The Rough Guide to Morocco 6

by Ellingham, Mark; McVeigh, Shaun; Jacobs, Daniel; Brown, Hamish; Grisbrook, Don

• ISBN13: 9781858286013
• ISBN10: 1858286018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-04
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	x
PART ONE BASICS	1	(74)
Getting there from Britain and Ireland	3	(11)
Getting there from North America	14	(4)
Getting there from Australia & New Zealand	18	(2)
Travellers with disabilities	20	(2)
Visas and red tape	22	(1)
Costs and money	23	(4)
Health and insurance	27	(3)
Information, maps and trekking guides	30	(4)
Hustle, hassle, kids and guides	34	(4)
Security, the police and consulates	38	(1)
Getting around	39	(10)
Accommodation	49	(3)
Eating and drinking	52	(5)
Communications: post, phones and the media	57	(4)
Festivals: Ramadan, holidays and moussems	61	(4)
Sports and activities	65	(3)
Souks and Moroccan crafts	68	(2)
Mosques and monuments	70	(2)
Directory	72	(3)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	75	(472)
Tangier, Tetouan and the Northwest	77-135	(1)
Tangier	79	(21)
Around Tangier	100	(2)
Asilah	102	(5)
Larache and around	107	(3)
Ancient Lixus	110	(1)
South towards Fes or Rabat	111	(3)
Ceuta	114	(4)
Tetouan	118	(7)
Tetouan beaches: Mdiq to Oued Laou	125	(2)
Chaouen	127	(6)
Ouezzane	133
The Mediterranean Coast and the Rif	136	(1)
Chaouen to Al Hoceima	139	(3)
Ketama to Fes	142	(2)
Taza	144	(1)
Djebel Tazzeka	144	(5)
Taza to Oujda	149	(1)
Al Hoceima	150	(5)
Nador	155	(4)
Melilla	159	(5)
The Zegzel Gorge: Berkane and Saidia	164	(2)
Oujda and around	166
Meknes, Fes and the Middle Atlas	173	(1)
Meknes	176	(15)
Volubilis and Moulay Idriss	191	(6)
Around Meknes	197	(1)
Fes	198	(40)
Sefrou and around	238	(4)
Immouzer du Kandar, Ifrane and Mischliffen	242	(3)
Azrou	245	(3)
Ain Leuh and the waterfalls of Oum er Rbia	248	(1)
Azrou to Midelt and Er Rachidia	249	(6)
Azrou to Kasba Tadla	255	(4)
Beni Mellal	259	(3)
Cascades d'Ouzoud	262	(3)
Azilal to Marrakesh: Demnate	265
The West Coast: From Rabat to Essaouira	268	(1)
Kenitra to Rabat	269	(5)
Rabat	274	(18)
Sale	292	(3)
Rabat to Casablanca	295	(4)
Casablanca	299	(15)
Casablanca to Marrakesh: Settat	314	(1)
Casablanca to El Jadida	315	(2)
El Jadida	317	(4)
El Jadida to Safi	321	(3)
Safi	324	(4)
Essaouira	328	(11)
South to Agadir	339
Marrakesh	342	(1)
History	343	(3)
Arrival and orientation	346	(1)
Transport	347	(1)
Accommodation	348	(4)
The Djemaa El Fna	352	(1)
The Koutoubia	353	(1)
The Souks and northern Medina	354	(8)
The Lower Medina, Saadian Tombs and Mellah	362	(8)
The gardens	370	(2)
Eating, drinking and nightlife	372	(4)
Listings	376
The High Atlas	380	(1)
Ourika Valley and Oukaimeden	383	(4)
Djebel Toubkal Massif	387	(12)
Tizi n'Test	399	(7)
Telouet and the Tizi n'Tichka	406	(4)
Marrakesh to Agadir: Tizi Maachou	410	(1)
Western High Atlas: Tichka Plateau	410
The Great Southern Oasis Routes	415	(1)
Ouarzazate	416	(7)
Ait Benhaddou	423	(2)
South to Zagora: the Draa oases	425	(2)
Zagora	427	(3)
Zagora to M'hamid	430	(3)
Desert pistes east and west from Zagora	433	(2)
The Skoura oasis	435	(3)
El Kelaa des Mgouna	438	(1)
Boumalne du Dades	438	(2)
Djebel Sarhro	440	(4)
The Dades Gorge	444	(2)
Tinerhir	446	(3)
The Todra Gorge	449	(2)
Beyond Todra: over the Atlas	451	(3)
Tinerhir to Er Rachidia and Erfoud	454	(2)
Er Rachidia	456	(3)
Meski and the Ziz valley	459	(1)
Erfoud	459	(3)
The dunes of Merzouga	462	(3)
Rissani and around	465	(2)
East to Figuig	467
Agadir, the Souss and Anti-Atlas	471	(1)
Agadir	473	(12)
Inezgane	485	(1)
The Coast to Cap Rhir	485	(3)
Paradise Valley and Immouzer	488	(2)
Massa lagoon	490	(1)
Taroudannt	491	(7)
Taliouine and Djebel Sirwa	498	(4)
The Tata circuit	502	(7)
Tiznit	509	(4)
Tafraoute	513	(7)
Tiznit to Goulimine and Sidi Ifni	520	(3)
Goulimine	523
The Deep South and Western Sahara	529	(547)
Goulimine to Tan Tan	531	(1)
Tan Tan	531	(3)
A loop through Smara	534	(4)
Tan Tan to Laayoune	538	(1)
Laayoune	539	(4)
Laayoune to Dakhla	543	(2)
The road to Mauritania	545	(2)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	547	(79)
History	549	(17)
Chronology	566	(3)
Islam	569	(4)
Wildlife	573	(7)
Music	580	(10)
Moroccan storytelling	590	(9)
Writers on Morocco	599	(8)
Books: further reading	607	(9)
Glossary of Moroccan terms	616	(2)
Glossary of street names	618	(3)
Language	621	(5)
Index	626