Morocco
Come to Morocco for its elusive magic and exotic mystery and you will probably leave with more prosaic, yet intimate, human memories: kids playing football in a dusty square, a blind man selling bunches of fresh mint, or some good-natured banter with a babouche seller in the local souk. The romantic image is real enough, but this is also a viscerally lived in place, a seething mass of humanity and inhumanity of sounds and colour and pungent smells.
Morocco is rewarding and remarkably good value as a destination for walking, surfing and yoga; for aimless exploring or for focused lazing. But whatever you're doing here, it's teh nature of the place itself that gets deepest into the pores of your skin. So close to Europe, yet so different, it has dark, dank alleys as well as magnificent desert sand dunes, dirty tanneries as well as soaring mountains and secret valleys.
The depth of experience in the detail is part of the extraordinary attraction of the country.
Morocco is rewarding and remarkably good value as a destination for walking, surfing and yoga; for aimless exploring or for focused lazing. But whatever you're doing here, it's teh nature of the place itself that gets deepest into the pores of your skin. So close to Europe, yet so different, it has dark, dank alleys as well as magnificent desert sand dunes, dirty tanneries as well as soaring mountains and secret valleys.
The depth of experience in the detail is part of the extraordinary attraction of the country.
| Morocco Travel Guide Highlights | |
 Asilah, Larache and Roman Lixus Seaside towns and Roman remains with a view. |
 Tafraoute Laid-back base for walking and climbing among the red rocks, goats and Argan trees of the Anti-Atlas. |
 Imperial Meknès Kilometres of crumbling pisé ramparts, and a manageable médina. |
 Sidi Ifni and Mirleft An obscure, crumbling Spanish colony and its hip upstart neighbour. Rock arches and big beaches. |
 Casablanca The capital of a one-time "French California", with Art Deco buildings and the world's second largest mosque. |
 Tangier City of the straits. Shades of Burrough's Interzone in the Kasbah, decaying charms of the Boulevard, and beaches. |
 Marrakech The Red City, pleasure capital, with jewel-box guesthouses, souks teeming with must-buy crafts and mountain excursions. |
 Chefchaouen Bright white Andalucian walls and the remote Rif Mountains. |
 Essaouira Crashing Atlantic waves behind thick fortified walls. Surf, fish, and film sets. |
 Fès Morocco's holy core featuring centuries of spirituality alongside the donkeys and camel heads within the walls. |
 Tizi-n-Tichka route Switchback turns over the Atlas, gentle Ouirgane, and the remote austerity of Tin Mal mosque. |
 Erg Chebbi Camels and sand at these popular but cinematic dunes near Merzouga. |
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