Morocco Travel Tips

Essaouira has it all, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Essaouira has it all, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

Essaouira, Medina Entrance Essaouira has it all! Ramparts and cannons looking out to sea, a maze of alley ways and souks selling artifacts, carpets and jewellry , the best handicrafts that  Morocco has to offer, art galleries and museums ,excellent restaurants, riads and hotels to suit every budget a mysterious…

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Merzouga, Morocco’s Gateway to the Desert, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Merzouga, Morocco’s Gateway to the Desert, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

  Merzouga is a small dusty town in Morocco about 450 miles from Marrakech and close to the Algerian border. Ouarzazate is the closest large town. Merzouga is 50 km from the town of Erfoud and Rissani. It is the gateway to the Moroccan desert. Merzouga lies in the heart…

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Taroudant, Mini-Marrakech & Walled Berber City, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Taroudant, Mini-Marrakech & Walled Berber City, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

If you want a relaxing stay in an authentic walled Berber town look no further than the medieval town of Taroudant. It lies beside the High Atlas mountains in the Sous Valley in the southern part of Morocco and it has retained its authentic Berber character and roots. Taroudant is…

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Denise Masson, “The Lady of Marrakech”, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Denise Masson, “The Lady of Marrakech”, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

Denise Masson was not only a leading Islamic scholar of Marrakech, she was “La Dame de Marrakech” par excellence .. a woman who celebrated the medina where she lived and continues to be part of the memory of this city and Morocco. Denise Masson wrote her famous interpretation of the Koran…

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10 Great Things to Do in Marrakech, Your Morocco Tour Guide

10 Great Things to Do in Marrakech, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

Morocco’s “Red Hamra” city of Marrakech is an icon for travelers to Morocco. A visit to this North African country’s hotspot of Marrakech is a must. Morocco is exotic and the penchant of every travelers dream is to visit Marrakech. Marrakech offers landscapes to indulge in along with a bustling…

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Moroccan Wine & Vineyards, Wine & Food Tasting Morocco Tour

Moroccan Wine & Vineyards, Wine & Food Tasting Morocco Tour

Morocco Travel Tips

Wine production in Morocco is believed to have been introduced by Phoenician settlers, and was definitely established in the era of Ancient Rome. Large-scale wine production with extensive vineyards was introduced into Morocco by the French during the protectorate as it was in Algeria and Tunisia. Today’s regions in Morocco…

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Kelaa M’gouna, A Town of Roses & Home to Morocco’s Rose Festival, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Kelaa M’gouna, A Town of Roses & Home to Morocco’s Rose Festival, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

At the small town of  El Kelaa M’Gouna (also referred to as the Valley of Roses) in the aSouth of Morocco, a 140km  East of Ouarzazate, in the heart of Dades Valley one can see the manual harvest of  Damas roses and the Rose Festival in May each year. There…

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Morocco Festivals, Music Celebrations and Culture Festivals, Morocco Tours

Morocco Festivals, Music Celebrations and Culture Festivals, Morocco Tours

Morocco Travel Tips

Celebration is an important aspect of Moroccan culture. Morocco is an exciting and entertaining country that lays claim to cultural, historical and religious holidays and festivals.  At any given point of the year there is a Moroccan city or Berber community hosting glorious festivities. Moroccan celebrations can last anywhere from a few days up…

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Dakka Marrakchia Music Festival, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Dakka Marrakchia Music Festival, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

Marrakech has been celebrating the Marrakchia Music  festival since the Saadian dynasty in the 15th and early 16th century.It takes place in February each year and celebrates traditional music passed down by generations in honour of  the seven patron saints or ‘Sabaatou Rijal’ of Marrakech. The seven saints of Marrakech…

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The Excavation at Aghmat, Morocco’s Medieval Capital

The Excavation at Aghmat, Morocco’s Medieval Capital

Morocco Travel Tips

The Medieval  site  of Aghmat can be found beside the modern village of Ghmat which is 30 km south east of Marrakech in the northern foothills of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Professor Ron Messier, Professor Emeritus Middle Tenessee State University and Senior Lecturer in history at Vanderbilt University and…

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