Archive for September, 2009

Flights to Marrakech

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

The following low cost airlines fly to Marrakech:

easyJet from: London Gatwick, Manchester

Ryanair from: Bristol, East Midlands, Luton

Atlas Blue from: London Gatwick

Arts in Marrakech International Biennale

Monday, September 21st, 2009

marrakech-festivalFirst held in November 2005, the Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale is the major Trilingual (English,Arabic & French) festival in North Africa. Focusing on cutting-edge contemporary art and literature it heralded Marrakech as a new destination in the arts and literature world alongside Venice, Edinburgh and Miamy.

AiM International Biennale 3rd Edition:Opening Thursday 19th-Monday 23rd November 2009.

This year’s edition promises to be full of innovation, inspiration and intrigue with newly commissioned works by Francis Alys,  Loredana Longo,  Seamus Farrell,  Franck Bragigand, Faouzi Bensaidi & Yto Barrada. Attendees will also include Turner-nominee Isaac Julien, Al Jazeera English presenter Rageh Omar, BBC TV arts executive Alan Yentob, award-winning Moroccan film director Faouzi Bensaidi, among others.

www.aimbiennale.org

Trains Morocco

Monday, September 21st, 2009

steam-trainTrains in Morocco are efficient and comfortable and the fares cheap. The long distance ones have air-conditioning, comfy seats and a trolley service with food and drinks.

The railways links Tangier, Meknes, Fes, Oujda, Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech. Agadir and Essaouira have no railway station but are linked to Marrakech by bus.

You cannot make reservation or purchase a ticket from outside Morocco.

For schedules and fares visit the ONFC (the Moroccan national train service) website at www.oncf.ma

A really good website on train travel to morocco is the Man in Seat Sixty-One…

www.seat61.com

Flights to Agadir

Monday, September 21st, 2009

The following low cost airlines fly to Agadir

easyjet www.easyjet.com from: London Gatwick

Ryanair www.ryanair.com from: Liverpool, London Stansted

New easyJet flight Manchester -Marrakech

Monday, September 21st, 2009
Flight Easyjet

Flight Easyjet

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Flights  from Manchester to Marrakech will start in October…for more details visit www.easyjet.com

Eid Mubarak!

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Happy Eid to everyone from all of us at Dar 91

Last minute offers

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

We’ve had a cancellation for 13/14/15/16 September – so we’re offering the house for just £40 per night. It’s also available from 19-24 September and during that period you can rent the house for any four nights for £150. Contact us for more details