Chefchaouen, Morocco’s ‘Blue City’

My third day in Morocco was probably my busiest and most eye-opening. Although Chefchaouen is only a 2-hour drive from Tangier, still in the same northwestern quadrant of the country, the different landscapes we travelled through really broke down some of my preconceived notions about the country’s landscape. I had pictured Morocco as dry and …

Caves of Hercules, Achakar, Morocco

I travelled to Morocco for a long weekend (Friday to Monday), and during our stay we tried to see as many areas of the country as was feasible. If you want to read about my first day in Tangier, click here. On our second day in Morocco we walked to Maison La Roche for brunch. …

Exploring Tangier, Morocco A Week Before Lockdown

For my birthday, my friends and I decided to book a trip to Morocco, just a hop and skip across the Mediterranean from Spain. The flight was only an hour and a half from Madrid to Tangier with very reasonable prices from Europe’s favourite bare bones airline, Ryanair. Our First Introduction to Coronavirus We flew …