Morocco Travel |
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However just an hour’s travel on the crossing from Spain, it seems at once very
quite from Europe, with a culture – Islamic and deeply traditional – that is
almost wholly uninhabitable. Throughout the country, regardless 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 permanently
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 intertribal maps of the Berber
population. As a backdrop to all this, the country’s physical make-up is
extraordinary: from the Mediterranean coast, through four mountain ranges, to
the empty sand and scrub of the Sahara.
This blend of the odd
and the familiar, the variety of landscapes, the dissimilarity between new city
and ancient Medina, all add up to make Morocco an intense and rewarding
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 resorts like Asilah or Essaouira to
getting lost in the back alleys of Fez and Marrakesh. It can be hard 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 ultimately a safe and politically stationary place to visit.
Indeed, your enduring impressions are likely to be overwhelmingly 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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