Exploring our hotel Riad Ksar Ighnda
31 października 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
This hotel is situated on a restored casbah and mosque. The views are a gourmet from our elevated position, the hotel food, less so.
Ait Benhaddou
31 października 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
450 steps takes you to the top of this UNESCO world heritage site. It is a ksar, or fortified city along what was a caravan route in years gone by.
Majorelle Garden
1 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This garden originally the property of French artist Jacques Majorelle, was purchased by Yves Saint Laurent and restored to its original glory 20 years after the death of Jacques. A Berber museum is Czytaj więcej
Sights in Medina of Marrakech
1 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Lots to see.
Shave and a haircut….six bits!
1 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
I am in Morocco and need a haircut So I adopted my game face and negotiated the price for a haircut down to half what I would pay in Canada. Pleased with the result, I sat in the chair. I did get more Czytaj więcej
Laila has us over for dinner
1 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Laila is a local middle class woman who opened her home to us for dinner. With the help of a couple of neighbours, she puts together a very delicious Moroccan meal. Her youngest daughter helps as Czytaj więcej
Koutoubia Minaret and Bahia Palace
1 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A morning tour in Marrakech.
Shopping in style!
2 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Treating ourselves to a stylin’ ride downtown, we hired a local cab. Only one stop on the way, at a wholistic oils and spice shop. The team of horses were well fed and our driver was the son of the Czytaj więcej
Snakecharmers
2 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Finding ourselves in snake charmer square, Dianne and I were reluctant to get too close to them. Dave however, had engaged a group for photos and had a small snake around his neck. Snake charmers are Czytaj więcej
Looking for bargains!
2 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
I’m only along for the ride here.
End to a great day
3 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Hotel pics with a donut theme.
Cooking class
3 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This was a very well equipped culinary school. We all made Moroccan salad, Zaalook salad and Chicken Tagine with preserved lemon and olives. I did enjoy my cooking as I got to eat it for lunch. I Czytaj więcej
Goat tree
3 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
These trees bear strange fruit. The back story is that the goats like the nuts that grow in the trees. The nut season is past so some enterprising folk have charmed the goats into staying in the trees Czytaj więcej
Argon oil
3 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The tree is 500 years old. It is also the tree that the goats like to climb and eat the nuts from. If you can keep the goats away, the nuts will naturally fall to the ground and the locals pickup the Czytaj więcej
Night out in Essaouira
3 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Dal L’Oussie is our accommodations in Essaouira. This coastal city of around 80 thousand inhabitants is laid back and scenic. We enjoyed our dinner at Resto du Coeur and night out at Tarot, a Czytaj więcej
Walking tour Essaouira
4 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Guide Rashida who was born and raised here gave us a walking tour of the city. Seafood is the menu du jour.
Still walking
4 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Another part of our walking tour brought us to a synagogue. Jews have been in Morocco from around 800 bc.
The city is fortified and the last time the canons were fired was in the early 1800, against Czytaj więcej
My feet are sore!
4 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
It might not look like it from the pictures, but there are some excellent shopping opportunities.
Tapas, Tattoos & Gnawa music
4 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It is our penultimate night in Morocco and we celebrated together at the Dar with dancing drinks, food and henna.
Casablanca City Hall & Notre Dame
5 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The eglise Notre Dame De Lourdes was finished in 1956, making it the newest cathedral we have ever visited. The walls were all stain glass. It was stunning.
Hassan II Mosque
5 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This mosque is the 7th largest in the world (according to our guide) and was completed in 6 years, being finished in 1993. It can accommodate 105,000 worshipers. Inside 5,00 women upstairs, 20,000 men Czytaj więcej
Last night in Morocco! Casablanca
5 listopada 2022, Maroko ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Dianne and I didn’t get to spend much time in out Casablanca hotel. We checked out at 10:30 pm for a 2:30 am flight to Frankfurt, but there was time for a farewell dinner with all of our travelling Czytaj więcej
Final thoughts
6 listopada 2022, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ -15 °C
What a fantastic trip! Yes, we are tired. We met and travelled with new friends from all over. One fellow grew up in Iran and still visits family there annually. Another couple live in a former Czytaj więcej
