Marrakech
28. Mai 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Marrakech was difficult with a toddler, as we presumed but we braved the souk and main square and arrived in time to hear Call to prayer at Koutoubia mosque, where thousands gathered to pray atWeiterlesen
Essaouira
21. Mai 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Driving up the coast we arrived at Essaouira which is a relaxed coastal port with camels and horses on the beach, fish market and a Spanish feel to the old medina. Shame the campsite was filthy.
Sidi Kaouki
18. Mai 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
On Vandogtraveller’s recommendation we made our way to Sidi Kaouki, a sleepy surfers’ beach with a few surf shacks and a couple of hotels and uninspiring campsites. Loads of winkles and mussels toWeiterlesen
Taroudant
10. Mai 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Named the mini Marrakech, we met my dad and his partner here and stayed in the lovely Riad Dar Dzahara for a few nights. The Riad was a calm oasis right in the centre of the bussling medina. We ateWeiterlesen
Taghazout
8. Mai 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
A fellow traveller suggested Taghazout would be a nice quiet place to stop for Ramadan, and bonus would be a beach which is somebody’s favourite. Winding our way through Aourir and Tamraght, we wentWeiterlesen
Tafraoute
29. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We spent a week in Tafraoute having some ‘petit reparations de campingcar’! We had been recommended a garage here: Chez Mohammed Farih who has spent years working on old Mercedes vehicles. We madeWeiterlesen
Sheikh Mirleft
28. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We trekked to the coastal towns of Sidi Ifni and Mirleft, only to find it was foggy and raining. We drove along the amazing relatively unspoilt coastline and liked this fishing village, SheikhWeiterlesen
Tata to Amtdi
27. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We washed and rested at camping Hayat on the river at Tata. Like most rivers we have come across on our travels the river was dammed further up stream and only a trickle ebbed through, channeled inWeiterlesen
Tissint to Tata
26. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
From Zagora we drove the N12 towards Tata, hitting a newly tarmaced stretch of road sandwiched between the Sahara dessert and the Atlas Mountains, following Morocco’s border with Algeria andWeiterlesen
Zagora
23. April 2018 in Marokko
After a long sun stroked journey across barren landscapes we arrived in Zagora, a cosmopolitan feeling city in an oasis of palm groves. We set up camp for four or five days at la palmeraie d’AmazrouWeiterlesen
Es Sfalat
22. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
From the desert we traversed miles of rocky landscapes that looked lunar. Seeing all the fossil and crystal sellers along the roadside Tagan was determined to find his own fossils and crystals and weWeiterlesen
Merzouga and Sahara
21. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We spent a night in Merzouga, a town on the edge of the Sahara desert. It was windy and quite hostile/ the climate and the people. Stepping out of the campervan and walking past the swimming pool onWeiterlesen
Todgha gorge
18. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
We drove all the way through Todgha gorge, an absolutely vast, mostly barren, dry rocky gorge that went on for miles. At one end which had a hotel and restaurants along a stream, tourists gathered andWeiterlesen
Dades valley
15. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
We were totally stunned by the magical, fantasy landscapes of the Dades valley. Walking along the river, through fields of crops and fruit trees it felt like paradise. We stayed at the family runWeiterlesen
Ouarzazate
14. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Stunning rocky landscapes as we journey beyond the Atlas Mountains- this is film country-watch an epic biblical or fantasy film and chances are it was filmed here.
Ait benhaddou
13. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
This was an old fortified town on a cliff top made famous by the Gladiator film, and Star Wars. Great place to go with a toddler, who enjoyed playing pooh sticks from the river bridge, jumping theWeiterlesen
Tichka pass and high Atlas
12. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
We took the N9 which was the main route over the very top of the high Atlas Mountains: the Tichka pass. We could not believe how the weather and scenery changed as we climbed and climbed theWeiterlesen
Ouzoud Falls
10. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Gondola Rides, monkeys, street sellers, rip off merchants, beautiful campsite called camp Zebra. We had a lovely pit stop and met Gemma and Chris and Mia and Louis who were on holiday from Scotland.
the journey from Fez
9. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
We drove from Fez to meet Gemma and Chris and Mia and Louis at Ouzoud waterfalls. We loved the journey where we drove through the busy pass through town of Beni Mellal and through a great functionalWeiterlesen
Moulay Idriss and Volubilis
7. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Volubilis was a huge site of Roman Ruins quite spectacular, we could have spent the day studying here but the lil one had a tantrum when told he couldn’t climb the monuments and we aborted theWeiterlesen
Akchour falls
4. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
We read about these falls as one of the hidden gems of Morocco. We set off in the campervan into the Riff mountains, which we were told were full of bandits who would kidnap us and force us to buyWeiterlesen
Chechaouen
4. April 2018 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
After faffing around in Mdiq and Tetouan trying to sort insurance one of our first tourist stops in Morocco was this amazing mountain town in the Riff, all painted blue and white, the blue apparentlyWeiterlesen
Dunas de Bolonia
29. März 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We stumbled on this dune the size of a mountain by accident. We went to Bolonia beach and turned right and drove up a narrow road into the pine trees and found ourselves a top of the biggest duneWeiterlesen
Los Canos de Meca
15. Februar 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We read about the fresh water springs here (‘los canos’) that flow onto the beach, and the healing mud, so we made a visit. We stayed on Camping Pinar San Jose, in Zahora, camping among the pineWeiterlesen
Minas de Sao Domingos
7. Februar 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Heading north along the Guardiana river from Castro Marim we really enjoyed this part of Portugal: Mértola, the border outpost of Pomarão and Sao Domingos the ruins of an old open caste mine, whereWeiterlesen