Cooking in Marrakech Today was our last full day in Morocco and we thought we’d celebrate the day by doing one of our favourite things: eating! We booked ourselves in for a Moroccon cooking class and it was awesome! We’ve had some great food over […]
Exploring Marrakech’s medina As a traveller there are few pleasures greater than losing yourself for hours in a market-place, and Marrakech’s medina has to be one of the most exotic, chaotic and riveting market-places in the world – as we discovered today! Everything you might ever need can be […]
We finally visit the last of Morocco’s 4 imperial cities… Marrakech. The very name of this ancient city speaks of things exotic and exciting. This is the city that gave Morocco its name*, and the country’s #1 tourist destination. If Rabat is the political capital of Morocco, Casablanca its economic […]
Atlantic Ocean blue Essaouira is a long way from the desert – not just in terms of distance, but also in terms of setting and ambience. Here our senses are assaulted by the cry of gulls, the smell of fish and the salty tang of the Atlantic Ocean. […]
A tale of 2 kasbahs… A kasbah is a typically Moroccon, earthen building surrounded by high defensive walls and protected by watch towers positioned at each of the four corners. These fortified structures can be immense, the size of a small village (like the kasbah of Rabat which […]