Front-Row Seats to the Arab Spring
We have had many guests ask us if Marrakech, and Morocco generally, are safe, given what is going on more generally in other parts of Africa, the “Arab World”, and farther afield. While you can never...
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Churchill’s Marrakech
The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill loved Morocco and called Marrakech “the Paris of the Sahara.” In 1936 he wrote an article for the Daily Mail headlined “I was astonished by Morocco,” in...
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Moroccan Saffron is Exquisite
Beautiful field of saffron crocus just before the harvest Saffron is an extremely important and prized spice within Moroccan culture. It’s used primarily as a spice with a complex and slightly sweet...
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Traditional Folk Tales of Marrakech
The folklore tradition is strong in Morocco, particularly in Marrakech. In the main square of the medina, Jemaa El Fna, as the sun sets you’ll find many knots of people circled around an animated...
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