And we're off
30 апреля 2022 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Well chauffeur drive to Gatwick, just been picked up in a six seater coach, only me all the way to Gatwick ! Very nice, driver reckons we will probably stop once for refreshments lol should be atЧитать далее
Cassablanca next
1 мая 2022 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Well early flight from Gatwick at 06.20 should be landing at Marrakech around 9.30
Well arrived must say customs and entry was a pain in the arse, changed my money, got a sim for phone now justЧитать далее
Hassan 11 mosque
1 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Well it's certainly a massive mosque, thought the carpet was tatty when compared to the mosque in Amman, but this one is certainly larger
Kenzi tower hotel
1 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Wow I'm up on the 13th floor watching the cruisers down below to quote David Bowie ha ha
Beautiful room it's as big as my lounge and bathroom is twice the size!
Dinner tonite is on 27th floorЧитать далее
Steve Catterallhope so I will post it later, not sure what we are doing but all good up to now xxx
Casablanca to rabat
2 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Sensible start time of 9.00 today. Quick breakfast and stroll round, everywhere is deserted, probably too much festivities last night.
Seen some lovely tagines .
Tour round french area then ontoЧитать далее
Rabat
2 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Well after visiting the equivalent to a poor version of Blackpool prom we head off to Rabat, en route is a stop at the obligatory Ric's bar, again shut due to Eid. However as none of the film wasЧитать далее
ПутешественникWow what a beautiful looking place- love the winding narrow roads and buildings. That meal looks delicious too! Hope you’ve enjoyed your day and a couple of beers lol xx
Volubilis
3 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Well it's rained up to now, shame really because I could have spent all day here
Fantastic murals and taken round by a really informative local guide.
ПутешественникWow beautiful mosaics they’re so intricate! I love places like this! Good to see you’re getting in all the history and that the food is as good as hoped! 😁👍🏼
Lunch at meknes
3 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Time for lunch and short bus tour of meknes then off to hotel in fes
Well can't get my head round this, breakfast and evening meals included in the tour but lunch is wherever we stop and to be honestЧитать далее
Hotel in fes
4 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Lovely hotel with really good view looking down onto fes, it rained last night but today looks like it's going to be hot
Day round fes
4 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Well short stroll past yet another royal palace then a visit to an artisan potters to watch pots being made, really interesting - bought my tagine here but went mad and bought espresso cup saucer andЧитать далее
ПутешественникSomething so special about the doorways! So fun seeing how it’s all made- that purple set is gorgeous! And I love that djellaba, pointed hood is so cool. Wish I was there! Hope weather better for you to be out in today, and that you get to enjoy more culture and food 😎
Stroll around the hotel
4 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well back at hotel and decided to take a stroll around a ruin next door , was really good, very relaxing, sat on some gravestones watching a goatherd ambling through the graves with his goats.
JustЧитать далее
Leaving fez and crossing atlas mountains
5 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Today the plan is early start and head to Ilfrane and then cross the middle atlas mountains (about 6 hrs) to Erfoud, Then check in to hotel and from there we go in 4x4's into Sahara desert in time toЧитать далее
Cedre forest
5 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Still going through atlas mountains
5 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Still travelling, an hour to the hotel 😵💫
Excellent got to hotel just before sunset, into 4x4 and then off into Sahara to see the sunset on the dunes, then back to hotel which looks nice
Through the gorge to dades
6 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Erfoud largest valley of palm trees famous for quality of dates
Stopped at an underground water system in middle of nowhere, very interesting going underground to see the water system
Passed thoughЧитать далее
Xaluca hotel
6 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Wow what a hotel, right on edge of sahara
ПутешественникWow now that’s exactly how I imagine Morocco, very traditional, looks lovely! Hope you’re enjoying yourself xx
Steve Catterallit's really good, hotel is right on edge of sahara having a chilling morning then moving on, the whole area is famous for ammonite fossils which is why they are all over the hotel and the sink is made from a quarried stone with fossils sticking out of it xx
Xaluca hotel
6 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Well arrived at new hotel, same chain of hotels with pool bar and restaurant, this afternoon is just a day for us all to relax by the pool ready to travel through the high atlas mountains (rather thanЧитать далее
Kasbah tourit
7 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Visited the kasbah, very interesting guide explained how old the buildings were and how people lived in there up until mid 1970's.
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Great view from the roof very hot outside bit surprising how coolЧитать далее
Ait benhaddou
7 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Can't believe made it to the top !
The road to marrakech
7 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Leave dades today and head through the high atlas mountains to Marrakech.
On the way visiting kasbah taourirt and stop at ait benhaddou which is a fortified city used for films like gladiator
AfterЧитать далее
Palm plaza hotel Marrakech
7 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Well finally arrived, the hotel is massive. Can't see much outside as it's dark lol but room is lovely and the lobby is as big as my house and garden ??
Marrakech day tour
8 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Well a trip round Marrakech souks, there's one for everything and so much choice.
Not sure if I enjoyed the haggling but you think you have a bargain when you argue down from an exorbitant price butЧитать далее
Day by the pool
9 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
Well it's 36° at the moment, spent the morning strolling around the local mall and coffee bars, now chillin by the pool with mohijtos 😜
Strange mix though instead of lime they use lemon, and whenЧитать далее
Al fassia
9 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ 🌙 33 °C
Well this restaurant was on TV as one of the best Andi Oliver had been to , she took Fred Sirieix to sample the food, and my god she wasn't kidding.
The staff were really friendly, took time toЧитать далее
Homeward bound
10 мая 2022 г., Марокко ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Well 8.00 start from hotel to airport then flight back to UK. Sad to be going met some nice people, seen some amazing sights and eaten some interesting foods, all in all it's been a really good trip,Читать далее
ПутешественникVery fancy! Safe travels, I look forward to seeing your journey! 😁 x