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Marrackesh -Riad Romance and the Medina

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November 19th 2015
So we've spent a couple of days in Atlas Targa 20 minutes outside the city of Marrakesh. It was a nice start as is was very commercial and settled us in to the new climate. It was all inclusive and we got to taste a range of Morocco's traditional meat tagines ( slow cooked foods in a pot called tagine). We are now ready to throw ourselves in to the morrican way of life! We booked into a Riad (g ... read more

Africa » Morocco

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more