DESTINATIONS n moments MOROCCO | ACTIVE & ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS


Between sun-baked deserts, cosmopolitan cities and age-old traditional crafts, travellers can cover a lot of ground on a guided tour of Morocco, finds Alice Barnes-Brown


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orocco never stands still. One can meander through Marrakech’s Djemaa el Fna square and hear


everything from the hum of juice blenders to the melodic voices of storytellers. Likewise, the scenery is an ever-changing reel: visitors could be looking at sand dunes one day and snow-capped peaks the next. With so much to explore, Morocco was an ideal fit for one of the first Exodus Adventure Travels tours back in 1976 – and, as part of the tour operator’s 50th anniversary celebrations, I joined 50 travel


agents to explore the North African country. The megafam group was split across four itineraries to take in all corners of Morocco, before reconvening in Marrakech for a gala dinner.


TALE OF TWO CITIES


My tour began in coastal Casablanca with an early morning stop at the Hassan II Mosque. Having opened in 1993, this is one of the largest mosques in the world – capable of holding 25,000 people – and seems to float above the sea on a platform. ²


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