Morocco's great moussems: the Imilchil fiançés, the Festival of the Roses, the Date moussem... all great opportunities to immerse yourself in Moroccan culture.
Ideas and advice for travelling in Morocco
Whether you’re looking for an adventurous holiday, exploring the jebel trails and sandy wadis in a 4*4, following the transhumance of the last nomads…
- or take a more comfortable road trip with your children, visiting Berber villages and kasbahs, discovering imperial cities, Moroccan culture and the coastal route…
- or simply spend a night or a restful stay in a simple and comfortable oasis, we will meet all your needs….
We’d like you to discover the Morocco that you don’t see in Marrakesh, Agadir or Essaouira, the Morocco that seduced Bernard, me and others:
- Morocco of herons on the Bou Regreg, and falcon hunts in the southern deserts, where Kuwaiti and Saudis breeders spend the winter, passionate about their birds as they are about their racehorses…
- Morocco’s wild and splendid landscapes, such as the Jaffar cirque, with its narrow track, just the width of a 4*4, the palm groves of the Draa valley, the immense souk of Rissani, which attracts villagers from more than 25 kilometres around…
- Morocco, with its rich cultural history stretching back more than a thousand years, and Fez, its culture, its monuments, the inextricable maze of its medina, Fez which was home to the largest Koranic school in Africa, Fez the intelligent, Fez the refined.
- Morocco of the last Berber nomads, the descendants of the ancient lords Aït Atta and Aït Hadiddou whose dark woollen tents still dot the slopes of the Saghro. They can’t read or write, they don’t know the date of Ramadan, but they can still find their way with certainty at night in the middle of the dunes. They know the herbs that heal, and those whose magical power protects.
There are so many things, so many places, off the beaten track, in this country that we love. You’ll need several trips to discover them…
The photos of the crowds at Marrakesh airport send out the wrong signal about the airport's ability to cope with what turned out to be a relatively normal influx of passengers. No doubt a system problem...
A photo of Agouim after the earthquake, I took one in the same place in 2010 and all my sadness about the earthquake is coming back.
Social networking sites are abuzz with calls for people "not to cancel their holidays in Morocco". What is the situation? How do you make your decision?
Swimming pools are stagnant water, just the way the djinns like it. All the more reason not to build too many swimming pools in the desert, at a time when we are experiencing real water stress.
The scimitar-horned oryx is threatened with extinction, but Morocco, which has more than 300 oryx, is running a programme to reintegrate it into the wild.
Is it possible to discover Morocco in complete safety, without fearing murders like the one that occurred in Kabylia? I think so.
Happy New Year 2014 and 2964 according to the Berber calendar! Here's how Yennayer is celebrated in Morocco
Apart from the restricted, non-tourist zone of the Western Sahara bordering Algeria and Mauritania, the map shows a Morocco that is safe for tourists.
Where to swim in Morocco? There are plenty of beaches on both coasts of the country. Only 25 beaches have been awarded the Blue Flag this year, and here is a list of the top performers.
Although very popular with tourists, the Moussem des Roses is still a traditional festival enjoyed by the people of Kelaa, and the election of Miss Rose is far from a televised beauty contest.
The climate in Morocco, a cold country with a hot sun, the country where you see snow falling on the desert dunes
The nature of an attack is to strike unexpectedly. Should you cancel your trip following the bombing of the Argana café in Marrakech? The choice is yours, but no, for objective reasons and out of support for Morocco.
There are not many ecolodges, and they are concentrated in the south, but the variety of accommodation they offer means that travellers can make some wonderful discoveries.
It's all very well to want to promote ecotourism, but in this case we also need to solve the most important pollution problems, such as water management or plastic bags...
The map of the sky changes with latitude. To observe the stars of the Moroccan desert, here's a site that makes it easy to identify them.
