My trip to Morocco was a unique experience; s...
Morocco
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Oct 13 - Oct 23, 2023
My trip to Morocco was a unique experience; so rich in ancient history and culture that unfolded with our tour guide Yassin. He picked us up at the airport sharing with us the history and culture as we traveled for the next 10 days.
I was overwhelmed with the labyrinth of walkways, the smells of delicious food, tea, and the aromas of incense.
In some cities we had other guides; Said (Sayeed) very informative to history of the palace and guided us through a labyrinth of alley ways that sold at the pottery factory and explained each step of the creations. Just superb! At the archaeological site of Volubils, our guide Abdoul shared with us the interesting insight into the spread of the Roman Empire. Then my dream of dreams was riding a camel in the Sahara Desert experiencing a beautiful sunset. After a lovely dinner, we visited the next tent site for music and dancing.
Marrakech was amazing with a labyrinth alley ways winding with beautiful merchandise. Karim was another amazing guide and they all looked out for our interests and safety!
Hotel Reviews
Charming, loved my stay. A lovely breakfast array of foods - delicious as well as the inner menu. Staff were attentive and professional.
Love this Riad was in the midst of Chefchaquen. Charming! Staff was friendly and accommodating. Lots of stairs, Breakfast and dinner were delicious. A little noisy if your room is over the courtyard. The view was wonderful, the group in the courtyard were celebrating a birthday until about 10:30pm. Otherwise, Just lovely!!
Exquisite! Simplistic beauty. tiled from floor to ceiling and Moorish Islamic architecture of doors.Clean and beds are comfortable. In the morning, breakfast awaited us with an array of items. The staff was above and beyond every opportunity. Hot tea was always a welcoming when we returned from our day in the Medina.
I am not use to glamping! This was the perfect elegance in the desert! Pure tranquility.
A lovely hotel, hospitable staff, warm & friendly. Room was great and the view from the pool was Fabulous!
A luxury experience, Moorish architecture. intricately carved wood and complex tilework and handmade tapestries
Activity Reviews
In Casablanca, The Hassan 11 Mosque was extraordinary. It is acceptable for a non-Muslim to enter so we did and the architecture is amazing: authentic Moroccan architecture, hand carved marble walls, fountains.. We learned the importance and value of this Mosque. We then came to infamous Ricks Café which was actually built in 2004 based off the movie by Humphrey Bogart. It was closed this time of day so I will have to come back. We had a lovely lunch close to the water, searched for exchange places then off to Rabat.
In Rabat, we visited the mausoleum of Mahammed V, ; beautiful columns of marble, embellished fountains with tile work, horsemen on their mounts at the entry gates and beautiful engraved copper candelabras at the entrance. another great tour was of the Oudaia Kasbah, a hilltop fortress built in the 17th-18 century. Our drive to Chefchaouen was 4 hours of conversation of culture, learning words and phrases, customs with our guide Yassim. The blue city was an eye catcher built between two mountains. The walkways are all paved with stones, lots of shopping and cafe's. This is where I learned to bargan, an art in itself. I wanted to catch sunrise and hiked 20 minutes up to the Spanish Mosque. A spectacular view of Chefchaquen below.
After we checked in to our hotel, we set out exploring on the cobble stone walkways that wind around and up and down narrow walkways of a sky blue. Just so uplifting with open shopping for anything that dazzles the eye! But you must learn to bargain. And take a short hike to the Spanish mosque. Once up there you will see how this lovely blue city sits between two mountains . I suggest Dawn for sunrise
On the way to Fes, we stopped to visit an ancient kingdom of Volubilis and how the cultures here at the time formed Morocco! There are the ruins from the ancient Romans and the other city of Meknes that flourished
Fes was the best Midievil Medina with narrow alley ways opening up to marketplaces with motorists and donkey carts also making their way too. I visited the tannery; superb leather goods, ceramics, anything you could imagine was there. At the ceramic tile factory you can have made to order items to ship to your home
A camel ride into the dunes for a night’s stay!! Beautiful sunrise and multiple colors of sunset The middle Atlas Mountains was a retreat. We passed through forests with monkeys populated with Berber tribes. We visited Cascades D’ouzoud a beautiful falls cascading down to the village of Azrou. There is fishing, camping and swimming , good restaurant and shopping; lots of geology; geodes, fossils .
The high Atlas Mountains overlooking the valley of the Dades, breathtaking Views of mad ash. A movie studio is here that filmed Game of thrones, Gladiator. And lots of others. Visited the Kasbah - high winds
De ended the High Atlas Mountains tight winding road that offered a beautiful panoramic view of the valley
The highlight!! It’s what movies are made about. A real dream come true
Hi Linda,
Thank you so much for the wonderful review and for sharing so many great photos from your trip. We are so pleased to hear that you had a fabulous trip! We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your time with Yassine and that you got to live your dream of riding a camel in the Sahara Desert! Thank you so much for trusting us with your trip!
Thanks again and keep in touch!
Sharon, Yassine, and the rest of the Morocco Immersion family