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Things To See and Do in Marrakesh
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 20 August 2009
Among the rosy-tinged buildings of Marrakesh, visitors will discover ancient archaeological marvels and twisting medina alleyways where every turn yields an abundance of new sights, sounds and scents. The ramparts, old city walls, of the medina in Marrakesh were built in the thirteenth century and are the best examples of fortress walls in Morocco. At two meters thick and 12 miles long, the walls are a great place for an early morning stroll. Catch them during the last light of day to see the walls take on a deep orange-colored ...
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 August 2009
H.M. the King pardons 346 prisonersRabat - H.M. King Mohammed VI has pardoned 346 people on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, celebrated on August 20, said the Moroccan Justice Ministry.Royal pardon is customary in the North African kingdom to mark national and religious holidays.
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Moorish Corsairs: The History of Salé
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 August 2009
Inspired by Professor Leila Maziane's new book, The Corsairs of Salé, Helen Ranger looks at the history of piracy in the small port of Salé that lies across the Bouregreg River from Rabat.
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Moroccan Argan Oil - a growth industry
Blog: The View from Fez - 17 August 2009
Earlier this year, The View from Fez reported on the making of argan oil in Fez, where some local businesses were giving demonstrations of the ancient techniques employed. (See story here: Argan Oil in Fez.You will also find an Argan oil recipe here: Chicken Salad with Almonds, Mango and Argan Oil
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Yves Saint Laurent's Tangier house for sale
Blog: The View from Fez - 13 August 2009
When the fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent, died in June 2008 at the age of 71, he left behind not just a tremedously important collection of art - he left a fabulous home in Tangier. Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé purchased the property in 1998. Now Christie's Great Estates (a subsidiary of the auction house) have announced that Marrakech broker Majorelle Investissement SARL, is offering the house for sale.
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Golf in Fez
Blog: The View from Fez - 12 August 2009
A new golf course in Fez is taking shape at the Oued Fes development on the Meknes road. Helen Ranger looks at the progress so far.
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Ramadan in Fez
Blog: The View from Fez - 11 August 2009
This year, Ramadan will probably start on 22 August and run until around 21 September. No-one's exactly sure until the moon is sighted. But what does it mean if you're coming to Fez on holiday?
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Sex and the Medina?
Blog: The View from Fez - 11 August 2009
It is hard to imagine a more peculiar pairing than the light and fluffy American TV series Sex and the City and the Kingdom of Morocco. Even harder to imagine why such a notion would come to mind. But read on and be ...er... surprised?Well this month the sequel to Sex and the City ( the movie) is being filmed and rumour has it that as much as five weeks of the sequel's production time will be spent in Morocco. Which cast members will be part of the Morocco shoot, or why they're going there, remains a mystery.
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The View from Fez on Lonely Planet
Blog: The View from Fez - 9 August 2009
The View from Fez blog is enjoying huge success. The team is delighted to announce that our posts now appear on the Lonely Planet website as one of the well-known guidebook company's favourite blogs. That's pretty good news for our hard-working team and for Moroccan tourism!
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The Heart of Marrakesh - Jemma El' Fna
Blog: Travelicious - 7 August 2009
Marrakesh I will always remember for its Jemma El’Fna. A grand plaza filled with all sorts of people and just a place of general mayhem! There were snake charmers, who were very happy to suddenly jump out and fling a snake around your neck – for a nice Kodak moment… Persistent henna ladies, fortune and story tellers (in Arabic), men with monkeys that you could hold for a few dirham, and then there was the juice stands, selling the best freshly squeezed orange juice ever. There was even a “dentist," whose quick extraction skills were advertised by a table full of teeth.
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 6 August 2009
The cost of food during Ramadan may fall this year.After a meeting chaired by the Secretary General of the Interior Ministry, Abdechakour Rais, a statement was released indicating that the Moroccan market will be abundantly supplied with highly popular goods and foodstuffs in the coming month of Ramadan and at lesser prices than the same period of 2008.The meeting was held to discuss the issue of market supply during Ramadan, and to make sure that markets operate normally and are not subject to price speculation.
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Travel to Morocco - read this first!
Blog: The View from Fez - 5 August 2009
Click on map to enlargeThis is the basic information you need to know before a trip to Morocco.
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The leaving of Meknes - Jillan York
Blog: The View from Fez - 4 August 2009
Jillian York is one of our favourite bloggers and recently wrote a wonderfully nostalgic piece about missing her favourite Moroccan city - Meknes. It is reprinted here, with her permission. Meknes, ya Meknes
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Moroccan court rejects TelQuel and Nichane appeal
Blog: The View from Fez - 4 August 2009
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Fez tops 50 "Best Romantic Getaways".
Blog: The View from Fez - 4 August 2009
Now at The View from Fez we are always sceptical about lists that rank tourist destinations, but we had a moment of pleasure when we saw the prestigious Travel & Leisure top 50. Not only Fez at the top - but Fred Sola from Riad Laaroussa must be a very happy man... as you will see.
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Prickly pears: healthy recipe
Blog: The View from Fez - 4 August 2009
Following our article on prickly pears, The View from Fez has been scouring the internet for recipes. Here's one to beat the summer heat - and it's health-giving too.Prickly Pear Health Water
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Cactus bears fruit for Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 3 August 2009
Late summer sees carts full of prickly pears for sale in the Fez Medina. You won't find this humble fruit in the supermarkets, but it only costs a few dirhams to have the vendor peel away the prickly skin and for you to taste the refreshing flesh. It seems, though, that el hindia, as the prickly pear is known in Moroccan Arabic, might contain more than meets the eye. Helen Ranger reports.
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Fez Medina billboard - visual pollution?
Blog: The View from Fez - 3 August 2009
A large, new billboard advertising a local restaurant has recently gone up at Ain Azleten - the first of its kind in the Fez Medina.
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Focus on Oujda - Morocco's frontier city
Blog: The View from Fez - 3 August 2009
From time to time The View from Fez turns the spotlight on our favourite Moroccan towns and cities. Today we focus on Oujda - an ideal destination for the perfect weekend escape or longer vacation..
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Morocco squanders a golden opportunity
Blog: The View from Fez - 2 August 2009
OPINION - by Ahmed Bennis
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Moroccan News Briefs.
Blog: The View from Fez - 1 August 2009
Head of terrorist ring sentenced to life imprisonmentSalé - This week the court of appeals of Salé sentenced Abdelkader Belliraj, the prime suspect in the dismantled Belliraj terrorist ring, to life imprisonment on charges of "disturbing the state's internal security and premeditated murder."
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1999-2009: Morocco's decade of reforms,
Blog: The View from Fez - 1 August 2009
Over the past ten years Morocco has embarked on a broad-based process of reforms and a number of large-scale development projects, which ushered in a new era under the reign of His Ma
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Mad wind-powered race starts in Morocco.
Blog: The View from Fez - 1 August 2009
Going across the Sahara by camel can be a dry, dusty, time-consuming undertaking. Crossing the Moroccan Sahara in a buggy, however, is a wild idea. Even wilder if you contemplate making the buggy a kite buggy. Mad? Yes. Crazy? Yes. But it's happening and it doesn't take much of a sleuth to figure out that the most likely nationalities to dream up such a scheme would have to be Kiwis and Aussies.TWO KIWIS AND TWO AUSSIES RACE ACROSS THE SAHARA DESERT BY KITE BUGGY ...
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Luxurious palace in the Fez Medina
Blog: The View from Fez - 30 July 2009
Through this magnificent door lies probably the most luxurious house in the Fez medina that has recently become available to rent for a holiday of a lifetime. Helen Ranger visits Riad Misbah.
