Posts in Category: Africa
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Atlas Studios – Stars are Born
In what seems like a long time ago, but was less than a week, we visited the former Roman city of Volubilis on this Adventures Abroad Quintessential tour of Morocco. Our local guide pointed out some locations where scenes from the movie Gladiator were shot. We are now in the city of Ouarzazate which is known […]
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Kasbah Amridil and the Todra Gorge Circus
I can’t believe that this is already my eleventh post from the October, 2025 Adventures Abroad Quintessential Morocco Tour and we are just at the halfway point. We have already visited the Imperial cities of Rabat, Meknes and Fes, the Roman ruins of Volubilis and crossed the Atlas Mountains to the western edge of the […]
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Merzouga Dunes – Sunset in the Sahara
In the last post on this October, 2025 Adventures Abroad Quintessential Morocco tour our group began exploring the Tafilet oasis, the largest in the world and its principle settlement Rissani. In this post we will depart from the usual method of transportation and hop in SUVs that will transport us to the Merzouga area where […]
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Rissani – Gateway to Africa
In the last post from the October 2025 Adventures Abroad Quintessential Tour of Morocco our group transitioned from the Imperial cities of northwest Morocco to the edge of the Sahara Desert in the small city of Erfoud. Today we are going to venture to the nearby town of Rissani which is considered to be the […]
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Erfoud – Into the Sahara Desert
This is my seventh post from the October 2025 Quintessential Tour of Morocco by Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. In the first six, our group of 17 spent our time exploring three of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, all of which are located in the northwest corner of the country. In this post we […]
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Fes Medina – 9,000 Ways to Get Lost
In the last post from the Adventures Abroad Quintessesntial Tour of Morocco we arrived in the fabled city of Fes, Morocco’s second city and the home of the world’s largest medina. Covering 280 hectares or about 700 football fields, it is home to over 150,000 residents along with hundreds and hundreds of shops and restaurants. […]
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Fes – Morocco’s Most Interesting City
The Quintessential Tour of Morocco with Adventures Abroad is truly underway. In just three days we have visited three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Rabat, Volubilis and Meknes with more to come as we move on to the ancient imperial city of Fes. However, before visiting the world’s largest medina for which the city is famous, […]
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Meknes – Morocco’s Overlooked Imperial City
Morocco is an unusual country in that it has had four different capital cities over the course of its history. We’ve already visited the current capital Rabat on this Adventures Abroad Quintessential Tour of Morocco and found it to be a very quiet, green and clean contrast to the hustle and bustle of Casablanca. In […]
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Volubilis – Morocco’s Roman World Heritage Site
This is my fourth post from the recently completed Quintessential Morocco Tour by Adventures Abroad. The first post was an overview of the entire trip, explaining why Morocco is a great destination and why Adventures Abroad is a great choice to lead the way. The second post featured Casablanca and the last post the capital […]