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2 SPAIN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Saïdia Rabat ATLANTIC OCEAN Zagora ALGERIA CANARY ISLANDS MAURITANIA 3 Morocco 5 Overview 6 Discovering the Mediterranean 10 The Eastern side 12 The Atlantic Coast 24 Looking for cultural heritage 32 The Deep South 38 The art of living in Morocco 42 Sports naturally 46 Information and useful addresses 4 5 Overview Morocco, land of contrasts Morocco is the land of a thousand contrasts. With its diversity of landscapes, exceptional cuisine, and breathtaking nature, coupled with an extraordinary cultural and human heritage, Morocco is enticing. In Morocco, nature has given free rein to its imagination. From the Atlas to the Rif Mountains, from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean shores, from the wide sandy bays to small isolated rocky coves, from the southern large golden dunes to green oasis, the charm is boundless. From the luxuriant forests to the barren high plains, from the deep wadis to the incomparable caves, from the lakes and waterfalls to the daunting Kasbahs, Morocco’s wonders lie before you as far as your eye can see, endowed with history and wild beauty. A Country of unusual landscapes and memorable views, Morocco will surprise those who are curious enough to go beyond its trodden paths to discover its true nature. Its multiple crafts offer the best traditions culminating in a jealously guarded know-how by generations of craftsmen. A country rich with flavors, contrasts, unsuspected treasures and new acquaintances, full of throbbing memories in the authentic medinas and the untouched alleys of its cities. Cedar tree in snowy Atlas Mountains A natural enclave, Morocco offers sports and adventure lovers all types of sporting activities including mountain biking excursions, rafting in the upper rivers, paragliding and hiking in beautiful deserts. Just as the beauty of its landscape will ravish the eye, the authentic welcome will warm your heart. In Morocco you will find enthralling hotels, unique in style, memorable hammams, soothing spas, thalassotherapy and balneotherapy centers with exceptional beneficial effects and virtues. In Morocco, culture is always on the agenda. Throughout the year, music festivals, artistic gathering, folk moussems glorify art in every region of the Kingdom. Let your Self be taken by the exalted atmosphere and enjoy an enchanting lyrical program. Morocco, a royal welcome and a magic stop which worth the trip 6 Discovering the Mediterranean The Mediterranean coast: Melodious waves, golden sand, large ma, Cala Iris, Chefchaouen, Mdiq, bays, the Mediterranean coast will be Cabo Negro, Martil, Tetouan will up to your desire for breaking away show you that from translucent and free air. An amazing blend of ocean sprays to deep canyons, there emerald green and sky blue, balan- is only one step: emotion... cing between a wild landscape and silver crested waves. At the heart of the Mediterranean shores made of beaches, coves and creeks and close to the cliffs and the Rif Mountains, the cities of northern Morocco will charm you and whisper to your ear Three Forks Cape countless secrets. Saidia, Al Hocei- Golf of Cabo Negro 7 Tétouan Tetouan is set where the mountain Museum of Moroccan Arts, two reaches into the sea. Sometimes symbolic places for Tetouan’s green and lush, sometimes with customs and traditions. translucent blue hues, Tetouan, the beautiful subtly combines the Around Tetouan: sweetness of the Mediterranean With a hilly landscape, luxury to the authenticity of the Rif. hotels, a thick vegetation, and a Surrounded by wild landscapes, heavenly coastline, the Tamuda canyons, wadis, steep trails on one Bay seaside resort beaches all side and beautiful beaches with contend to make your stay as wavering waters that run along the peaceful and sweet as possible: coast on the other side, Tetouan Mdiq, charming coastal town and shows its natural grace. renowned for its waterfront, its pedestrian streets, its fishing port; A glorious past Cabo Negro, one of the finest Tetouan maintains with great golfing heritage of the kingdom; mastery its past Moorish influence Marina Smir, luxurious ultra illustrated in every corner and modern marina, located in the every house or streets. Surrounded heart of a unique site; Martil, by five miles of walls and guarded charming place where the northern by seven magnificent carved breeze mingles with the essences of doors, the town is named after sea pines ..., the Berber word «Titaouin» which means «springs» as they are Further east, the village of Oued very numerous in the city. The Laou offers an experience of pure Medina of Tetouan has been on contemplation, an out of time The city center UNESCO’s World Heritage list moment of peace in an untouched since 1997. Its prestigious history universe where mystical silence is told in the Archaeological vies with wild