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Author Archives: debbie
Marrakech
Today is a shopping day! Yahoo! As we travel around Morocco, I keep my eye out for fabrics, scarves, weaving etc that I like. Today, we go in search of a scarf for me. I also want to buy a … Continue reading
Ouarzazate to Marrakech
Pickup is at 8:15 today as we are stopping at Ait Ben Haddou on the way back to Marrakech and it is a major tourist stop. We want to beat the crowds. Ait Ben Haddou is a kasbah (fortified village) … Continue reading
Skoura to Todgha and Dades Gorges to Ouarzazate
Todgha Gorge and Dades Gorge are where we are headed today. As we start to drive east of Skoura, we see fresh snow high up in the Atlas Mountains. Todgha Gorge is about 140 km from Skoura, but at the … Continue reading
Marrakech to Skoura
We jump in a Toyota Land Cruiser at 9:15 with the same driver that drove us from Fes to Marrakech. Today, the destination is Skoura, via Demnate and over the High Atlas Mountains. The drive starts out through the same … Continue reading
Marrakech
Marrakech is a tourist Mecca and it is unbelievable just how many tourists there are here. We get dismayed by the numbers and immediately head outside the walls of the Medina. We walk towards an area called Gueliz, where there … Continue reading
Fes
There are Art Deco buildings in downtown Fes, so we venture outside the Medina. A 10 minute Petit Taxi ride for 15 MAD (about $2.00 Cdn) takes us to the Grand Hotel. I had envisioned an operational hotel in all … Continue reading
Volubilis and Meknes
The ruins of Volubilis are about 60 km west of Fes. The area was first developed in the 2nd century BC by the Berbers and the Carthaginians. Then around the 2nd century AD the Romans developed more of the area, … Continue reading
Tetouan to Chefchaouen
We decide to try another method of transport. We ride the CTM Bus from Tetouan to Chefchaouen. The bus tickets are 120 MAD ($17 Cdn) for both of us. A taxi ride/private driver would have been much more than that, … Continue reading
Tangier to Tetouan
We are on the move today and for the next few days. Aymen, a private driver, meets us at 9:00 and we are off to Tetouan. Tetouan is called the White City and it was recommended on one of the … Continue reading
Tangier
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams and even the Rolling Stones hung out in Tangier at some point. It drew these artists for its cosmopolitan vibe. I was expecting a city and Medina grittier than what we discover. … Continue reading