TRIP DIARY: MOROCCO, SPAIN AND GIBRALTAR 2014

MOROCCO

21.1 CASABLANCA, arriving here by Alitalia flight (3,5hr), and after catching a train and taxi to reach the “Majestic hotel” in the city centre, visiting the city and the Medina and the morning after the Hassan II Mosque

22.1 – 23.1 RABAT; by train (1 hr), sleeping in another “Majestic hotel” and walking around the city the first day visiting the Medina, Oudaia Kasbah, and the mausoleum Mohamed V by night and the day after back at the mausoleum for visiting inside, and then the royal palace and the old city of Cellah famous for the stork colony

24.1 TANGIER, by train (4 hr), sleeping at the “Magellan hotel” and walking around the Medina, the day after we went to visit the Hercules cave

SPAIN AND GIBRALTAR

25.1 CEUTA, by taxi from Tangier (1hr) and by walking from the border, visiting the city centre and the fortifications

25.1 – 26.1 ALGECIRAS, arriving here at night by ferry “Balearia” (1,5 hr) and sleeping at the “Gonzalez hostal”. From this city we could visit for a day Gibraltar

26.1 GIBRALTAR, by local bus (2 hr) and the walking for the city visiting the centre, the fortress and reaching Signal Hill with the cablecar

27.1 CEUTA, back here by ferry “Acciona” in the morning (1 hr)

MOROCCO

27.1 CHEFCHAOUEN, from Ceuta by taxi to Tetouan (1hr) and then a local bus (2hr), sleeping in a blue hotel and visiting the city and the old Medina famous for it’s blue colour

28.1 – 29.1 FES, by a local bus to Ouazzanne first (1,5 hr) and then the bys “Voyage Lofti” to Fes (3,5 hr), sleeping at the “Hotel de la paix”. Spending the first day for visiting the Ville Nouvelle and the second day around the old Medina with a guide

30.1 MEKNES; by train (1 hr) from Fes, visiting the old city and the royal palace

30.1 – 31.1 On the bus to Merzouga (39 hr) sleeping for 2 days on the bus as all the roads were closed due to snow

1.2 – 2.2 MERZOUGA, From here we have been for 2 days around the Sahara desert with the camels, sleeping in the tents around the sand dunes

3.2 OUARZAZATE, by bus “Al Ahbab” (7 hr) and sleeping at “Al Waha Hotel”, from here the day after we could reach by taxi (1 hr) the city of Ait Ben Haddou

4.2 – 5.2 MARRAKECH, by bus “CTM” (4,5 hr) crossing the Atlas mountains via the Col du Tichka and sleeping at “Hotel Farouk”, visiting the city centre, the old Medina and the royal palace

6.2 Our last day in Morocco, taking a train back to Casablanca (& hr) and taking the Alitalia flight back to Rome from here (3 hr)