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Achat d'un appartement destiné à la location saisonnière au Maroc English translation pending
by Oups78 · 2013-01-09 · 45 replies
Bonjour a tous.

J aimerai investir au maroc a defunt locatif (saisonnier), je n ai pas de ville de predilection (je pensai plutot pres de la mer). Savez vous me dire à quel endroit je peux trouver encore de "bons plans"?? Au niveau frais a engager (autre que le bien en lui meme) que dois je prevoir? Quels sont les pieges a éviter? Comment calculer le tarif de la location hebdo (oui je vois tt et son contraire!!).....Pour les personnes ayant ete dans mon cas, est il difficle d avoir un bon taux de remplissage? Du fait que je sois sur la France à qui puis je "confier" mon bien pour l entretien ménage, linge de maison...) et quel en est le cout?......mais encore plein de questions que je poserai par la suite🙂

J attends vos reponses tres tres nombreuses😛

Par avance merci.
Eurovélo 1: Nantes - Portugal English translation pending
by Cr0wn · 2012-11-27 · 10 replies
Bonjour,

Je voudrais relancer ce sujet :
http://voyageforum.com/forum/eurovelo_1_nantes_portugal_via_espagne_D5366879/ , je n'ai pas eu de réponse de la personne concernée. Mon projet est de partir de Nantes à vélo jusqu'à Sagres, au Sud du Portugal en empruntant l'Eurovélo 1. J'ai trouvé des cartes pour l'eurovélo 1 partie Française, mais ensuite pour ce qui est de l'Espagne et du Portugal, rien. Pourtant l'itinéraire est bien présent sur http://www.eurovelo.org/routes/ (route 1) en Vert.

Alors : Cette route Eurovélo 1 n'est-elle encore qu'en projet en Espagne et Portugal, ou est-ce que les cartes sont inexistantes, ou ais-je mal cherché ?

Si vous pouviez m'aider je vous en serais reconnaissant !

Vive le voyage.
Route du safran au Maroc? English translation pending
by Tortuemastre · 2012-11-01 · 16 replies
Bonsoir

En fait je cherche une info toute bête mais que je n'arrive pas à trouver : qu'appelle t on exactement la route du safran ?

Nous envisageons de faire la route taroudan=>Ouled Berhil => Aoulouz => Taliouine => Tazenakah ! Est ce que c'est la route du safran ? Est ce que cette route est jolie ? Y a T il des arrêts sympas à faire sur cette route ? et enfin Début fevrier, cette route est elle pratiquable facilement ?

Merci beaucoup
Partir en camping-car vers le Maroc pour la première fois avec un "parrain" English translation pending
by Laplanche · 2010-10-24 · 85 replies
On connait déja le co voiturage, mais pourquoi pas le PARRAINAGE . En 2007 sur ce forum j'ai rencontré "NOSSAMEL" un couple de camping-caristes de ma région qui m'ont accompagné pour la première fois au MAROC. Cela a été un vrai bonheur pour effectuer la route, pour trouver les billets de la traversée, pour se rendre a l'embarcadère a Gibratar, pour se rendre et passer la douane Marocaine, puis pour les premiers kms jusqu'a Larache ou là nous nous sommes quittés pour éffectuer seul chacun son périple. Le deuxième voyage nous l'avons fait seuls, facilement, NOSSAMEL pour des raisons personnelles n'y sont pas allés. Ce week-end l'idée m'est venu en voyant dans le forum que "SISIS" partait début janvier, accompagnant trois équipages. Je l'ai contacté pour lui proposer pour le soulager d'en prendre un en charge. Si l'idée séduit quelques uns d'entre nous à vouloir, a titre honorifique, ètre le Parrain d'un autre pour effectuer ce parcours, alors proposez a la suite de ce message vos dates de départ. Puis, que l'intéressé par telle ou telle date proposée entre en contact en cliquant sur le nom de son éventuel Parrain pour lui envoyer un message personnel, afin de ne pas emcombrer de messages divers la liste des dates de départs. Par contre dès qu'un Parrain a trouvé un filleul le signaler dans la foulée. C'est peut ètre un coup d'épée dans l'eau mais pourquoi pas, l'avenir nous le dira. Michel "La Planche"
Riad ou villa (avec piscine) à Marrakech ou Essaouira pour une famille avec enfants? English translation pending
by 12evasion · 2010-05-05 · 11 replies
Bonjour, je recherche un riad ou location villa pour 5 pers. à Marrakech ou Essaouira de préférence avec piscine pour 3 semaines en juillet-Aout, nous avons deux enfants en bas-âge. Si vous avez des bonnes adresses à me donner, elles sont les bienvenues, car pas facile de s'y retrouver sur le net, il y a tellement de choix !
Album de photos d'escales English translation pending
by Alcati · 2009-04-10 · 185 replies
😉Bonsoir,

Après avoir fait un album sur les cabines de paquebots, un album sur les paquebots de croisière (toujours en cours), pourquoi pas mettre maintenant sur celui-ci vos photos et commentaires sur vos escales.

