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jayjayc Says:
jayjayc Says:
Pay attention to architectural details
matcrazy1 Says: Well, as I am interested in both old and some modern architecture, I always put attention to some pretty and/or unique architectural details. Sale is a great place to do it in peace and quiet. Look for example at this Arabic inscription put on a wall of the Grand Mosque...
Muslim cemetery and first koubba
matcrazy1 Says: There is a Muslim cemetery for both Rabat and Sale in northern and northwestern part of Sale. It was the first Muslim cemetery I ever visited. The graves of human body size are similar in shape and each contain quite long writings in Arabic language. I found a bit strange...
matcrazy1 Says: There is a white courtyard of the Grand Mosque which I entered passing through the open entrance gate from main street (Rue de la Grand Mosque). There are 1-story arcades around with closed decorative doors and first of all there is large square basis of the mosque minaret...
matcrazy1 Says: I couldn't find the entrance to the Grand Mosque at first. It's hidden among white houses of the medina. And first of all, I, being a non-muslim, was not allowed to enter the Grand Mosque built by Almohad dynasty which started to rule over Rabat and Sale in 12th century. So,...
matcrazy1 Says: There is a beautiful wall fountain located just by the entrance to the Grand Mosque. It's roofed by typically dark green (reserved for royality now) tiles. The fountain was used by muslims to wash hands, face and feet before entering the mosque in the past. Now, it's a...
matcrazy1 Says: Medersa is an old coranic school, a kind (the only) of university in muslim countries in the past. The medersa of Sale was the first I visited in Morocco. It was founded in 1333 (by Abou l'Hassan from Merinide dynasty) and does not operate now. The local guard and guide...
matcrazy1 Says: There is no other possibility to visit Sale than on foot. Streets inside medina are mostly too narrow for any car and even, they are either closed for traffic or there is no place to park a car there. I followed tourist itinerary marked on a Sale map in my French Michelin...
matcrazy1 Says: BY CARI arrived to Sale by own car. I drove along the Moroccan Atlantic coast from Tangier (277 km north of Sale) to Agadir and futher down to Western Sahara. Highway P2 from Larache (216 km) through Kenitra (40 km) to Sale and Rabat was of good quality and not jammed,...
JLBG Says: When you come from Rabat, drive across the Bou Regreg oued and take the road to Meknès, you will first pass the Dawliz complex (hotel, cinema), a children attraction park and a big one level building. It is the articraft center El-Oulja. On the building, you will read...
JLBG Says: In Vilarmar, there is only craftsman that makes with rattan and makes all sorts of rattan articraft : lamps, chairs, baskets, dogs (or cats) house, etc... I do not remember he was there last time I came, last year. Rattan articraft
matcrazy1 Says: Walking off the beaten path along narrow streets of the medina I've found some signs of conservative, muslim lifestyle in Sale which was interesting. Just a few observations:- I was dressed in a T-shirt with no sleeves and shorts above knee, Urszula had long dress but nude...
No cars, quite many bicyclists :-)
matcrazy1 Says: I remember Sale as a white city surronded by city walls with no visitors, few cars, very few local people walking around and surprisingly, in Morocco, quite many locals riding a bicycle, both inside the medina (too narrow streets for cars there) and outside. There were only...
matcrazy1 Says: 1. There were no tourists in Sale when I visited it in September. You may feel somewhat uncomfortable especially if you didn't touch muslim culture before. I mean somewhat called a culture shock. So, I rather do not recommend to visit Sale at the early beginning of your...
matcrazy1 Says: We, Urszula (my wife = matcrazy0) and I, had the first really hot and sunny day in Morocco just in Sale. I surely brought a few bottles of good sun blockers from Poland to Morocco. But we were so excited about a new place that we forgot to use it when we were leaving our car...
matcrazy1 Says: I had an old and "primitive" Kodak camera (full automatic) with a built-in flash. To take pictures of some architecture, like huge city gates (on my picture) or entrances to some houses along narrow streets of the medina I needed a wide zoom camera (28 mm or less instead...
matcrazy1 Says: Sale is a great place for a bit (yes, a bit, it's not a heart of the Amazon jungle!) adventurous visitors who want to discover many small, hidden and very local corners far from crowds of, say, Rabat, Fes, Meknes or Casablanca. Do walk off the beaten paths and get lost to...
Local life and Muslim cemetery
matcrazy1 Says: My favourite thing about Sale was getting lost among narrow streets of the medina and looking at locals and local life there. My foundest memory was a visit to large Muslim cemetery, nothing spectacular but it was the first one I ever saw.
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Q: Address in English: Avenue of the Crown prince, near Magic Park 11000 Sale , Morocco . Address written in French: Avenue...
A: I'm still laughing because this translates Salé into English (Salty!): Le Dawliz, http://en.venere.com/morocco/hotels_rabat/
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Salé is the twin town to Rabat. It is a few kilometers away, across the Bou Regreg oued (river). There is just a bridge to pass. From that bridge, you can see, very close, the Rabat Hassan tower....
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Where time stopped long time ago :-)
Sale is a twin city to Rabat, the capital of Morocco. The two cities are seperated by the Atlantic mouth of quite large river (Ouled Bou Regreg). I spent a few hours walking around the medina of Sale...
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Stayed at Sale' often since our client's office is located near Magic Park in Sale'. Not much difference than Rabat in terms of surroundings since, these two (Sale' and Rabat) are just next to each......
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