Marrakesh riads The city has more restored beauties than any other; at the best, as well as a
courtyard garden, you’ll find tradition and style, luxury and sustainability (Click here )
Hammams There’s no better way to invigorate medina-weary bones than a soak in the
hammam, and Fez medina’s plush riads have on-site spas (Click here )
Seaside style El-Jadida, Essaouira, Mirleft and Sidi Ifni are our favourite Atlantic spots to
crash by the surf; expect medina hideaways and infinity pools (Click here )
Kasbah du Toubkal Why rough it in the mountains when you can sleep like a sultan in Imlil’s
kingly kasbah, with a hammam at 1800m (Click here )?
Ksar Sania Likewise, experiencing the Sahara doesn’t mean sandy sheets – or compromising
the desert environment – at Merzouga’s mudbrick eco-retreat (Click here )
Food Adventures
Morocco offers culinary adventures from couscous rolling to eating camel tajine.
Fez On a culinary course or walking tour, pack your tangia (slow-cooked stew) at the butchers
and spice shop, then leave it in the hammam woodfire oven (Click here )
Desert food Learn Saharawi recipes or the secrets of elaborate traditional couscous at
M’Hamid’s Saharan retreats (Click here )
Marrakesh Buy your ingredients at the souq, learn to cook like a dada (chef) and feast on the
results in the comfort of a riad (Click here )
Seafood Buy your dinner fresh off the boat in Al-Hoceima port, then try Atlantic catches at
Essaouira’s fish souq and outdoor fish grills (Click here )
Taliouine Tour saffron and argan producers and learn how to make a saffron-tinted tajine (Click
here )
Demnate Try local almonds, olive oil and wildflower honey, and choose between 40 restaurants
in this Berber foodie hub near Marrakesh (Click here )
Architecture
Morocco’s buildings, whether being reinvented as a boutique medina retreat or crumbling into a
hillside, reflect the country’s long history as a cultural melting pot.
Ali ben Youssef Medersa, Marrakesh Inside the splendid 14th-century theological seminary
are five-colour zellij (tilework) walls and stucco archways (Click here )
Art deco The Atlantic Coast has some wonderful art deco architecture, mostly in Casablanca,
where it influenced the local Mauresque style, and white-and-blue Sidi Ifni (Click here )
Kairaouine Mosque and University, Fez One of Africa’s largest mosques and the world’s
oldest universities, the 1150-year-old complex has a green pyramidal roof (Click here )