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Trekking Morocco: when, how, where, for how long and more. Update December 2024: The High Atlas mountains already had their first layer of snow ( both Mgoun and Toubkal areas ), which makes it challenging to trek over 2000 meters high. While winter gear can be rented locally ( Imlil), for more clement temperatures you […]
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Our natural propensity to explore Morocco. After all, it’s about trails. And sun. Covid restrictions and the trend to work from home have but amplified it. Part 1: The desert, the water and the djinnoun. Water diviners. Overhanging fortresses. Gold diggers. Sculpted boulders, wells in the desert, trees sprouting out of rock. Treasure hunters, tears
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A visit to Tafraoute: martian landscapes, pink- washed kasbahs and… Napoleon’s hat. If Titans of Greek mythology, those giant supernatural beings fighting gods, ever had played in their childhood at molding boulders and cleaving rocks, Tafraoute, a little town 3 hours drive south of Agadir, must have been their playground. One hardly ever tires of
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Morocco honeymoon itinerary: the ideal escape in 2025. The one trip you will remember for the rest of your marriage. Why Morocco ? Riads straight out of 1001 nights. A small plane ride to land you next to the Sahara. Tea with the nomads. A lunch on top of the dunes just you, your
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Not only cooking Moroccan food, but also with locals. In their home. So here we are on a beautiful day in May, just a few days before the starting of Ramadan , but out here it’s just a normal day. It’s 10 AM and we are crossing Jemaa El Fna square in the company of
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Making your own babouches in the medina of Marrakech ? With a local crafts master ? Yes, you can. Whenever we get the chance we like to immerse ourselves in the local culture here. Vernacular experiences. And Marrakech, the place we call home since 2006 offers quite a few craft classes and demonstrations, despite the
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Riad Laaroussa, our guests’ favorite riad in Fes- the interview. I first passed the doorstep of Riad Laaroussa in 2013 on the occasion of Fes World Sacred Music Festival. I immediately felt compelled by the proportions and objects. The ground floor rooms had 7 meter high ceilings. And the courtyard could have accommodated a generous
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LMa Lodge: The cosiest kasbah in Skoura’s palmgrove in 2025 ? Most likely. In only a few years, this guest house in the palm grove of Skoura, has become a reference. Guests on our private tours of Morocco insist on staying here. The recipe for this success ? Instead of one single ingredient, there are
When I find myself sometimes wandering about the medina of Marrakech in the morning, I yearn for a good coffee in a beautiful setting, somewhere away from the hustle and bustle. Away from the selfie sticks. And Palais Khum is just the place. After all, Stefano, the owner, is Italian and from Milano, which
Are you planning to travel to Morocco during Ramadan ? Ramadan is a holy month in Islam, during which the Muslims refer from drinking and eating, among other things, from dusk till dawn ( 4 AM to 8 PM in Morocco). Morocco being a Muslim country, most Moroccans observe the fasting. In 2025, Ramadan will
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