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The Erfoud Date Festival: October in Morocco’s Million-Palm Oasis
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The Erfoud Date Festival: October in Morocco’s Million-Palm Oasis

When the Tafilalet’s palms give up their harvest each October, Erfoud — the oasis capital at the gateway…
Morocco’s Rose Festival: When the Dades Valley Turns Pink
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Morocco’s Rose Festival: When the Dades Valley Turns Pink

Each May, after the harvest of the damascena roses that hedge every field around Kelaa M’Gouna, the Vall…
The Marrakech Marathon: 42 Fast Kilometres in January Light
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The Marrakech Marathon: 42 Fast Kilometres in January Light

Every January for over three decades, runners from around the world have opened their season in Marrakech: a f…
Marathon des Sables: The World’s Toughest Footrace, Explained for Spectators
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Marathon des Sables: The World’s Toughest Footrace, Explained for Spectators

Each April, around a thousand runners carry everything they need — food, sleeping bag, mandatory kit — across …
Marrakech International Film Festival: Red Carpets Under the Koutoubia
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Marrakech International Film Festival: Red Carpets Under the Koutoubia

Every late November, world cinema decamps to the red city. The Marrakech International Film Festival — FIFM — …
The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music: The Medina’s Transcendent Week
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The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music: The Medina’s Transcendent Week

Since 1994, Fes has hosted the world’s great devotional voices — Sufi brotherhoods, gospel choirs, qawwa…
Mawazine, Rabat: One of the World’s Biggest Music Festivals
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Mawazine, Rabat: One of the World’s Biggest Music Festivals

For nine days in late spring, Morocco’s capital becomes one of the largest concert venues on earth. Mawa…
Gnaoua Festival Essaouira: The Soul of Morocco, Three Days a Year
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Gnaoua Festival Essaouira: The Soul of Morocco, Three Days a Year

Every June, Essaouira turns its ramparts into amplifiers: the Gnaoua & World Music Festival brings the ma…
La Mamounia Named Among Robb Report’s 50 Greatest Hotels on Earth 2026
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La Mamounia Named Among Robb Report’s 50 Greatest Hotels on Earth 2026

Marrakech’s grande dame has done it again: La Mamounia has been named among Robb Report’s 50 Great…
Why Visit Morocco? The Case in Five Arguments
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Why Visit Morocco? The Case in Five Arguments

Every travel list ranks Morocco highly; few explain the actual mechanics of why the country works so well as a…