On pourrait rajouter en plus des infos sur l'accès dans les ports par la route, en taxi, en train car je lis que ces questions très importantes et utiles sont souvent demandées.

Des informations qui pourraient donner sur cette discussions toutes informations utiles et regroupées pour les nouveaux comme pour les anciens croisièristes.

A vous tous, n'hésitez pas à venir nous faire découvrir depuis l'arrivée dans un port et cela jusqu'au départ, vos images et coup d'œil divers mais combien intéressant qui peuvent nous servir.

Bienvenu à vous tous et encore merci pour tout ce que vous nous apportez chaque jour.

Pour ma part, je commence par SAVONE et puis, je rajouterai au fur et à mesure d'autres photos d'escales.

Comme vous pouvez le voir lorsque vous entrez dans Savone en voiture, il suffit de suivre ce type de panneaux qui vous indiquent l'accès au port. La 2° photo vous montre l'accès au PALACROCIERE (vue de la terrasse), la 3° démontre cette terrasse et à gauche des bus, un stand d'accueil pour ceux qui ont loué une place de parking sous les toiles claires. Les véhicules pris en charge sont garés un peu loin.

Bonne visite à tous.

JC
Desert Crossings... (Morocco)
by Kola · 2007-06-05 · 40 replies
The story of a trip to Morocco, from the first to the last day—otherwise, it wouldn’t have made sense... Marrakech... then four days on foot in the desert, alone with a guide, a camel driver, and two dromedaries... and Marrakech again. Everything mattered, even the smallest details, so this is a (very) long story. Behind the descriptions and anecdotes, there’s emotion, intimacy, and... soul-searching. All the things it’s strangely easier to share this way, all the things it’s strangely easier to share with people you don’t know... I have beautiful images in my eyes, but only a few are visible—if you read carefully, you’ll understand why. The other photos are imagined, created upon returning with souvenirs and a bit of staging. But everything is authentic.



Since I’ve been back, sometimes at night I open my eyes and don’t know where I am... Sleepless night, starry night, night of communion, connected night... In that suspended moment, between wakefulness and sleep, which makes you so receptive... Communion with whom? Connected to what? Lila gnawa... lila de derdeba.

The desert, a solitary path. You step in, and you’re immediately in the essential...

Wednesday... My companion drops me off at Orly Ouest... There are two hours before boarding. My MP3 player turns on but that’s it. It freezes—no commands work, and nothing fixes it... Smile... A trip without music, then? And the first anchor falls away.

(Photo...) ... Passport, tickets, receipts, labels...

Nose pressed to the window for the entire flight... Descending over Marrakech, at low altitude, a pretty mosaic—shades of pink and ochre dotted with green, but also, to the right, less harmonious, aligned cubes. Housing developments under construction? A bumpy, turbulent landing—the plane circles for a long time before touching down.

Welcomed by the familiar, unchanged sound of creaking doors and seats in the little taxis. In Casablanca, it was red Simca 1000s with meters; here, they’re yellow, and you have to negotiate the price. I have no talent for that, so here’s 100 DH!

Traversed and forgotten

Marrakech... Sunny, luminous, sensual. Torn between tradition and modernity... Shimmering and fragrant, very noisy... rather polluted? On the road, horses and donkeys still mingle with vehicles... and watch out for traffic when crossing! It’s always a strategic—and athletic—adventure: at what exact moment do you sprint to the opposite sidewalk? And why aren’t any street names marked?

Afternoon on foot, heading to the Bab Doukkala bus station... A landmark: the McDonald’s, then a square with a fountain. Then turn left onto Avenue Hassan II. There’s a bus to Zagora Friday morning, but I can only buy the ticket tomorrow. On the way back to the hotel, at a kiosk on the corner, I buy *Tel Quel*, which I read with great interest online.

