Did a two week road trip through Morocco: Marrakech, Quarzatte, Efoud, Erg Chebbi (tent), Fès, Meknès, Rabat, Casablanca, El Jadida, Marrakech | |
Tombeau saadiens, a prime example of arabic architecture | |
Mosque de la Kasbah | |
Typical portal as they exist at all private homes | |
typical street scene in Marrakech | |
Jeema el-fna, Marrakech's main square at day.. | |
and at night with thousands of people and drums, vibrating like hardly any place I have seen before | |
Jardin Majorelle | |
One of the many beautiful dinner locations we had | |
Imlil near the Asni ski station in the Atlas mountains | |
On the road from Asni back to Marrakech | |
Picture from the roof down to the inner court of the Angsana Riad Lydines, a beautiful place with very kind people | |
On the road towards the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass (2,260m) with some intriguing fellow drivers | |
View through the former harem window of the Dar-Glaoui Kasbah in Teoulét | |
Ksar Ait Banhaddou UNESCO world culture habitat which served as backdrop for many movies (e.g. Gladiator) | |
Inner view of Dar Kamar Hotel in Quarzazate, this time already African style | |
On the "Road of the 1,000 Kasbahs" | |
Drive to Ilmilchil through the Gorges du Dadés | |
Grand Canyon Morocco style (Gorges du Dadés) | |
Drive to Assoul through the Gorges du Todra | |
Gorges du Todra | |
The upper part of the Gorges du Torda were there were no tourists | |
On the way back | |
On the way to Erfoud with more intriguing road companions | |
dito | |
Metal workshop in Erfoud | |
Approaching the dunes near Erfoud | |
Sunset in the dunes | |
Sunrise in the dunes | |
Ski station near Azrou | |
Cedar forst nearAzrou | |
Azrou | |
Ifrane, the "Switzerland of Morocco" (no, not because of the big construction site) | |
Leather works in Fès | |
In the Medina of Fès | |
The King's Palace in Fès (he has other palaces in other cities) | |
One of many impressive completely original and non-protected mosaïcs in the Roman city of Volubilis | |
Former main road in Bolubilis | |
Heri es-souani, gigantic former warehouse in Meknès | |
Entrance to the Mausolée de Mohammed V in Rabat | |
Interior of the Mausoleum | |
View of the modern port of Rabat with modern streetcars (tramways) | |
No this is not Greece but Kasbah de Oudaïas in Rabat | |
Rick's Café in Casablanca | |
Grande Mosquée Hassan II in Casablance, with the 200m high Minarett which holds 105,000 visitors | |
Modern shopping mall in Casablanca, www.anfashopping.com | |
Modern promenada in front of the shopping mall | |
El-Jadida (formerly a portuguese city) | |
Portuguese water reservoir | |
Reverse culture shock at our last hotel, the Mazagan Beach Resort | |
Horse-riding show at the hotel beach | |
More reverse culture shock |