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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

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Eid Mubarak!

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Happy Eid to everyone from all of us at Dar 91

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Morocco Ramadan 2009

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Ramadan, the Muslim festival of fasting – the most important event in the Islamic Calendar – started in Morocco today. The arrival of the crescent moon in the night sky signals the start of 30 days of fasting during which Muslims don’t eat, drink or smoke during the day, eating all their meals before sunrise and after sunset.


Fasting is one of the pillars of the Islamic faith and reminds Muslims of the plight of the poor, sick and needy. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the 30-day fasting period and is a great celebration throughout the Muslim world. Morocco is one of the last countries in the world that relies on actual sightings rather than a lunar calendar when working out its Ramadan dates…which means one can never be exactly sure when it’s going to start and finish.


Those of you with any experience of the country will immediately recognise how typically Moroccan this is…a big “Ramadan Mubarak” to all our friends!

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Who drank all the Chinese tea?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Morocco apparently…
China is the world’s first tea producer and third exporter. The list of the first four importers shows Morocco in first place with 50.300 tons.
Just add mint and enjoy..

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Morocco wins African tourism award

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Morocco has been awarded the title ‘African Tourism Destination of the Year’ at this year’s African Business Awards.

During the annual event organised by African Business magazine and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), Morocco was recognised as a nation that has demonstrated innovation and proactivity in mobilising its tourism industry.

Mr Ali El Kasmi, Director of the Moroccan National Tourist Office UK, said: “We are delighted to have won such an accolade. Morocco offers a quality product and a cultural destination full of energy, mysticism and spice.”

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School report

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

In recent years Morocco has embarked on a programme to improve the literacy of its rural population. Many children in the countryside come from extremely poor families, and need to walk several kilometres a day to reach the nearest school. Economic pressures can force families to push their children towards tasks like goat herding, rather than persevering with their education – especially when rainfall is low and the harvests bad. So drop-out rates are high.

We are now collecting books and other resources (paper, pens, footballs etc) to donate to a school about 20km inland of Essaouira for the 2009/10 academic year. If you’re interested in helping, please get in touch.

morocco-school-photo-6Here’s a photo from a recent visit we arranged to the school – for more, visit our Flickr pages.

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The 2009 Gnaoua Festival

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

gnaoua-small1This year’s Gnaoua Festival will take place in Essaouira from 25 to 28 June. Headline acts include the legendary Frank Vaillant, Jaleel Shaw, Andy Narell, 3MA, Justin Adams, KyMani Marley, Kif Samba, Ganga Vibes and Jbara. For more details visit www.festival-gnaoua.net.

To listen to artists playing at last year’s event visit www.last.fm/listen/event/568749.

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