Thursday... Early morning, walking to Place Jemaa el-Fna, calm and almost deserted... I don’t get a good deal buying two small daggers for my kids. No talent for haggling—it takes more than charm for that... So I’ll pick the rest of my gifts at the artisan center on Avenue Mohammed V, where prices are marked, and it’s a pleasure to watch the craftsmen work... For my daughter, a satchel and earrings. The satchel smells like goat. The earrings are hand-chiseled in front of me by a very young man with nimble fingers—marvels of delicacy and fragility. Then I linger for a long time in the souk alleys. Scents of leather, thuya and cedar wood, wool and copper... Familiar smells... Childhood memories...

Dear daggers

Earrings

Back at the bus station, an unexpected change: no bus Friday morning, but a departure tonight at 8:30 PM... I have a little time before packing, so I take a long detour: Boulevard de Safi, then right onto Avenue El Mansour to the Majorelle Garden... A quiet pause. Rare plants, all kinds of cacti—smooth, fuzzy, bristling with spines... strange, squat, or stretched-out shapes. An infinite variety of greens, and that famous blue... The song of birds, the sun and shadows playing in the water basins... Time flows lazily. I write postcards—they’ll arrive long after I’m back...



Back to the hotel. Avenue El Mansour, Boulevard Zerktouni—okay, but why are the small street names never marked?!! I get a little lost...

I hope you got my MMS, because before leaving, I left something for you at the front desk...

8 PM, night has already fallen. Arriving at the bus station, and then... Then, a step back... A dense crowd, a tangle of buses... Where to go?... Rare woman, lone foreigner, backpack... I’m quickly spotted, surrounded, poorly guided... Someone with a badge finally points me to the right sidewalk. The bus isn’t there, and the sidewalk is already packed, mostly with men. Will I even get a seat?... Three young men are particularly insistent... They want to know where I’m going and why, if someone is with me, if I’m expected... I answer with a smile. A bit tricky—choosing words, staying polite while evasive... Their French is hesitant, my Arabic is more than rudimentary... Actually, I shouldn’t have tried... Their tone becomes a bit... aggressive, and their eyes light up. Uh-oh... They say they’re students, but what of?... Want to know what I think of the Quran and Allah, what I think of holy war, if I’m "for the Americans," "for the Palestinians"... Other travelers intervene... And the bus still isn’t here... The speech turns fanatical... Then, my smile freezes a little... A small wave of panic, so I send a "freaked out" MMS... (But who else could I send it to?) Then, in this dark crowd, a light dressed in white... Nabila, a young student heading to Zagora for vacation, she speaks French... She plants herself in front of them and scolds them thoroughly. I didn’t catch everything, but it worked! The three troublemakers retreat. Plus, they weren’t on the right sidewalk, and their bus is about to leave without them...

Nabila and I manage to board and sit side by side... The bus leaves two hours late. The trip is long, a bit uncomfortable, slowed by many stops—it was very cold...

Friday... A little stiff, a little dazzled, a little chilled, arriving in Zagora at dawn with the sunrise... Magical! Craving something warm... And then, a heartfelt gift—kindness and hospitality—Nabila invites me to her home. Warm welcome from her mother and siblings, not at all surprised to see me show up so early to share their breakfast! A few hours in their company... We exchange addresses, and the youngest brother, Nouamare, gives me a children’s storybook...

Noon, at *La Fibule du Draa* Lahcen Sarti, the owner... I finally put a smile and a face to an email exchange... He shows me the trek route on the map, laughs when I tell him about my night on the bus, and sends me to rest by the pool... No swimsuit, so a lounge chair and a book... A book that will accompany me into the desert and which I’ll finish in Marrakech, in the Koutoubia Garden...



Saturday, Day 1... When I wake up this morning, I know the desert sand will also absorb my blood...

Early departure for four days and three nights, alone, as I wished, with a young guide, Mohammed, and a younger camel driver, Abdou. We’ll be together 24/7, and we won’t see a soul until we reach the fixed campsite on the third evening. Everything we need is loaded onto two dromedaries. And in those baskets, there are miracles—a *Prévert*-style inventory I’ll discover bit by bit, like... a tray for glasses, a basket for bread, a sugar loaf and small glasses for tea, but... large glasses and sugar cubes for coffee, spices, oranges, vegetables, raw eggs!... That won’t break, *La Vache qui Rit*... And so many other unexpected wonders, so surprising in the middle of the desert... (*La Vache qui Rit* is the desert butter. Every morning for breakfast, it was coffee with Nido powdered milk and *kesra* with *La Vache qui Rit* and Aïcha apricot jam... A delight.)



