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Culture & Traditions

50 articles — routes, cities, the desert and practical advice, written by the team that runs the tours.

All Atlas Mountains & Trekking 10 Chefchaouen & the North 10 Culture & Traditions 50 Essaouira & the Coast 9 Fes & Imperial Cities 13 Food & Drink 20 Itineraries & Tours 28 Marrakech 30 Sahara & Desert 36 Travel Tips & Planning 68
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…
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…
Riad or Hotel? Where to Stay in Morocco, Honestly
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Riad or Hotel? Where to Stay in Morocco, Honestly

The single most consequential booking decision in Morocco is not the tour — it is the bed type. Riad or hotel …
Visiting Berber Villages: Morocco’s Living Mountains
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Visiting Berber Villages: Morocco’s Living Mountains

Above the plains, Morocco speaks Tamazight. The Amazigh (Berber) villages of the Atlas — stone and earth, stac…
What Morocco’s Historical Sites Cost to Visit — and What’s Simply Free
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What Morocco’s Historical Sites Cost to Visit — and What’s Simply Free

Through historical sites in Morocco you learn about traditions across generations of rich cultural history. We…
Unique Things to Do in Morocco (That Most Visitors Miss)
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Unique Things to Do in Morocco (That Most Visitors Miss)

The camels, the souks, the blue city — the classics earn their fame. But Morocco's deepest memories usually co…
Morocco’s Unforgettable Sites: Twelve Places That Explain the Country
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Morocco’s Unforgettable Sites: Twelve Places That Explain the Country

Strip away the listicles and Morocco's genuinely unforgettable sites number about a dozen — each one carrying …
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