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Cadagon Guide to Morocco

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Contents Introduction Travel Getting There Travel Agents and Specialist Holidays Entry Formalities Getting Around Disabled Travellers Practical A-Z Bargaining Beggars and Alms Children Climate Electricity and Gas Embassies/Consulates Food and Drink Guides Hammams Health Holidays and Festivals Kif Maps Media Money Opening Hours Packing Photography Police Sexual Attitudes Shopping Sports Study resources Telephones Time Tipping Toilets Tourist Offices Where to Stay

History Berber roots: to c.50 BC Roman Influence: c.150 BC-AD 429 Vandals and Byzantines: AD 429-704 The Arab Conquest: 704-40 The Spread of Islam: 740-1042 The Almoravids: 1042-1147 The Almohads: 1147-1248 The Merenids: 1248-1554 The Saadians: 1554-1668 The First Alaouite Sultans: 1668-1727 Decline and Isolationism: 1727-1822 The Growth of European Influence: 1822-1904 French Rule: 1904-36 The Achievements of the French Protectorate: 1912-56 Independence: 1947-56 King Mohammed V: 1956-61 The Early Years of King Hassan II: 1961-75 The Green March and Economic Reform: 1975-88 Maghreb Unity, the Gulf War and After: 1989 to the present Moroccan Themes Architecture Moorish Decorative Arts Flowers, Trees and Gardens Islam Jewish Morocco Kasbahs and Ksour Marbouts and Koubbas Medersas Mosques Music Palaces Rural Souks Sufi Brotherhoods Wildlife

Tangier, the Rif and the Mediterranean Tangier Excursions from Tangier Ceuta Tetouan The Rif Coast The Jebala Chechaouen Ouezzane Sefiane and Cheraga The Eastern Rif Ketama to Al Hoceima The East Mediterranean Coast Melilla The Moulouya Estuary The Beni-Snassen Mountains Oujda The Algerian Border South to Figuig Oasis

The Atlantic Coast Asilah Lixus Larache The Rharb Ksar-el-kebir Roman Banasa and Thamusida Kenitra and mehdiya Rabat-Sale Rabat Sale The Chaouia Coast Mohammedia Casablanca South from Casablanca Azemmour El-jadida Oualidia Safi Essaouira Haha province

Meknes and Fes Meknes The Medina The Imperial City Around Meknes Moulay Idriss Volubilis Fes A Tour of the Ramparts Fes jdid Fes-el-Bali The Karaouiyne Quarter The Andalusian Quarter Around Fes The Middle Atlas Route 1: South to Imouzzer-Kandar, Ifrane and Azrou Route 2: South from Azrou to Beni-Mellal Khenifra Zaiane Highlands Atlas Crossing and Imilchil Route 3: West to Marrakech and the Central Highlands Beni-Mellal The Ouzoud Falls Route 4: South from Fes to Sefrou, Midelt and Er Rachicia Sefrou Midelt Route 5: East form Fes towards the Eastern Frontier Taza From Taza to Oujda

Marrakech Getting Around Tourist Information The Medina The Medina Souk Ben Youssef Medersa Imperial Marrakech The Saadian Tombs El Badia Bahia Palace and Dar Si Said A Tour of the Ramparts The Gardens of Marrakech Around Marrakech Where to Stay Eating Out The High Atlas The Road to Agadire Tamesloght and Amizmiz The Tizi-n-Test: Asni and Ouirgane Ijoukak and the High Valley of the Nfiss Tin-Mal The Ourika Valley and Okaimeden The Tizi-n-Tichka The Kasbah of Telouet

The Southern Oasis Valleys Ouarzazate and Taourirt Kasbah Ait-Benhaddou and Tandaght kasbah South from Ouarzazate down the Draa Valley Zagora and Amazraou South of Zagora Desert Crossings from the Draa The Dades Valley East from Ouarzazate The Dades Gorge Tinerhir and the Todra Gorge East to Erfoud or Er Rachidia Er Rachidia The Southern Ziz Valley The Tafilalt Oasis Erfoud Erg Chebbi, the Sand Dunes of Merzouga The Southern Tafilalt Rissani East to Figuig Figuig

Agadir, the Sous Valley and the Anti-Atlas Agadir North of Agadir East of Agadir Taroudannt Around Taroudannt East to the Oasis Valleys South of Agadir Tiznit Route Choices from Tiznit Sidi Ifni Guelmim Excursions from Guilmim Tafraoute and the Anti-Atlas Mountains Tafraoute The Tata Circuit: Tiznit to Taroudannt Tata

The Western Sahara >From Guelmim to Tan-Tan South to Tarfaya Laayoune Southeast from Laayoune Es-Semara South from Laayoune through Boujdour to Dakhla Dakhla

Islamic and Moroccan Terms and Language Further Reading Index

Maps Tangier, the Rif and the Mediterranean Tangier Around Tangier Tetouan Chechaouen Oujda The Atlantic Coast from Tangier to Agadir Asilah Lixus Rabat-Sale Central Rabat Chellah: The Merenid Tombs Sale Casablance El-Jadida Safi Essaouira Meknes, Fes and Around Meknes Volubilis

Fes Fes Jdid Fes-el-Bali The Middle Atlas Sefrou Taza Medina Marrakech Marrakech Medina Marrakech and the High Atlas The Southern Oasis Valleys Zagora The Tafilalt oasis Figuig Agadir, the Sous and the Anti-Atlas Agadir Central Agadir Taroudannt Tiznit Trafraoute and the villages of the Ammeln The Western Sahara