Start of the journey, and the beginning of a long, long walk... We’ll cover 80 km in three days, crossing all kinds of landscapes until the real desert of sand and dunes... I’ll drink water from wells, eat raw vegetables, sleep on a mattress that saddles the dromedaries by day... I’ll forget all the warnings and all my hygiene references... My body will quiet its complaints. No heat, no thirst, no fatigue, no trouble of any kind... just woken by the cold every morning around 6 AM... I take off my watch. Like my companions, I’ll live by the sun’s rhythm...

Abdou leads the dromedaries, so he walks at their pace. Sometimes, we’re grouped together. Sometimes the two guides are together, and I walk behind. Sometimes we talk. Nothing is forced, no discomfort. It’s a simple, harmonious dance—one foot in front of the other, following your shadow as it turns with the sun... Each step leaves behind the useless, the cumbersome, the superfluous... Room for intimacy... Room for silence... Room for the inner self... Facing yourself... I find seashells, and with my eyes closed, I smell the sea...

... One foot in front of the other...

I take out my camera... Capacity for a hundred shots, but it’ll be 10 photos, no more. It freezes—no commands work, and nothing fixes it... Smile... A trip without photos, then? And the second anchor falls... I think of my MP3 player...

... A few photos among the ten...

Noon... Unsaddling the dromedaries, which immediately wander off in search of food. And before the meal cooked by Mohammed, the mint tea ritual, prepared by Abdou in a tiny teapot... Thick, frothy, very sweet tea... He serves it on a tray with dates, peanuts, and raisins... And it’ll be like this every day, noon and night...

We gradually get to know each other... Mohammed, 25 years old... Calm, very introspective, almost ascetic, he knows the desert well and loves it... So at ease that he’ll walk in slippers or barefoot, no matter the terrain... When I’m behind him, the advertisement on the back of his sweatshirt makes me smile... There’s a date: January 8, 2003... A little wink from life? (I have a clear memory of that day.) Abdou, barely 20, with a round, jovial face. The mint tea master... When he hands me my glass, he says "Bismillah," and I respond in kind... A joker and a foodie. Thrilled that I only eat vegetables, he’ll have double the meat!

... Abdou and his teapot...

... Mohammed...

Late afternoon, a well... Abdou waters the dromedaries, and Mohammed fills the canteens. The caps aren’t watertight, so he wedges a piece of plastic bag found in one of the baskets and screws it on top... Forget all hygiene warnings...

First night in a tent at the foot of Jebel Baní...

... Jebel

Sunday, Day 2... Crossing and ascending Jebel Baní... A mineral, lunar landscape—rocks the color of burnt bread and anthracite gray. I pick up pretty pebbles, and Mohammed finds me a fossilized stone... Lunch in a deserted nomad oasis... When we resume our walk, the wind picks up. A wind that only blows in April, violent, terrible—the *Sahli*... Swirls of sand and gravel. Where’s the sky, where’s the earth... everything is dust, everything is yellow and opaque... The gusts are so strong they make us stagger. At times, we even have to crouch to avoid falling. In the acacia forest, Abdou and the dromedaries are only a few meters ahead, yet we can’t see them... We’ll later learn that on that day, planned excursions were canceled... That a group got lost and had to be picked up by 4x4... But Mohammed has a sense of the desert. He’s calm, he guides us... so we continue, and I trust him. He wraps a *chèche* around my head—a fragile barrier against these onslaughts... We have to keep moving, and it’s difficult... But the desert has accepted me, so without resistance, I accept it... And the sand gets everywhere... in my mouth, crunching between my teeth, in my eyes, ears, and nostrils... in my hair... A fine ochre layer covers my face and body, even under my clothes. I’ve become a sand woman... Communion... Fusion with the mineral. I absorb the desert’s prodigious power, just as the desert absorbs my blood...

We walked for four hours, pushed by this furious wind, before stopping for the night under an acacia... There, we had to set up the tent, which they did with difficulty. Then we had to weigh it down... So the utensils and the mint tea tray served as shovels to cover the edges with sand. Then Abdou took care of the dromedaries, holding one of their front legs bent with a rope to keep them from wandering too far... Then we brought everything into the tent and collapsed... but not for long.

Mohammed prepared kingly meals at noon and night with the wonders in the baskets: finely chopped raw vegetable salad, vegetable tagine, soup (and not from a packet!)... Even the canned sardines were garnished with thin orange slices... After this exhausting day for all of us, I told him that bread with *La Vache qui Rit* would be enough... He looked at me with a big smile and said his evening ritual phrase: "Now, Laurence, sit down, take your time, take your book..." He pulled his sand-filled utensils from the miraculous basket, his stove, some vegetables, and made us couscous (and not from a box!), couscous he rolled between his hands... Meanwhile, Abdou took out his sand-filled teapot, his sugar loaf, the peanuts, the dates... The mint tea ritual, like every day, noon and night...

