Here is a basic guide to the best times to travel in Morocco through out the year weatherwise. If you are looking for city specific weather information make sure to check out: Weather Averages in Fez Weather Averages in Marrakech Weather Averages in Rabat Now, as an intro to the next table, I think there [...]
Want to whet your appetite for your holiday with some video footage? Here are the best videos on Morocco: If you don’t watch any of the others make sure you check this series out by the Travel Channel’s Andrew Zimmern called Bizarre Foods Morocco Edition. It will either make you excited for an adventure, or [...]
Without further ado, here is our list of the best Morocco websites. Sites are listed for visual appeal and/or quality of information. In our opinion, some of the best sources for gathering information both with pictures and words are blogs. So there is a healthy dose of them in the list. Overall Information on Morocco: [...]
We have received a lot of questions from people about the trains in Morocco. Here is a quick overview of the train system, with some tips for success. Best Tips The official website is oncf.ma. It is in French, English and Arabic and is pretty easy to navigate. Look just below the oncf logo to [...]
I was in the Marjorelle Gardens Cafe a few weeks ago, and the lady at the table next to me leaned over and said, “Are you an American?” To which I replied, “Yes.” She smiled and said, “Its nice to hear a familiar accent.” We proceeded to chat about her travels in Morocco and then [...]
On the outskirts of our town lies a quiant olive farm and a growing business. Reda and his wife Katrina started this business in the last couple of years and have quickly produced some of the best olive oil in the country. After inheriting the local farm from his father, Reda got to work planting [...]
Having been inspired by DeliciousBaby, a great blog with tips about traveling with kids, we present to you Morocco with Kids. The information in these guides comes from various ex-pat moms living in each of the different cities. Part One in our series on Traveling with Kids in Morocco focuses on general tips about traveling [...]
This is the third part in our series on traveling in Morocco with kids . Today we will feature Meknes. Meknes is a smaller town with comparitively less to do than Marrakesh or Rabat, but it still offers some nice options for kids if you are staying there for a few days. Great Places for [...]
This is part two in our series on tips for traveling with kids in Morocco. Make sure to check out our first piece about Marrakesh. You can also see the list of our family-friendly riads. Top Places for Kids in Rabat 1. Hilton Park: There is a great park next to the old Hilton, everyone [...]
We got inspired this week by a great website called Delicious Baby, which is a blog with tips for traveling with kids, and by our own experience with traveling with kids in Morocco to create a guide for traveling in Morocco with kids. To do this, we sourced expats living with kids in several cities [...]
So everyone’s first impression as they drive out of the airport in their beat-up Mercedes taxi with the furry toy dangling from the rear-view mirror, the broken door handles and the cracks in the windscreen, is the craziness of the driving! And yes – I couldn’t possibly disagree! But I would suggest that what make [...]
Ice Cream. I love it. It is one of my favorite “add a few inches to the waistline” foods. This craving sent me on a journey to find the best ice cream Rabat has to offer. The first time I came to Morocco I had been in Spain and had loved the quality of their [...]
Rabat has its fare share of gardens and parks- the Hilton park is great for running/walking or a picnic. There is a park in Agdal near Place Ibn Yassin that is nice in the summer. The redone area by the Bouregreg with the Venezia Ice is great as well, although it is hardly a park. [...]
I stumbled on a big secret gem in Rabat the other night. I have been in Rabat a couple of years and have eaten at a lot of restaurants. Traditional Moroccan, Chinese, pseudo-Mexican, Italian, seafood- you name it, if it is in Rabat, I have probably tried it. Until now my three favorite restaurants in [...]
Hi, my name is Chris and I run Savor Morocco, a Moroccan cooking school in Meknes, and I want to welcome you to Meknes, the least known of the 5 Imperial Cities in Morocco, yet the founding city of the current Alouite Dynasty. Even though we are quiet and tiny compared to the other 4 [...]
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