mosaic road

Beautiful Things and Places number 5

All beautiful places in Morocco (and the not so beautiful ones too ) have street cats in all shapes, colours and sizes. I love seeing them and often pat them or hold the tiny ones just so they know a human loved them even just for a couple of minutes ! I was very taken seeing lots of bowls of fresh water put out for the street cats in the alleyways of Tetouan and even boxes for mama cats and tiny kittens.....I wish this happened all over ! Such precious babies deserve more than they get...it breaks my heart !

Beautiful Things and Places no 4

Morocco is full of colour and texture...plain flat fabrics are not what you find here, instead there is eye catching bling, shaggy loopy tassels and luxury brocades...usually all in the same room....and it works !

Beautiful Things and Places No 3

It’s always the smaller things that count for me...those little pockets of prettiness that together create a comfortable and relaxed ambience, that turn a Hotel into a home....just as I found at Riad Dar Kleta

Beautiful Things and Places no 2

Riad Dar Kleta deep in the Medina feel like home with comfy furnishings and pets !

Lunch in Tangier

Delicious meal, dreadful service and one meal was very overpriced. The lamb dish...with four bite sized pieces of meat encrusted in almonds....was $23.00 ! The prawns and avocado was a more reasonable $10.00.

 

A 360 Degree Vista

That’s what you get when standing on the expansive rooftop at a Riad Matham. There are plenty of spots for reclining and relaxing but I just wandered to every corner taking in the panorama of Marrakech, something I never tire of !

A 360 Degree Vista

That’s what you get when standing on the expansive rooftop at a Riad Matham. There are plenty of spots for reclining and relaxing but I just wandered to every corner taking in the panorama of Marrakech, something I never tire of !

Beautiful Things and Places no 1

Villa de France, now a grand hotel, was the Tangier home of Henri Matisse.

Travelling North no 11

Final destination of Tangier reached ! I have been here before and love it. Since my last visit the entire port and corniche development has been completed and you can walk for miles along the waterfront which we did. There is a European feel to the city...Spain is about 32 kms away. But there is also the grittier feel...the ancient medina dates back to the fifteenth century. So many famous people have called Tangier home including Tennessee Williams, the Rolling Stones, Truman Capote and Matisse and I well understand their love and desire to be part of the cultural playground that Tangier was and still is !

Travelling North no 10

Assilah is our second last destination and this seaside village is the perfect definition of chillax. The holidaying hordes are yet to descend and the lapping of the Atlantic waves is the only noise I have been hearing. Both the Spanish and the Portuguese have owned this town in the past and the influences are great. The buildings are whitewashed with bright blues and greens as trim. Happily, fresh seafood including paella dominate restaurant menus.