Outside, the wind keeps blowing, stirring up sand whirlwinds... So I won’t go out like the other night to brush my teeth and hair. Just a wipe on my face to remove the dust... Mohammed turns off the gas lamp, and I curl up in my sleeping bag. The dromedaries have moved closer to my side of the tent, and the moonlight stretches their shadows on the canvas. They’ve settled in and make strange noises... We fall asleep very quickly...

Monday, Day 3... My two companions are still asleep when the cold wakes me at 6 AM, like every morning... Everything seems so calm—the wind has stopped... I untie the tent door and... A pure blue sky, gradually tinted with pink and flaming orange. The sun rises before my dazzled eyes. A day of light begins: no trace of yesterday’s storm, except sand... everywhere.

So, breakfast with sand... Then we shake out everything that can be shaken, sending clouds of dust flying... Then Abdou gives the dromedaries back their fourth leg, and we continue the journey.

After the expanses of stones and shrubs on the first day, the rocky ridges of Jebel Baní, and the acacia forest on the second day, the landscape changes, softens... We arrive in the desert as you imagine it, as you dream it, as you’ve seen in thousands of photos: endless golden dunes, in harmonious hollows and curves... The desert of sand... vast, fascinating...

Last meal for the three of us... Tonight, we’ll arrive at the fixed campsite, and we won’t be alone anymore. The break stretches on... So, a little apart on the smooth sand, I write a few words... an obvious truth... entrusting a secret to the desert. In a small box, I’ll bring back some of this magical sand...

.. A secret in the desert...

Abdou grabs my notebook and draws the dunes. Mohammed draws Abdou and his dromedaries... I learn to do dishes with the contents of a single glass of water... A tiny bird lands on my bag... A bird!... in the middle of nowhere!... The dromedaries seem to relish the acacia branches, thorns and all...

Desert drawings

We set off again... The dunes are higher... Easy to climb, the desert has sensual, feminine curves. A giant’s hand would fit its reliefs like a caress on a soft, supple body... The setting sun gives the landscape colors of amber and spices, cinnamon reflections... The sand offers me pink pebbles and pieces of white quartz that sparkle... I also find a black stone... Mystery...

Pink pebbles, fossilized pebbles, sparkling pebbles, and a black stone

Late afternoon, arrival at the fixed campsite at the foot of Erg Lihoudi... The guardian, Lahcen, a whirlwind of chatter and energy, welcomes us with mint tea. He quickly pegs me: "You do yoga, right?" He tells lots of anecdotes about his "clients," ending every sentence with: "No problem! *Machi mouchkil*... *Machi mouchkil*, no problem!" Around the tents, dozens... hundreds of big black beetles swarm on the sand... As I shudder, Lahcen gently picks one up and wants to put it on my hand: "*Machi mouchkil*! It doesn’t sting!"... I hold out a hesitant palm... Despite Lahcen’s infectious enthusiasm, I don’t like this last evening. Two groups arrived by 4x4 to spend a night in the desert... Noise of engines, cameras, voices, and exclamations... An intrusion into my bubble... I keep my distance... They’ll leave very early the next morning...

Memory of beetles

Tuesday, Day 4... Standing still on a sand dune, I see both the full moon and the sun in the same sky... A luminous face-off. Magical, overwhelming... Then the moon paled, and the sun blazed brighter. It wasn’t quite night anymore, but day wasn’t far off... The Sacred, Mystical universe unfolded before me... A moment of grace that made my heart beat a little faster... Something indescribable gradually filled me, with infinite gentleness, to the depths of my soul... Facing this unlikely encounter, hesitations, reluctance, and fears seem so trivial... What are we if not fragments of this universe where everything is united... everything is connected...

Then comes the intention of a new message: "I’d love to put a face to..." But in this exchange scattered with misunderstandings, could you receive the intention without interpreting it?...

I stayed a long time on that dune, under the spell... Standing, barefoot and rooted... heart open... Receptive... in Unity between the infinitely small grain of sand and the infinitely vast universe... I hadn’t come to seek anything, yet the generous Earth offered its energy, its subtle strength to every cell of my body, and filled my soul with light... In exchange for this blood spilled on the sand over these four days?...

Give to Receive... Receive and Give... like a signed pact.

