Marrakesh
April 6, 2019 in Morocco ⋅ ⛅ 10 °CChecked into our hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco! First night of our 10 day travel talk tour!
Checked into our hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco! First night of our 10 day travel talk tour!
In the morning we had a tour through the Medina (old town) of Marrakech, the main Market and the Bahia Palace!
On the way to Essaouira we saw some goats in a tree and the all by hand production of Argan oil.
We stayed the night in Essaouira. We dipped our feet in the Atlantic Ocean, explored the walled Medina and watched the sunset over the Atlantic on the set of Game of Thrones.
Pictures don’t do it justice. The Hassan ll Mosque is one amazing building! 6 years to build it, $800 million, all local materials. The mosque can hold 25,000 people for prayer and another 80,000Read more
Casablanca was a full on experience! The market/Médina was quite uncomfortable and the city was so far the busiest.
We stopped in at Rabat the capital of Moroccoto see the Kings Palace, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Fortified city of Kasbah.
We spent the afternoon exploring the blue streets in Chechaouen the Blue City. Followed by a roof top tagine!
We have spent the last two nights in the cultural capital of Morocco, Fes.
We got to see traditional dancing, music, pottery, markets and leather tanerie.
We just spent the last 2 nights in the Sahara Desert. We rode camels, 4x4ed through the sand dunes visiting the local musicians and nomads then finished off our days drinking and watching the sunsetRead more