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7230.00 |
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8890.00 |
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7790.00 |
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Sample general listing for selected hotels & Properties : or similar
First class
4 stars Hotels or Riads ( based on your
preference, Raids are Moroccan mansions, renovated & turned into boutique
hotels):
Casablanca: Le Littoral or Idou Anfa
Fez: Wassim or Minzah Zalagh. Riads: Arabesque or Dar
El Ghalia
Ouarzazate: Kenzi Belere or Club Hanane
Marrakesh: Kenzi Farah or Imperial Borj or Tichka Salam. Riads:
Riad Malika
Zagora : Kasr Tinsouline
Merzouga : Deluxe tent camp
Casablanca: Sheraton
Fez: Sheraton
Ouarzazate: Meridien Berber Palace
Marrakesh: Sheraton Ultra
Merzouga
: Deluxe tent camp
Casablanca: Meridien Royal Mansour
Fez: Jnan Palace
Ouarzazate: Meridien Berber Palace
Marrakesh: Palmeraie Golf Palace & Resort, or for a supplement
of $820 per person you may upgrade to the legendary Mamounia hotel
( closed for repairs ) , swimming pool view.
Merzouga
: Deluxe tent camp

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What others say about our service in Morocco
Lebes (Berber greeting) or sbah ikheer (Arabic for good morning)!
Spring break is about over and it's back to work tomorrow. It will be
a shorter week at CAS for me because on Thursday I'll be leaving for the
Optimal Match Conference (SPED and Technology) in Rabat. Last year I
attended the conference in Madrid, Spain. I'm eager to see if the teachers
from Rome, Paris, and Barcelona who I met last year will be attending
this year. It is great to network with other teachers and find out about
their programs plus hear about new and innovative strategies. The presenters
are from the US.
Paul is currently enroute between Casablanca and Amsterdam with arrival
due in the US at about 5:30 tonight and then back to work for him tomorrow.
We had a fantastic week of touring and seeing more of
Morocco - a truly remarkable country with beaches, mountains, deserts,
and everything in between in a relatively small area. Paul will send from
his email account a number of pictures which might give you an idea of
our experiences this past week.
Trekking in the Amizimiz area while seeing the Atlas Mountains with its
picturesque landscapes and Berber villages was quite remarkable. Our guide
Said served us Moroccan tea and a lamb tagine for lunch in his
home. As you can see from the photo they also decided to dress us up in
the typical Berber attire for lunch.
We continued on with the drive through the High Atlas Mountains crossing
through the Tizi N' Tichka Pass and descended down through the Draa Valley
stopping to see ancient Kasbahs (fortified palaces) and to the
caravan-town of Ouarzazate (movie site of The Mummy, Black Hawk Down,
Babel, Syriana, Lawrence of Arabia, etc.). Enroute we stopped to hike
up Ait Benhaddou and up the sandstone hill which has been the site for
a variety of movies including Gladiator. People still live in this UNESCO
World Heritage village including Uemna and her husband. She invited us
in to see her cave dwelling in the side of the hill and shared delicious
home-grown almonds.
Our next two nights were spent in the desert. The first night was at Zagora
and in the middle of a sandstorm. Paul thinks that I probably have never
been so grouchy upon awaking in the morning after a night spent trying
to breathe while attempting to sleep in our nomad Berber tent amongst
a haze of blowing sand. I think that the sand is all out of our ears by
now. The next night after some fun camel riding we enjoyed a night on
the Merzouga Desert in a deluxe tent under the stars.
Both nights we had our own private concert with talented musicians and
dancers entertaining us with traditional Gnaouan music and delicious Moroccan
cuisine.
It was interesting to study the information displayed on Paul's GPS in
the mountains, deserts, etc. In the photo you can see our Moroccan friend
and Paul discussing the merits of such equipment. We read in one
of the tour books that it is difficult for tourists to locate their reserved
auberges (lodging accommodations) or tent sites and that they are encouraged
to call ahead for the GPS coordinates in order to locate the correct place
in the Sahara Desert.
Riding out into the golden dunes near Merzouga on camels to see the sunset
was so much fun while watching four-wheel-drive vehicles zipping up and
down the sand dunes (some in preparation for the Dakar Rally).
All too soon it was time to start the travel back to Casablanca via Fez.
On one of our stops we fed peanuts to the Barbary apes near Ifrane.
Staying in the Riad Dar Al Andalous was an experience of seeing more of
the history and culture of Fez. Here we had one more example of the challenges
of communication in a foreign country. Paul asked if he should pay for
a Coca Cola and before he knew it he was being enthusiastically escorted
into the kitchen to meet the 'cook' (Coke).
Living and visiting in an international setting is truly
an exciting and stimulating experience.
A week after leaving Casablanca via train we arrived back in Casa with
our very informative and helpful driver Hamid. Now, we have the memories
and the pictures (and a few souvenirs) to enjoy of this
adventure in another area of incredible Morocco.
Our time in Morocco is fast approaching an end with one last trip
before returning home to Minnesota. At this point we are thinking of exploring
more of Spain and the Moroccan coast of the Mediterranean.
M'a ssalama (goodbye - Arabic)
Paul and Dixie
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