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A major event in Assilah is the annual Arts Festival that takes place every summer – this showcases both visual and performing arts, and although there has been some criticism…

Over the years we have stayed in quite a few different places in Assilah so I thought it would be a good idea to put them together in a list…

I spent a wonderful morning at Amal Women’s Training Centre when I was in Marrakech a few months ago, learning to cook my favourite Moroccan dish . . . Lemon…

A quick list of a few of my suggestions for places to stay, eat and shop in Marrakech. 1: Riad Linda – A lovely riad – friendly, inexpensive and great…

via  I often get asked about Marrakech . . . Recommendations for places to stay, eat, things to see, shop, buy And to be honest I tend to rely on…

its that time of year time to step away from my laptop shake out the beach towels and head for some sunshine Flights have been booked and we are looking…

Feeling a little tired of the grey uk? Need something a little more exotic than your daily routine? Hop across to Gatwick and fly to Tangiers on Friday, and you…

it was this beautiful vintage fish ornament that first drew my attention to this little shop in  Assilah then one day I stepped inside and discovered a treasure trove of…

La Casa Barata – translated directly simply means “the cheap house”, which pretty much sums up this sprawling indoor-outdoor market place in Tangiers. It is a place to buy anything…

I very rarely simply re-post images or posts, and do try to generate my own content, or at the very least put it into my own context – but these…

If you find yourself hungry and in Assilah – and possibly, dare I say it . . .  a little tagine and couscous-ed out (it does happen from time to…

And a few of my favourite things . . . I spent a few days in Cape Town last week – a fleeting visit so not really enough time to…

 photograph by: Baptiste de Ville d’Avay, for Brownbook Magazine.  a walk through Tangiers  with Julie  Klear of Zid Zid kids. “I wake up to winds blowing in from the nearby…

or Le Souk in Soho to be more precise! After a long day of temples and incense, dim sum and chopsticks  we were a little unsure of where to rest…

in black and white . . . via I have been sitting at my desk this week with a to-do list as long as my arm, involving flights, hotels and…

We are thinking about meandering up the coast to Essaouira this summer and thought it would be good to get some inside information – maroc-o-phile Lynn Sheppard  is lucky enough…

{with Valerie, owner of Riad Anata.} Its been a while since I was in Fes, so I thought I would prevail upon Valerie to point us in the direction of a…

well . . . I have been feeling a little blue the past few days, so in an attempt to harness this energy and turn it around, I decided to…

Just to prove that do I actually drink tea, sometimes even in Tangiers . . .   and that the title for this blog is not simply a result of…

been there    I have learnt through hard – and and sometimes interesting – experience, that it is possible to make the most dire accommodation look charming and characterful on…