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‘HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, CASABLANCA’ – RICH ART DECO ARCHITECTURE AND THAT FILM

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We arrived at Casablanca via a fast train—identical to a French TGV or the Spanish AVEs—from Tangier.  The journey took just on 2 hours, and was on time to the second.  Casablanca is the economic and business capital of Morocco, with around 3.5…

VISIT TWO FASCINATING TOWNS ON A DAY TRIP FROM TANGIER

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We visited the World Heritage town of Tetouan and the blue town of Chefchaouen on a day trip from Tangier.  The delightful people running our little Riad suggested that a car and driver was the most efficient and cost effective way to see these…

DISCOVERING COSMOPOLITAN TANGIER, MOROCCO’S NORTH COAST JEWEL

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Known as “the white city”, Tangier stands at the Strait of Gibraltar, just 31 kms from the port of Tarifa over on the coast of Spain, and where the Mediterranean and Atlantic waters converge.  The city has a long history as a cosmopolitan tradin…

PAROS –IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AEGEAN, AT THE HEART OF THE CYCLADES

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We had sailed past the island of Paros a number of times in the past, but were always en route to somewhere else in the Cyclades such as Santorini, or Naxos, which is just 8 kms away.  We determined this time around that we would make a point of…