As we were driving out of Rabat, on our way to Fes, our trip leader, Aziz, wanted to stop at a roadside market to buy some casaba melons for us. There were lots of fresh fruits and vegetables being sold. Note, three images below and you can click on them to enlarge them. (Or, click on the first one, then … Read More
Walking Through The Marketplace and Dinner in Rabat
CLick on an image to show a larger size and then you can navigate forward and backward using the arrows. While in Rabat, we took an evening walk through the marketplace on our way to a wonderful dinner at a restaurant inside a beautiful riad. A riad (or ryad) is a traditional Moroccan house with an interior garden or courtyard … Read More
Hassan Tower and Mausoleum of Mohammed V
CLick on an image to show a larger size and then you can navigate forward and backward using the arrows. The Hassan Tower is a minaret of an unfinished mosque in Rabat, Morocco. Construction was begun in 1195 and this tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world along with the mosque to be the largest. In … Read More
Surfing in Rabat
(To see the most detail in these images, please click on them to enlarge them!) Rabat, capital and second largest city in Morocco is at the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. We took a walk along the shore in Rabat after lunch. There were buildings there with walls painted the beautiful shade of blue that we saw all over Rabat. … Read More
Chellah Ruins in Rabat, Morocco
CLick on an image to show a larger size and then you can navigate forward and backward using the arrows. Chellah is a necropolis and a complex of ancient Roman ruins at the outskirts of Rabat. It’s the site of the Roman town known as Sala Colonia. The site was abandoned in 1154 in favor of another nearby site. The … Read More