Marrakech
28 maggio 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 atLeggi altro
Essaouira
21 maggio 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 maggio 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 toLeggi altro
Taroudant
10 maggio 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 ateLeggi altro
Taghazout
8 maggio 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 wentLeggi altro
Tafraoute
29 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 madeLeggi altro
Sheikh Mirleft
28 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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, SheikhLeggi altro
Tata to Amtdi
27 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 inLeggi altro
Tissint to Tata
26 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 andLeggi altro
Zagora
23 aprile 2018, Marocco
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’AmazrouLeggi altro
Es Sfalat
22 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 weLeggi altro
Merzouga and Sahara
21 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ ⛅ 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 onLeggi altro
Todgha gorge
18 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 andLeggi altro
Dades valley
15 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 runLeggi altro
Ouarzazate
14 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 theLeggi altro
Tichka pass and high Atlas
12 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌬 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 theLeggi altro
Ouzoud Falls
10 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 functionalLeggi altro
Moulay Idriss and Volubilis
7 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 theLeggi altro
Akchour falls
4 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 buyLeggi altro
Chechaouen
4 aprile 2018, Marocco ⋅ 🌙 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 apparentlyLeggi altro
Dunas de Bolonia
29 marzo 2018, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 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 duneLeggi altro
Los Canos de Meca
15 febbraio 2018, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 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 pineLeggi altro
Minas de Sao Domingos
7 febbraio 2018, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 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, whereLeggi altro