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1997/2023
First/Last visit:
Number of visits:
Personal Rating:
6
15/193
UNESCO Sites visited:
9/9
Places Visited:
Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech,Tiznit, Bouzakarne, Goulmime, Tan Tan, Tarfaya,Ouarzazate, Ait Benhaddou, Volubilis, Taourirt, Al-Hoceima, Chefchaoouen, Essaouira, El Jadida, Agadir, Fès, Meknes, Nador, Tétouan, Laayoune
Highlights:
Medina of Marrakesh UNESCO, join the party on Djemaa el-Fna, Jardin Majorelle, Koutoubia mosque, Saadian tombs. Ali Ben Youssef medersa, Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou UNESCO, Portuguese City of El Jadida UNESCO with an amazing water cistern. Essaouira with its fortified walls and great Medina UNESCO, busride through disputed desert landscapes to Laayoune (surrounded by dunes) in the previous Spanish Western Sahara, now annexed by Morocco (no border controls or checkpoints). Casablance Place Mohammed V, Hassan II mosque on a guided tour. Boulevard de la Corniche, la Princière Salon de Thé, Cinéma Rialto building. Rabat UNESCO (the capital) Mausoleum of Mohammed V, the old Roman City of Sala Colonia (Chellah). Meknès over 80 buildings are enlisted on the UNESCO site, including mosques, medresas, hammams, the heart is Place el-Hedim facing the huge gate of Bab el-Mansour leading into the souq. Roman ruins of Volubilis UNESCO. Medina of Fez UNESCO and its leather tanneries. The whitewashed Medina of Tétouan UNESCO at the foot of the Rif mountains.