Dar 91 Essaouira Blog

Happy Christmas from Dar 91 Essaouira

December 24th, 2010

We would like to wish you all a peaceful holiday and a happy and prosperous 2011, wherever you are!

Best wishes from Jeremy, Paolo, Naima and Hakim

xxxx

Essaouira Festival de l’Etrange

December 9th, 2010

The 4th Edition of the Festival de l’Etrange will be held at the Alliance franco-marocaine from the  9 th December 2010 to the 22nd of January 2011 in Essaouira.

A mix of music, photographic exhibition and cinema representing more than 150 artists with the partecipation of the french theatre companies « Sans Paradis Fixe » & « Marie est de la nuit »

Alliance Franco-Marocaine

Derb Lâalouj
9 rue Mohammed Diouri
44 000 Essaouira
Tél : +212 (0)5 24 47 61 97 / 62 14

International Film Festival of Marrakech

December 2nd, 2010

The International Film Festival of Marrakech, presided by John Malkovich, will pay tribute to France during its tenth edition, which will take place from December 3rd to December 11th.

This year, the competition includes 15 films focused on the new and emerging talents in worldwide cinema with 10 debut feature films and 3 sophomore feature films selected, altogether representing 15 different nationalities.

For more info: http://en.festivalmarrakech.info

Charlie Chaplin

December 2nd, 2010

 

We have found this old cinema posters in a junk market in Essaouira and could not resist them…

New Supratours bus times

October 20th, 2010

As advertised in the Essaouira office today:

Marrakesh to Essaouira
08.30 – 11.30
10.30 – 13.45
14.30 – 17.45
17.00 – 20.00
19.00 – 22.00

Essaouira to Marrakesh
06.00* – 09.00
09.30 – 12.00
11.45 – 14.30
15.15 – 18.30
18.00* – 21.00

*Please note: these are advertised as 06.30 and 18.30 respectively on the ONCF website. Please check at the local office before planning journeys

Birdie

October 18th, 2010

 

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………..it came in, sat on the light and looked around, banged its head into the wall a few time trying to find its way out and it went!!!

 

left some bread crumbs on the fireplace lets see if it comes back again.

Please help the children of Morocco

October 17th, 2010

We’ve just sponsored Jeanie Davison, an Australian film-maker, who is trekking from Ouarzazate into the Sahara (and back, we hope!) for Unicef.

Unicef helps support children’s health and education in Morocco, and is working to reduce child mortality rates. Just £19 buys 100 measles vaccinations – important in a country where more than 80 children aged under 5 die every day from preventable conditions.

If you’d like to support Jeanie’s trek, please click here.

Beautiful mini Berber rug for sale

October 16th, 2010

Over the years we’ve built up a stock of carpets and rugs that we somehow can’t fit into the house…so we’ve had the brainwave of selling them!

This one’s a real beauty – small but perfectly formed at 70cm x 46cm. As you can see, there’s a bit of an animal theme going on; it’s a real work of art, and gorgeously handwoven. It’s mainly creamy-white, with an array of colours and motifs woven in.

It could make a really nice wall-hanging, and would look fantastic framed behind glass.

Price: £80 plus postage/packing. Contact us for more details and photos.

Terrace at Next Door @Dar 91

October 10th, 2010

Above us only sky…….

Ours is the highest terrace in this part of town because our building was a watchtower for the Gendarmerie Forestiere. These days you are more likely to see seagulls than marauding bandits from this spectacular vantage point, but it is a great place to watch the sunset and stare out over the medina rooftops

Ps: Dog model’s own

Toothbrushes collection

October 10th, 2010

Hi we are still collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste for our dental hygiene projects in schools outside Essaouira for the new year.

Please see our previous post:

http://www.moroccoholidayhome.com/blog/category/charity/

Thank you to the Studio Ricci Oddi Massoni in Piacenza for its generous donation.