Mar
18
Boasting a lovely old centre that is largely pedestrianised, cobblestoned lanes lined with fragrant orange trees, and countless plazas boasting fountains, sculptures and alfresco cafés, Jerez is a real treat to explore on foot. Like its sister Andalucian cities of Seville, Granada and Cordoba, Jerez has an abundance of gorgeous buildings to admire – a …
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 …
Feb
21
Marrakech is a city made for shopping (and eating too – but more on that in another post), with only a handful of sights to detain you if you let them. We’re lucky that the location of our riad Dar Rocmarra, in the northwestern part of the medina near Bab Doukkala, takes us along a route that …
Feb
12
I have to admit that after watching the documentary Food, Inc. on the flight over to London from Dubai I was a little depressed about the state of the food industry. Watching the undercooked movie Julie & Julia after Food, Inc. didn’t help my mood either. After doing a bespoke ‘London for Foodies’ walk with …
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