria, Morocco has only a fraction of the Great Sahara Desert within its territory, yet Morocco offers the safest and best-organized access to the Sahara of the whole of North Africa. Whether you want a quick glimpse of…

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