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Morocco - 'Gateway to the Desert'
Separated from Europe by little more than a thread of water, Morocco holds a special place in the hearts of many sun-starved northerners as the site of their first taste of ‘exotic travel.’ The culture-shock is greatest when you step off the ferry in Tangier; the language, the noise, the bustle, the dust, even the air is different. You sniff an atmosphere that is scented with spices, olives and mint tea and try to savour the delicious fact that you are now in AFRICA. But Morocco is as far removed from the Africa of our imaginations as it is from Europe…or from less vibrant parts of the Middle East.

Morocco is almost twice the size of the UK, but boasts a whole spectrum of terrain that would be hard to find even in a far larger country, stretching from the cedar forests and snowy passes of the Rif Mountains down to the dunes and camel herds of the Saharan nomads.
Profile:
Area: 446,550 sq km
Coastline: 1,835 km
Land borders: 52,018 km
Population: 33 million
Languages: Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French is often the language of business and government. Spanish is still widely spoken (especially by older people) in the north.
Conversation stopper: It has been estimated that the average Moroccan man drinks 65,700 cups of mint tea in his lifetime.
Articles:
Assembly of the Dead – Marrakech’s world famous Djemaa el Fna
Journey into the ‘Interzone’ – on the trail of the literary vagabonds of Tangier
Medina Mercedes – a story on the workhorses of Morocco’s great medinas
Paris-Dakar…for a few dollars less – Moroccan section of the Plymouth-Banjul Rally

 

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