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Is Morocco on your bucket list? It oozes wanderlust, yet for us, it somehow always seems to slip in terms of travel priorities. Perhaps it’s too close to home, or maybe over popular with our region’s masses, but the North African country certainly deserves a fair shake. With its colourf…
Steeped in Moroccan history and culture, Marrakech is a city that also embraces modernity and creativity. CNN International’s James Williams, host of travel series ‘In 24 Hours’, takes us on a whirlwind tour. Marrakech is like a colourful jewel wrapped in a rich red dustiness, just wait…
As the plane dropped through the clouds, the Moroccan coast appeared. The deep blue sky and the orange-and-red Atlas Mountains made a majestic contrast to the grey central Europe our writer had left behind hours before.
Marrakech, Morocco’s second-largest city plays host to a hotel that should be on every Bespoke reader’s must-visit list for 2011 - the Royal Mansour. Built according to royal edict, the mandate was that it be the most lavish hotel in all Morocco and the flagship in HRH King Mohammed VI’s e
Parkour has hit the Middle East. This discipline - built on the philosophical premise that all obstacles can be surpassed - focuses on moving from one point to another as smoothly, efficiently and quickly as possible using the abilities of the human body.
The markets of Marrakech are a shopper’s paradise but they can also be rather overwhelming. How to survive the souks and return home with some real gems? One option is to hire a personal shopper and make the whole experience a lot more relaxed.
Marrakesh is fast emerging as Morocco’s party town and jet-setters are flocking to have a good time at this millennia-old palm oasis at the edge of the Sahara. For those in the know, Le Comptoir Darna offers an incomparable experience.
Marrakech has mostly appealed to the more rugged traveller, but no more. With star-appeal and the recently-opened luxury Murano Oriental Resort, the Arab world's cultural capital, offers a heady combination of opulence, sensuality and mystique, finds Warren Singh-Bartlett.