Travel Source Morocco

Unforgettable Trip

Administrator — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:07:28 +0000

“Thank you so much for an unforgettable trip. Namir was an excellent driver & guide for every step of the way. We really enjoyed everything that we saw and we appreciated how knowledgeable and friendly Namir was. We will definitely recomend Namir to everyone we know. Our Morocco trip was incredible and it’s really all thanks to you. ” ND March 2008

Lovely Experience

Administrator — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:31:37 +0000

“We would like to thank you for a lovely experience while touring Morocco. The driver, Younes, was very accomodating, curtious and a pleasure to be with. We enjoyed the country, culture, and the people. We are already planning to return for another trip and would like to see other parts of Morocco.” EJ Jan 2008

Tours in the Medina of Morocco

Kirsten — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:25:40 +0000

In Fez Morocco you can have some amazing tours of the medina.
You usually start up at they blue gate and head down the Tala Kabera the big street. It starts with the market that has many vegetables and fruits of the season. Then you go past the butchery market, It has turkey, chicken, beef and fish and many thing you would not expect such as: Goat head, cow feet, Brain, liver, camel meat and camel head!

After all the food you get to the stores. There is embroidery that is the same on both sides or maybe pottery that is usually painted with blue in pretty patterns. After all that there is carpets that were made by the Berber mountain people. They are all hand made! Later on you get to the leather. There is purses, shoes, pocket books and such.

Then you arrive at the bottom of the Tala. There is jewelry, make up, watches and the Henna Souk. The Henna Souk is a place that has pottery and Henna along with the cosmetics that the Moroccans use. Then you will get to see the weavers, my! They are cool. They have wooden looms that men stand behind and make colorful cloth with glitter or not. At the back of the shop there is all the blankets and scarves that they made right there in the shop. There also is the tannery were they dye and dry skins to make jackets and other things. You can go up to the roof and look at all the works but be sure to hold a sprig of mint to your nose! It all that time you would have ate lunch at a wonderful Moroccan restaurant. I love the Medina in Morocco!

One of my favorites places to eat in Fes

Bethany — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:37:13 +0000

One of my favorite places to eat in the Fes Morocco Medina is Restaurant Asmaa. Deep down in the heart of the ancient medina is this hidden treasure of a restaurant. The food there is so good! They always serve an amazing variety of salads at the beginning of the meal and there are usually at least 15 different types! Once there were twenty-one in all! The flavors are delicious and a lot like what we eat in our Moroccan friends’ homes.

For the second course, they offer lots of choices of the main meal…tajines, couscous, or brochettes!(shish-ka-bobs). Perhaps try the bastilla (pigeon or chicken pie)! And then dessert is a plate of fruit according to the season! If you can find your way to this wonderful restuarant, you can find some of the best Moroccan food ever!

If you want to make a reservation, ask my dad at The Travel Source and he can get you a good deal:-)

Chicken Tajine[Moroccan Chicken stew]

Kirsten — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:10:03 +0000

Ingredients
1 chicken in pieces
2 large onions [sliced thinly in crescent shape.]
½ t ginger
1 t of pepper
½ packet of saffron for color [you can use turmeric if you like]
¾ cup of oil
2 large garlic cloves
1 small bunch of parsley [and or cilantro if you want]
1 t of salt
1 tomato
2 ½ cups of water
Mash garlic, parsley and salt together so they make a paste then put in a pot with chicken, onions, pepper, saffron, oil with the tomato grated ant water.
Boil vigorously until chicken is tender and the sauce is rich. Adjust salt according to taste. The onions almost disappear and the sauce thickens.
If you use more chicken you may have to take it out of the pot to let the sauce thicken more and avoid it coming of the bone. Keep enough so you can dip.
When you are finished pour into a tajine dish if you don’t have one then put in a high sided plate or just give each person a bowl full. You eat it with khubz a type of round bread and enjoy. If you would like to make it with French fries on top just make or buy some and put on top of the chicken.

Houses in the Fez Morocco Medina

Kirsten — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:19:52 +0000

The houses in the Fez, Morocco Medina are beautiful and very artistic. The older house have traditional tiles that are cut in shapes to fit together for a design.They also have pillars with handmade plaster work engraved all around them. The doors are large and made of wood with carvings in them. The traditional houses all have a courtyard a large empty space with a tile floor. They have two salons off the courtyard that are furnished with frashes a type of couch. The houses all have round tables because they eat out of one dish in the center of the table with salads all around the table. So they must have a round table so everyone can reach. In the house there is a kitchen with a stove with a gas bomb. The older houses did not have an oven because they would go to a bakery to bake their bread.