What exiled me from my life, disrupting all my bearings, drew me here... A necessary passage through space, withdrawal, and silence... for another birth?... The real desert after the symbolic desert... Pausing for a moment, as if at a crossroads. Connecting before continuing... If this path leads to the essential, then this path has a heart and will continue...

At the foot of the dune on the way down, I found a little Fatima’s hand made of beads. A gift from the desert...

Gift from the desert, good luck charm?

Mohammed and Abdou leave Erg Lihoudi with other people—our shared adventure ends here... Emotion... looks and gestures speak louder than any words... Thank you, from the bottom of my heart...

Return to Zagora in a rickety, bumpy 4x4... After the track, we cross a vast palm grove... Shimmering colors, lush vegetation, palm trees growing in wheat fields... Tender green of the ears, faded green of the fronds, all shades of green contrast with the ochre and pink stone walls... My eyes rediscover green... My eyes rediscover colors... On a narrow path, the 4x4 finds itself facing a donkey carrying three children on its back... Impossible to pass. Who will back up?... Well, roaring progress bowed to four-legged tradition: in a cloud of dust, the 4x4 reversed for several hundred meters... The donkey passed calmly... On its back, the three children waved their hands...

Noon, arrival at *La Fibule du Draa*... Smiling welcome from Lahcen. He offers me a shower—I refuse... Even if he seems a little surprised, he has the delicacy not to show it too much... Strangely, I don’t feel dirty. Yet my clothes are the same, and my body hasn’t seen a drop of water since the day I left... But I want to keep the warmth and the smell of sand on my skin... reconnecting with forgotten, instinctive, animal sensations... So, I transfer my meticulousness and civilized conditioning to my bag... I take everything out, empty it, shake it... hunting down the smallest grain of sand... Futile effort! (I still find some today...) The afternoon stretches lazily by the pool... I contemplate my pebbles and make a lovely encounter...

The Zagora-Marrakech bus leaves at 7 PM... It’s the night of the full moon, and as soon as night falls, the sky fills with stars... Points of light without beginning, without duration, without end... Tiny lights so distant and so close...

Wanting to share this moment... And with whom else? If you look up, you’re the only one seeing the same sky as me. So, the intention of another message. But in this fragile, stumbling exchange... marked by misunderstandings... could you receive the intention without interpreting it?

The trip is shorter than on the way there, but barely more comfortable. A speaker right above my seat blares music and incantations the whole way... Halfway through, the same unusual stop in a village lit up and bustling as if it were daytime (Taddart, I think...). Along the main street, the ground is checkered black and white. Butcher stalls display entire beef carcasses... Smells of smoke and grilling... People are busy... Others, seated, are eating... in the middle of the night.

Arrival in Marrakech at 2 AM. Taxi strike, no room until tonight... Uh-oh! My backpack draws attention: a car stops and offers to take me for 80 DH... Trust... Five minutes later, I push open the door of *Le Toulousain*... The guard offers to let me finish the night on one of the lobby benches. I unfold my sleeping bag and slip into the desert’s scent... No sleep. But with my eyes closed, I see the stars... You came to pick up my bulky envelope.

Wednesday... Difficult early morning... Now, I feel dirty, my clothes bother me, my shoes hurt... Craving a long hot shower, wanting to find my body, wash my hair, put on cream, do my nails, and... It’ll be a long shower... cold! The hotel is charming but a bit run-down.

Clothes from 4 days...

Afternoon on foot in the quiet Hivernage district, searching for a childhood memory that may have changed names: the *Holiday Inn* hotel... I didn’t find it, or didn’t recognize it. Long stroll in the Menara Gardens, and return to the hotel at sunset...

Thursday... Last day... Wanting to see the Marrakech Museum because the founder was a friend of my father’s... So, the familiar route: the McDonald’s, the square with the fountain, Avenue Hassan II, Bab Doukkala... but this time, I pass through the ramparts, and in the old city—sensual, charming, enchanting—I get lost, found, and lost again... I tracked down the museum and the Ben Youssef Madrasa at the end of a maze of alleys... Followed scents of mint, olives, honey, and cinnamon... Savored, moved, the same donuts as in my childhood—golden fried dough rings with a hole in the middle, tied together with a blade of grass... (I don’t remember the name...) I filled my eyes with pretty things and exchanged smiles... Received, just like that... A gift... a ring for my little finger... Someone called out to me: "Hey, gazelle," and it made me happy...

.. Still lost!...

Afternoon in the sun in the Koutoubia Gardens. I finish my book—sand falls from between the pages...

.. Started on the plane... read in the desert... finished in Marrakech...

