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“Their Morocco” by Mehdi de Graincourt
This is our last post on Morocco which we visited in January/February 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe and Africa. The tourism industry suffered enormously worldwide. We hope the lodgings and services we had enjoyed can bounce back quickly in 2021. We close this series with a softback coffee-table book I picked up
Riads and Dars, part 3
This is the last of a series of posts which document our experiences in several traditional moroccan hotels, known as riads or dars. The earlier posts are here and here. In Fes, we tried to stay in Riad Fes but it was fully booked. The riad is situated in the medina and guests are expected
Port of Essaouira, Morocco – part 2
Port of Essaouira – part 1 is here. The ocean off Morocco’s Atlantic coast is one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. This post is about human-scale commercial fishing. Try the seminal 1994 collaboration of Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure – Talking Timbuktu – “Diaraby” (track 10). The port of Essaouira is
Port of Essaouira, Morocco – part 1
Essaouira (الصويرة; in Portuguese: Mogador) is a historical city on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. We spent a couple of days in Essaouira after our trip to the desert. It was nice to see some water after days of sand and rocks. The medina of Essaouira, formerly named Mogador (name originating from the Phoenician word Migdol meaning
