Mar
04
Atmospherically located down alleyways in everyday neighbourhoods in the medinas of Morocco’s cities, riads or traditional courtyard houses, offer up a more authentic and enriching experience compared to staying in a centrally-located hotel in the new city. We stayed in a couple of different types of HomeAway riads during our two weeks in Morocco, Dar …
Mar
03
Take-Homes is a series of posts from each destination in which I recommend mementos to buy. My suggestions, and my own purchase choices, are based on sustainable travel criteria: they must be things that are authentically local, that are traditionally made by locals, or things locally produced that are used on an everyday basis by …
Mar
03
Is there anything that says ‘relaxing holiday’ more than sipping a crisp white wine in the sunshine while inhaling a salty sea breeze and leisurely tucking into a seafood feast? We don’t think so. Which is why, upon arriving in Essaouira, we always make a beeline for Le Chalet de la Plage. Enormous fresh oysters, …
Mar
03
Sit back, relax and watch our slideshow of a saunter around Essaouira (note: Flash required). This one has music created by Terence (by the fireplace in our riad!) who bought and learned to play the Gimbri, a three-stringed, skin-covered bass, last time he was in Essaouira. Ambling the labyrinthine lanes and ramshackle alleys of the old …
Mar
02
Nothing highlights the dichotomy of Morocco as the assault on your sense of smell that the place offers. It’s not unusual to inhale the fragrant scent of mint as you pass a barrow of fresh herbs one moment and the pungency of freshly ground spices the next, while a stench of unknown origins will often …
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