beauty... Museum and the Ethnological Hispano-Moorish architecture 8 Chefchaouen Embraced by the Rif Mountains An exhilarating nature Registered as an Intangible Cultural The region of Chefchaouen in Heritage of Humanity by Unesco in Morocco is a leader in terms of 2010, its rustic charm stems from environmental commitment and its mysterious alleys where you can environmental preservation and stroll among the white and bright it offers a variety of stimulating blue painted houses looking out onto activities combining trekking, the fruit tree shaded Andalusian hiking, climbing, caving, hunting, patios. Its medina is buried in the fishing and canoeing to discover mountains and its winding cobbled the fascinating Rif mountains, the streets, with colorful stalls and spicy pine, cedar and oak forests. This scents are meandering beautifully region is one of the first in Morocco along its slopes. Its main square is to take part in the flagship project dominated by the red ramparts of «Tourism host land», an initiative the Kasbah, built in the seventeenth which promotes the development century with colorful Andalusian of rural areas through routes which gardens and a small museum bring you in touch with the people where you may find treasures of and their lifestyle. Talassemtane embroidery and colorful and varied National Park extends over a clothes in the style of those worn by breathtaking landscape and contains the women of the area. over 1,380 plant species, including many endemic ones and a rich A land of unlimited resources fauna with more than one hundred Chefchaouen is known to be a species. Near the park, God’s dietary model thanks to rich and The Kasbah in Bridge in Akchour, is an impressive Chefchaouen healthy products. It is a real come natural arch, carved in the red rock, back to authentic virtues, drawing overlooking the crystal clear waters on the resources of the land: olive of the Oued Farda. You can also oil, fruits and vegetables, cereals and visit Cherafat waterfalls, a place many spices and condiments. where only the sound of the towering waterfalls breaks the silence. Typical alley Chefchaouen medina 9 From Al Hoceima to Saidia Al Hoceima is a coastal town and the future jewel of the overlooking the sea with a Mediterranean coast. Saidia is succession of bays and coves with becoming a tourist attraction in calm and clear waters. Tourists the heart of Eastern Moroccan, and residents devote themselves two or three hours from the to the pleasures of water sports or major European cities by two relaxation. Al Hoceima is also the international airports, Oujda and home of the National Park in the Nador. With a marina worthy of Bokkoya Mountain with its high a boating destination equipped cliffs and a large part of which is at to international standards and sea. Three species of dolphins live considered to be the third largest there: The common dolphin, the marina in the Mediterranean. striped dolphin and the bottlenose The city boasts of 4 and 5 star dolphin. 69 species of birds have hotels, villas and luxury residential been counted, including specifically apartments, three golf courses and one of the largest concentrations a «Medina Center» with many of osprey world. It is also the home shops, restaurants and cafes. of very rare species like the monk Close to Saidia, the small fishing seal and the Audouin’s Gull. village of Ras el Maa is not without charm. Small eucalyptus covered Dolphin in the Saidia, the blue pearl dunes dot the landscape, with a Mediterranean With a pleasant beach, shallow well protected beach backed to a clear waters, a backcountry which cliff and a site of biological interest calls for adventure and excursions, at the mouth of the Moulouya. Saidia, is the new beach resort The mediterranean coast 10 The East From Oujda to Figuig To the east of Morocco, from the Sidi Maafa offers beautiful walks Mediterranean shore of Saidia to the and panoramic views of the city Saharan oasis of Figuig, surrounded and its surroundings. 6 km from to the west by the Central Rif Oujda, the springs of Sidi Yahia Mountain, and to the East by the supply a beautiful oasis with water border with Algeria, The East offers and is home to the tombs of several a variety of topographical features saints. and incomparable landscapes, with many prehistoric remains Tafoughalt for those interested in history and Tafoughalt, 44 km from Saidia, anthropology. is a small town perched at 850 m with a cooling breeze from the sea The welcoming Oujda in the summer. A perfect place Oujda, a town located between the for excursions and breaking away Rif Mountains and the long road in the mountains, it conceals that leads south to Figuig is a city amazing natural wealth, including preserved from the excitement of the the Snassen Beni Mountain with busy tourist towns that surround it. a variety of trees: Eucalyptus, oak, The lively and cheerful Medina, pine, cedar, doum (Palmetto).