Hotel Bellerive

hanspeter_W.'s new Casablanca Page

by hanspeter_W.

"casablanca"

Casablanca is mixture of occidental and oriental.
Visit the beach of Corniche with best hotels and restaurants of town and visit old town with souk
Casablanca (in Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ as well as کازابلانکا Kāzāblānkā; Spanish for white (blanca) house (casa) ; nicknamed by locals: Caza; Antique and original name in Amazigh: Anfa /) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Greater Casablanca region.

With a population of over 3.1 million (3.85 million in "greater Casablanca" according to the September 2005 census), located at 33.59 [latitude in decimal degrees], -7.61 [longitude in decimal degrees] at an elevation/altitude of meters. The average elevation of Casablanca, Morocco is 17 meters. Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It's also the biggest city in the Maghreb. Casablanca is considered the economic capital of Morocco because it is the heart of Moroccan business; the political capital is Rabat. It is also the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy

Overview of Rabat

by yurxlnc

"Rabat"

Rabat is the capital of Morocco.
It's very elegant in the Government area but the centre still retains its old traditional features.
There are so many interesting things to buy but particularly carpets, brassware and silver, and of course leather..

The palace covers a vast area and has a mosque in its grounds. Though cars can enter, the security police are rather suspicious of foreigners.
The palace grounds are surrounded by a laong wall built in traditional style..

"Casablanca"

Morocco is a favourite spot for European tourists because of the beaches.
Casablanca is a favourite spot and is mor cosmopolitan than Rabat..

debankh's new Africa Page

by debankh

Although I've been to Africa, I have hardly seen any of it at all so far! I have been to Egypt twice which is in more detail on my Middle East page. I will only add here that while on Semester at Sea in 1994, the ship docked in Casablanca, Morocco where I spent four days exploring, buying leather as well as venturing out to a small village outside of Casablanca to spend the day at the local market which was really neat.

I hope someday to add many more trips and countries to this page. I am thinking about taking a summer trip to Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania where I would climb Mt. Kilamanjaro on a Contiki tour, but it is rather far to travel to (and expensive!) to go for only nine days which is all the time I can take off from work to go so I am not sure yet if I will go or wait until I have more time once I get there. I reeeaaallly want to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro very badly though, although it would be nice to have time for a safari at the same time too.