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| Morocco Travel |
Easterners Morocco fills an immediate and enduring
fascination so use Morocco travel. Though just an hour’s ride on the crossing
from Spain, it seems at once so quite from Europe, with a culture – Islamic and
pointedly traditional – that is almost wholly uninhabitable. Throughout the
country, in spite of the years of French and Spanish colonial rule and the
existence of modern and cosmopolitan cities like Rabat, Marrakesh and
Casablanca, a more distant past constantly makes its presence felt. Fez,
perhaps the most beautiful of all Arab cities, maintains a life still rooted in
medieval times, when a Moroccan kingdom stretched from Senegal to northern
Spain, while in the mountains of the Atlas and the Rif, it’s still possible to
draw up tribal maps of the Berber population. As a backdrop to all this, the
country’s physical make-up is remarkable: from the Mediterranean coast, through
four mountain ranges, to the empty sand and scrub of the Sahara.
This blend of the
peculiar and the familiar, the diversity of landscapes, the disparity between
new city and ancient Medina, all add up to make Morocco an intense and
remuneration experience, and a country that is ideally suited to independent
travel – with enough time, you can cover a whole range of activities, from
hiking in the Atlas and relaxing at laidback Atlantic spa like Asilah or
Essaouira to getting lost in the back alleys of Fez and Marrakesh. It can be
difficult at times to come to terms with the privilege of your position as a
tourist in a country with severe poverty, and there is, too, occasional hassle
from unofficial guides, but Morocco is essentially a safe and politically firm
place to visit. Indeed, your enduring impressions are likely to be often
positive, shaped by encounters with Morocco’s powerful tradition of
hospitality, generosity and openness. This is a country people return to again
and again.
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