Good travel destinations, I said a few weeks ago, should offer their visitors three things: character or history, green spaces for a walk, an interesting day trip destination. In our two last posts, we told you where in Marrakesh to find authentically exotic experiences and the most interesting and beautiful gardens. Today, we will turn…
In many ways, Marrakesh appears to be caught between the demands of its ancient soul and the modernity that the professional middle classes aspire to. While parts of Marrakesh and, even more so, the countryside around it look as though little had changed over the past 100 years, … … the modernisers seem to be…
Morocco’s tourism industry ploughs a lone furrow. Alone among countries on the southern rim of the Mediterranean, Morocco has opened itself up to cultural tourism as opposed to resort tourism where visitors are carefully quarantined to prevent them from infecting the national soul. The ox in front of Morocco’s tourism plough is the city of…