Melancholy of the last evening... So, on the way back to the hotel, I buy *kesra* and *La Vache qui Rit*...

Long, long sleepless night... Flight in a few hours... Happy to see the ones I love again, too.

Thoughts, emotions, sensations, images... Questions... One question... So, more than reason, going over and over the question... What there is to live, it’ll have to be lived...

The desert, a solitary path... like all paths that lead to the essential...

3:30 AM, your message, read by the metallic voice of a voicemail. And you, facing physical failure, past mistakes, fear... A solitary path. Also. Like all paths that lead to the essential...
Désert du Sahara (Maroc) English translation pending
by Leila26 · 2005-10-15 · 9 replies
Salut,

J'aimerai faire un tour dans le désert marocain ; quelle est la meilleure période pour y aller ? 8 à 10 jours, est-ce une trop longue durée ? (Je recherche le calme pour mon prochain voyage : pas vraiment envie de me retrouver dans une ville). Une agence à conseiller pour les excursions (dromadaires uniquement) ? La ville de départ ?

Que de questions, que de questions !

Ciao!

Leïla
Saharan Loops 4x4 Tour (Morocco): Your Opinions
by Midasabelle · 2025-01-25 · 15 replies
Hello, We’re about to book the Saharan Loops 4x4 tour with Fram for April. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this trip. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Michel
Poste frontière Mauritanie - Sénégal de Diama à vélo English translation pending
by BOB72 · 2014-01-12 · 35 replies
Bonjour, J'ai pour projet de faire à vélo le trajet Fance/Sénégal/Mali début septembre. Je n'ai pas un très bon souvenir du poste frontière (Mauritanie/Sénégal) de Rosso. Aussi je me demande si faire le trajet à vélo jusqu'au poste frontière de Diama est possible sans trop de problèmes style pistes sableuses ou autre.

Concernant les visas : - Mauritanie : il est bien possible maintenant de le prendre au poste frontière de Gouargarate ? - Sénégal : visa possible à Diama ? Quelle sont les modalité ?

Merci d'avance
Maroc: jeu découverte photo English translation pending
by Bouriane · 2009-03-12 · 87 replies
Suite à Globerge qui a mis des photos sans dévoilé le lieu, certain peuvent être frustré de ne pas savoir où cela se situe. Voilà un moyen de découvrir le Maroc. Une photo assez facile à situer par exemple. Celui qui trouve en met une autre,
Location et change à Agadir? English translation pending
by Agnesmanou · 2017-04-13 · 1 reply
Bonjour est ce quelqu'un peut me dire ou changer au meilleur taux à agadir. Est ce que quelqu'un connait une agence local de location de voiture serieuse à prix correcte

cordialement
Visites et activités pour Agadir fin septembre? English translation pending
by BenetOph · 2008-01-24 · 2 replies
Bonjour,

Nous partons à AGADIR fin septembre 2008 (du 25/09 au 02/10). Nous aimerions savoir quelles sont les villes à visiter, les activités à ne pas louper, etc...? Merci d'avance pour vos réponses. 😉
Climat et brumes à Agadir en juin English translation pending
by Josque · 2005-05-12 · 3 replies
Bonjour à tous,

Je pars à Agadir du 08 au 18 juin à l'hôtel Riu Tikida Dunas... L'agence de voyage me signale qu'il n'y a pas de problème de brumes de chaleur à cette période mais à entendre différentes personnes, ce n'est pas tout à fait exacte...

Qui est parti à Agadir plus ou moins à cette période? Pouvez-vous me dire si il y a des brumes à cette période?

Pouvez-vous me donner des infos sur l'hôtel en lui même...

Merci

Jeff
Agadir to Mauritania road trip: where to stay and what to see?
by Ergésan · 2025-02-22 · 4 replies
I'm arriving in Agadir from Brussels tomorrow and plan to travel by road to Mauritania. What are the best spots and accommodation options along the way? Thanks to all members for any tips and answers
Météo actuelle à Agadir? (avril 2007) English translation pending
by Lila1305 · 2007-04-11 · 1 reply
Quelle et la temperature actuelle là bas ? 😎
Hébergements et visites au sud d'Agadir? English translation pending
by Dadou31 · 2006-08-26 · 9 replies
Bonjour a tous et a toutes Je voudrais avoirs des infos sur le sud d'Agadir Tiznit Tafraoute Guelmim Tan Tan est-ce un coin joli a voir et ou se logé dans cette région Merci par avance dadou31
Ferry Agadir - Sénégal English translation pending
by Pierbi · 2013-03-19 · 3 replies
Bonne journée à tous, quelques amis marocains m'ont dit qu'il y aurait un ferry d'Agadir au Sénégal. J'ai fait une recherche sur Internet, mais n'ai rien trouvé. S'il vous plaît, pouvez-vous me donner quelques renseignements? Merci d'avance pour l'aide.
Route Agadir-Tioulit avec deux enfants: visites et temps de trajet? English translation pending
by Liliprof69 · 2012-07-07 · 1 reply
Re re re bonjour à tous!

