We’ve been wanting to do this trip for a long time. Instead of doing a “round robin” trip by car or bus, we are going to make maximum use of their rail system, staying in the major cities and doing day trips from each of them.
This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 Today, we took the 1.5 hour trip down to visit Rabat (actually Rabat and Salé, separated by the Bou Regreg River near the shores of the Atlantic Ocean), the capital of Morocco. As we drove in, the first thing that was apparent was how clean the…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 We took the high speed train from Tangier to Casablanca in First Class which was the most genteel mode of travel we have had on this trip to date. Arriving in Casablanca, it became immediately apparent that this was “the big city” — it’s huge and…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 After our visit to Chefchaouen, we made our way to the coast and the city of Tangier. Frankly, we didn’t know what to expect there, since our only knowledge of it was from talking with “day trippers” coming over from Spain on the ferry and one…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 We changed our plans a bit in Fez. Originally, we were going to take the train from Fez to Tangier, but decided to get a driver and stop at Chefchaouen instead. This really only became an option in the past few days as the whole northern…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 Today we ventured outside of Fez to visit an old Roman city and another of the Moroccan imperial cities. The drive from Fez gave us our first look at the good news/bad news about all the recent rain and associated flooding — the farmers mostly loved…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 We spent the last few days in Fez and the surrounding area. After spending time in the desert, coming back to the big city was a little bit of a shock, but there are so many gardens in the city and agricultural areas outside the city,…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 After staying in Marrakech for 5 nights, we headed out to Merzouga, a village in southeastern Morocco at the start of the Sahara Desert. In fact, it’s only about 30 miles to Algeria from here. We came to stay at one of the many desert camps…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 After spending a lot of time in cities, it was time to get out into the countryside. Just a short drive from Marrakech is the Ourika Valley, nestled in the Atlas Mountains. The first thing you notice when riding to the valley is the incredible growth…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 Today we took a “little” (110 mile) drive to the city of Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. This area has been inhabited since ancient times because of its protected bay and harbor. It’s also in a perfect location as a trade port with Africa, Europe, and…
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This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 Getting to Marrakech from the Canary Islands should be easy — it’s not. While less than 60 miles away from Morocco, we had to fly back to Madrid and then on to Marrakech. That’s when we got our first surprise — vans from the airport can’t…
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