Morocco, one of my favourite travel destinations, is fast becoming a popular trip for weekends and longer. A country with a hugely varied topography and a fascinating culture, there are so many unmissable experiences in Morocco; but one thing that I would highly recommend is a traditional hammam experience. With…
Welcome to this week’s Postcard From – the feature where I chat to some lucky explorer about their recent travels. If you would like to take part please get in touch – hello@emilyluxton.co.uk or @em_luxton – I would love to hear from you! This week I’m welcoming back another familiar face: Markus…
Recently, I’ve (finally) been putting together a photo album from my trip to Morocco last year. Digital photography is great, but no one seems to remember to print any more, which I think is really important. I love the permanency of printed photos bound forever into a lovely book. Anyway, looking…
After I first visited Marrakech in March last year, I did a post about the three main options when it comes to hotels in the Red City; a riad in the Medina, a luxury hotel in the Nouvelle Ville, or a resort complex in La Palmerie outside of the city.…
So – in case you missed the multiple excited (and slightly boasty) social media updates – over the last couple of weeks I’ve been lucky enough to do a fair bit of travelling with my work. I spent the weekend of the 16th in sunny, crazy Marrakech for a company meeting,…
When I saw this fantastic competition from The Works, I couldn’t resist. They’re asking travel bloggers to write a post about their most memorable reading experience while travelling, in tribute to the upcoming film of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. You can find out more about the competition here. While…
Because I miss Morocco, and because my good pal Sam Larner has kindly re-touched all of my photos from the souqs and Djemma el Fna in Marrakech, I thought I’d create an album with all the photos I took. Some of these have been used on the blog before, but…
Thursday 29th March 2012 For our final day in Morocco, we took a taxi into Marrakech from our hotel in the La Palmerie (around Dh180) to revisit the city centre. Dodging snake charmers and henna artists in the Djemma el Fna like pros, we plunged into the souqs for one…
27 and 28 March 2012 Tired and stiff after a twelve and a half hour drive back from Merzouga, still with traces of the desert in the folds of our clothes, any hotel would have looked like a palace to our road-weary eyes. But the Hotel Las Palmeras in the…
How to get to the Moroccan Sahara, where to go, what to take, and what to do when you get there. All the information you could possibly need to plan a DIY trip to the dunes.
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