Pour notre futur voyage en avril prochain, nous prévoyons de découvrir Tafraout. Comme cela risque de faire un peu long avec nos deux enfants, nous pensions faire une halte, et dormir à la Kasbah de Tioulit. PLusieurs questions: - Combien de temps faut-il pour effectuer ce trajet ? - Y a-t-il des choses sympa à voir et faire entre ces deux points ( Biougra ? Âït- Baha? ...) Je ne trouve en effet pas grand chose sur le net, pas plus que sur le Routard ou le Lonely planet... - Combien de temps pour faire ensuite le trajet Tioulit - Tafraout ?

Merci à tous!
Plongée, planche et location de voiture: Agadir ou Djerba? English translation pending
by Kunthy · 2012-01-09 · 2 replies
Bonsoir

Cet été, nous allons partir en hotel-club...😕 Nous sommes un peu "obligé", ma 2ème fille étant encore petite et le budget étant limité cette année. Habituellement, nous ne partons jamais avec des Tour Opérateurs etc., on fait plutôt des road trip organisés par nous-même.

Bon, je n'ai que très peu d'espoir sur le côté "dépaysant" de ces destinations alors j'espère avoir au moins des activités à faire : plongée, planche, possibilité de louer une voiture et s'échapper de la masse touristique le temps d'une journée au moins...

Avez vous des conseils ou avis sur ces 2 destinations. Ou d'autres destinations ds cet esprit : hotel-club, mer à proximité, paysages..

Merci d'avance
Visites et hôtels corrects sur la région d'Agadir? English translation pending
by Trostang · 2011-11-24 · 1 reply
Avez vous des tuyaux pour des visites et des hôtels corrects sur cette région?Merci.
Installation à Agadir au Maroc English translation pending
by Combrador · 2010-04-16 · 15 replies
bonjour,

je suis française et je voudrais m'installée a agadir qu'elles sont lesdémarches à faire? merci
Température, baignade et hôtels à Agadir en octobre? English translation pending
by Stefe81 · 2009-09-17 · 5 replies
Bonjour

j'ai en tête d'aller au Maroc, vers Agadir, en octobre. Le temps est il toujours beau? peut on encore se baigner? Connaissez vous des hotels sympa?

merci d'avance pour vos réponses
Hôtel correct et pas trop cher à Agadir? English translation pending
by Kassine · 2007-12-18 · 4 replies
Bonsoir, Je suis à la recherche d'un petit hôtel ou pension de famille sur Agadir susceptible de nous accueillir en pleine nuit et que je pourrais réserver par le net. Merci
Maroc: Agadir en août English translation pending
by Veena24 · 2007-07-19 · 4 replies
Boujour à tous,

je voudrais savoir si il ya quelqu'un qui est déjà allé à cette époque de l'année? comment est le climat?? les gens? ect... peut être que parmi vous quelqu'un aussi y sera?

Merci en tout cas pour votre aide et bonne vacances à tous
Météo à Agadir en mars English translation pending
by Mazaia · 2017-02-19 · 4 replies
j'aimerai connaître la meteo a Agadir en mars; merci
Météo à Agadir fin janvier English translation pending
by Hyrm · 2016-11-30 · 10 replies
Bonjour à tous

J'envisage une semaine fin janvier à Agadir avec quelques sorties à la journée aux alentours.

Comme nous aimons bien le soleil, j'aimerai avoir une petite idée sur la météo en général et sur les températures moyennes dans cette région avant de réserver.

Merci
Baignade à Agadir en mars English translation pending
by Henrimarchat · 2016-02-13 · 6 replies
Bonjour,

Quelqu'un peut il me dire la température de l'eau au plus haut de la journée en Mars à Agadir , en un mot si c'est baignable. Merci
Tenues pour Agadir début octobre English translation pending
by Michèle74960 · 2015-09-14 · 2 replies
Bonjour , je part donc vers le 3 Octobre a Agadir , qu'elles tenue prévoir ??? Sachant que a 30 ° je suis bien . Merci de vos réponses . Des noms d’hôtel avec piscine chauffée ?

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