Category: Africa
Chichaoua: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Chichaoua Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Chichaoua is a mid-sized Moroccan market town of 38,452 residents sitting at 322 metres above sea level in the Marrakesh-Safi region, roughly 70 km southwest of Marrakesh along the N8 highway. It serves as the administrative capital of Chichaoua Province and is best known across Morocco […]
Chefchaouen: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Chefchaouen Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Chefchaouen sits at 564 metres above sea level in Morocco’s Rif Mountains, a city of 46,168 residents whose medina is famously painted in dozens of shades of blue. Founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali ben Rachid, it served for centuries as a refuge closed to non-Muslims […]
Casablanca: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Casablanca Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and its undisputed economic powerhouse, home to 3.2 million residents in the urban area and sitting at just 115 metres above sea level on the Atlantic coast. Founded as Anfa by Berber tribes and later refounded by Portuguese traders in the […]
Boumalne Dades: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Boumalne Dades Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Boumalne Dades sits at 1,526 metres above sea level in Morocco’s Drâa-Tafilalet region, serving as the main gateway town to the spectacular Dadès Gorge. With a population of 12,391, this compact desert-edge town was historically a Berber trading post along the ancient caravan routes connecting […]
Berrechid: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Berrechid Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Berrechid is a Moroccan city of 168,687 inhabitants sitting at 213 metres above sea level on the Chaouia plain, just 32 km south of Casablanca — close enough to visit in an hour yet authentic enough to feel nothing like a tourist hub. Founded as a […]
Beni Mellal: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Beni Mellal Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Beni Mellal is a north-central Moroccan city of 209,594 people, sitting at 620 metres above sea level at the foot of Jbel Tassemit — a location that gives it a noticeably cooler microclimate than the scorching plains below. Founded in 1688 when Sultan Moulay Ismaïl […]
Azrou: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Azrou Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Azrou is a mid-sized Berber market town of 57,657 residents sitting at 1,330 metres above sea level in Morocco’s Middle Atlas mountains, roughly 80 km south of Fez. Founded as a Berber stronghold — its name literally means ‘rock’ in Tamazight — it anchors the Ifrane […]
Asilah: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Asilah Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Asilah is a compact Atlantic coastal town of 36,039 residents perched just 31 km south of Tangier on Morocco’s northwest tip, sitting at a mere 2 metres above sea level. Its Portuguese-built ramparts from the 15th century stand fully intact and frame one of North Africa’s […]
Al Hoceima: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Al Hoceima Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Al Hoceima is a Mediterranean coastal city of 50,225 residents perched at just 37m above sea level on the northern edge of Morocco’s Rif Mountains, with Mount Tidghin (2,452m) looming dramatically inland. Founded as Villa Sanjurjo by Spanish colonists in 1926, it remains one of […]
Ait Bouguemez: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Ait Bouguemez Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Ait Bouguemez, nicknamed ‘Happy Valley,’ sits at roughly 1,900 metres altitude in Morocco’s Central High Atlas Mountains, within the Azilal Province — one of the country’s most isolated yet rewarding trekking corridors. The valley stretches approximately 30 kilometres end to end, threading through a dozen […]
Agdz: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Agdz Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Agdz is a small Moroccan oasis town of 11,189 residents perched at 942m above sea level in the Draa Valley, roughly 70km north of Zagora on the N9 highway. Founded as a caravan staging post along one of the great trans-Saharan trade routes, it sits dramatically […]
Agadir: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Agadir Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Agadir is Morocco’s premier Atlantic beach city, home to 538,000 residents and sitting at just 74 metres above sea level on the Souss-Massa coastline, roughly 509 km south of Casablanca. Rebuilt entirely after a catastrophic 1960 earthquake that killed 15,000 people, it is unlike any other […]