Cats of Morocco

Everywhere we went in Morocco, there were cats.  Lots of cats.  Stray cats and pet cats.  Shy cats and bold ones.  Many were happy to have a chat. Why so many cats? The Prophet Mohammed…

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Casablanca (21 and 22 October 2018)

Despite the exoticism which its name conjures up, today’s Casablanca is a thoroughly modern, working city.  Not much of the old or the colonial remains.  But it does have two things other cities in Morocco…

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Marrakesh (18 to 21 October 2018)

Known as the Red City because the pink rammed earth ramparts which encompass the old city glow red in the dawn and the afternoon sun, Marrakesh was once the capital of an empire whose northern…

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Tangier and Asilah (15 to 18 October 2018)

Perched at the tip of Morocco and just 15kms across the Straits of Gibraltar from Spain, for centuries Tangier was Europe’s gateway to Africa.  It was the centre of the Interzone, an international free trade…

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Tetouan and Chefchaouen (12 to 15 October 2018)

Tetouan gets relatively few overseas tourists, which is a shame because it has one of the prettiest medinas we saw on our travels in Morocco.  It’s also one of the trickiest to negotiate.  The first…

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