toscanafoto

I want to share with the community the photos of my trip to Morocco

I visited: Fes - Marrakesh - Zagora - Meknes - Ouarzazate - Casablanca - Salé - Rabat - El Jadida - Tinghir - Oualidia - Essaouira - Volubilis - Arfoud - Moulay Idriss Zerhoun - Safi - Merzouga - Ifrane - Errachidia

To see my photo gallery click on the link below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcodi...7635172870538/

A very beautiful trip: amazing the medina of Fez with its labyrinthine alleys where getting lost is simple, tanneries and its picturesque Suq; the Jemaa el Fna square in Marrakesh at night is a unique show that if you do not live in person is difficult to imagine, probably at night is the most chaotic place I visited, sounds, lights, colors, smells and nauseating odors that are mixed into a Dantesque hell chaos; the desert is very nice and landscapes that are constantly changing. Very interesting Kasbahs in the south and the architecture of the houses.

I want to point out the major tourist attractions

> Marrakech what to visit :
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- Medina and Souq el Khemis
- Jamaa el Fna or Djema el-Fna ( is the main square )
- Koutoubia Mosque - Ben Youssef Mosque - Sidi Bel Abbes Mosque
- Ben Youssef Madrasa
- Palace Bahia - Palace El Badi
- Mellah ( Jewish Quarter )
- Saadian Tombs
- Gate Bab Taghzout
- Dar el Makhzen ( Royal Palace )
- Jewish Cemetery Miaara
- Almoravid Koubba ( is a building )
- Quarter Gueliz
- Square Rahba Kedima - Street Mouassine
- Maison Tiskiwin Museum - Dar Si Said Museum of Moroccan Arts - Berber Museum - Museum of Photography - Museum of Moroccan Art of Living
- Train station
- Congress Palace
- Majorelle garden - Arsat Moulay Abdessalam garden - El Harti garden - Agdal garden
- Excursion Atlas Mountains ( beautiful views )
- Excursion Ourika Valley

> Fes what to visit :
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- Medina el-Bali ( is the oldest part of the walled of Fes ) and Souq
- Tanneries of quarter Moulay Abdellah
- Bou Inania or Anania Madrasa - Al-Attarine Madrasa - Cherratin Madrasa - Sahrij Madrasa
- Bab Bou Jeloud ( Blu Gate )
- Mosque and University of al-Karaouine or al-Qarawiyyin - Andalusian Mosque
- Dar el Makhzen ( Royal Palace )
- Ibn Danan o Aben Danan Synagogue
- Quarter el-Jdid where there is Mellah ( Jewish Quarter )
- Zaouia Moulay Idriss II ( is a sanctuary )
- Palace Glaoui
- Fondouk Tsetouanien ( place bargaining )
- Tombs of Merenidi
- Museum of wood and craft of Nejjarine and the fountain - Dar Batha Museum - Museum of Arms
- Jnan Sbil gardens

> Arfoud what to visit :
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- Excursion dunes of Merzouga
- Excursion Errachidia

> Ouarzazate what to visit :
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- Kasbah Amridil - Kasbah Taourirt - Kasbah Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Jebel Sahro ( nice mountainous area )
- Museum of Memory
- Atlas Film Studio

> Essaouira what to visit :
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- Medina
- Fortress on the sea
- Central market ( fish fruit vegetables and everything else )
- Ramparts of the city
- Port
- Dar Souiri ( is a building )
- Jewish Cemetery - Christian Cemetery Mogador

> Zagora what to visit :
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- Excursion desert and Village Hassi Labiad and dunes Tinfou
- Draa river and valley ( beautiful area with palm trees and breathtaking views )

> Meknes what to visit :
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- Medina
- Bou Inania Madrasa
- Gate Bab Mansour and Bab el-Khemis
- Moulay Ismail Mosque and Mausoleum
- Square El Hedim
- Old stables
- Dar Jamai Museum
- Moulay Ismail University
- Excursion Archaeological Site of Volubilis
- Excursion reservoir Agdal
- Excursion Moulay Idriss Zerhoun ( Medina - Mosque and Sanctuary Moulay Idriss )
- Excursion Ifrane ( located to 1713 meters above sea level is a winter resort )

> Rabat and Salé what to visit :
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- Medina
- Kasbah of the Udayas
- Mausoleum Mohamed V and Hassan Tower
- Dar el Makhzen ( Royal Palace )
- Archaeological Site of Chella
- Andalusian gardens - Exotic gardens of Bouknadel
- Oudaia Museum - Currency Museum of the Bank Al-Maghrib - National Archaeological Museum
- Downtown

> Casablanca what to visit :
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- Hassan II Mosque
- Dar el Makhzen ( Royal Palace )
- Old and new Medina
- Quarter Habous
- Square Mohammed V
- Seafront and beaches Ain Diab
- Notre Dame de Lourdes Church - Church of the Sacred Heart
- Lighthouse el-Hank
- Town Hall
- Park of the Arab League
- Museum of Moroccan Judaism - Abderrahman Slaoui Museum

> El Jadida what to visit :
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- Portuguese Historical Center
- Underground cistern
- Sidi Bouzid beach - Haouzia beach
- Mohammed V gardens

> Safi what to visit :
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- Medina and Souq
- Dar el Bahar or Qasr al-Bahr ( is a fortress )

> Tinghir what to visit :
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- Todra Gorge

> Oualidia is a seaside resort

chgoeditor

Sounds as if you saw a lot on your trip...I'll check out your photos.

If you stayed at any riads you'd recommend, I'd love your suggestions in this thread.

SFWanderer

Stunning montage of Morocco!

You're album and suggestions couldn't have been timed any better for me as we've just begun researching a visit in a couple of years (next year's vacation is already wrapped up).

Thank you for sharing!

How long was your visit to accomplish all this?

toscanafoto

Thank you very much

My trip was 15 days and I always transferred by bus and the trip was organised by a tour operator

SFWanderer

All this in 15 days?! Amazing!

Would you mind PM'g me the name of the tour operator? I'd greatly appreciate that, toscanafoto.

toscanafoto

Sure ! I sent you the private message with the information you have requested

morriekins

Just found this thread and wondering if you could PM the name of the tour company you used?

toscanafoto

Sure ! I sent you a PM with the name of local Tour Operator with I have visited Morocco

iceblueshoes

Wow. That's some amazing pics you got!
I'm still on the fence about a trip to Morocco for a desert safari trek or if I should spend more time in Portugal and Spain...
You're not helping!