In Morocco in the Medina they do not mop there floor but the clean it by throwing water on the floor and sweeping it down the drain with a squegy a long thin sponge at the end of an stick. The bigger houses usually have two stories and many rooms. The Moroccan families often stay together for a long time such as the grandparents, parents and kids all may stay together in the same house. The roofs are flat so we can walk on them and that is most families hang their laundry. From the roof you can see the Fez Medina and all the houses, shops and mosques all around the city.

Getting Lost in the Medina

Bethany — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:24:57 +0000

One day, my family, my aunt and uncle, and my cousins went exploring the Medina with us. My mom stayed home to cook lunch and watch my siblings. We all walked up and down and across the small streets, even going around in circles sometimes. On our way up a Tala (a main street) my family stopped to buy bread. I however, didn’t see them stop…so I kept walking on and on. When I turned around to tell my sister something, they were gone! I had no clue where they could be and I knew they were probably looking for me, so I thought that they would try to phone mom to tell her I was missing. So then I turned around and started home. I was almost crying. I knew perfectly well where my house was…I had led people there many times. I kept on walking, right past the clay bead man with a colorful tasseled hat. When I came to a friend’s shop, I walked right by without talking or stopping. I was so scared. I wondered what my mother would say when I arrived home without my family. When I was almost to the turn to my house, I heard a voice calling “Beth! Bethany!” I whirled. There was my cousin standing there! I was so happy I could barely talk! My cousin carried me all the way to my family who were crying. Then the fruit seller gave my sister and I a banana each and we went home.

Trip to the Dunes of Morocco

Kirsten — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:48:07 +0000

When my family and I went to the Sahara Desert in morocco,
we had a great time. The hotel that we stayed in was sitting right on the dunes. We could look at the sand as we ate breakfast. The hotel had a set of skis and a snowboard that we could use on the sand. So my family went out with the snowboard to the taller dunes. We chose the medium sized dunes because if you dragged the snowboard up the taller ones you would not have any energy to slide down! It was so much fun. I wiped out a couple times but it did not hurt at all because it was soft sand. The sand was so fine it would blow away from your fingers. We all enjoyed the beauty of the dunes. The next day in the afternoon we got on the camels to go to the oasis where we would stay in the Berber tents. The camels were easy to sit, on but after awhile you get sore so I just switched my position to side saddle and after that I was fine. My family loved to name the camels we rode. We thought up many funny names such as: Grumpy, Friendly, Gentle and my sister’s most extravagant: Gentle Golden Sunrise … “pure poetry”. When we got to the oasis we were amazed at the giant dune that was in front of our camp. I tried to climb it but I failed. Maybe if you go to the Sahara on an excursion you will do better then I. After we tried to climb the dune, we went into the “dinning room” which had tables and lamps and a place to sit while we watched the Berber band. They played drums and cymbals and some sang. Then we ate a delicious tajine and went to bed. We had a warm night in our tents and in the morning we saw a beautiful sunrise. Then we heard the guide call and we all got on to our camels and left to the hotel.

Moroccan Bread

Souad — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:16:53 +0000

Moroccan Bread is baked either at home or at bakery, usually in the morning. It is made from sifted hard wheat flour, more or less white.The loaves are round and vary in size from one house to another.

Ingredients:

For 3 people

1 KG of Flour
30 G of Yeast
1 Small spoon of salt

1/2 Litre of tepid water

- sift the flour into a”gasaa”or simply straight on to the kitchen table. Add the yeast mixed with a little water, and little tepid water, and mix thoroughly to make a stiff dough.

Knead vigorously, breaking the dough several time. Pound the dough with the fists and a little extra water if it seems too stiff, do this for 15 minutes. When the dough becomes softer, roll each loaf on the table with a circular movement to give it a cone shape, this should be done with the palms of the hands.place the cones on a little sprinkled flour and shape 3 loaves into rounds about 2 cm thick. Leave to rise in a warm place covered with clean cloth and a blanket kept specially for this purpose.

The loaves need between 1 & 1/2 hours to rise. Test by pressing gently with the finger, if the dough is sufficiently risen, it will come back into shape. Prick each loaf with a fork in 3 or 4 diffirent places and put in the oven.

We know you will enjoy this traditional bread, especially if you eat it on a tour to Morocco in the city of Fes.

Morocco Holidays and Tours

Administrator — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:19:44 +0000

Morocco is one of the newest and hottest holiday locations in Africa. Travelers from all over the world are coming to Morocco to explore the hidden cities, exotic foods, sahara desert and more.

For those looking for something special, they are staying in one of the traditional riads in the ancient medinas. Enjoy the wonderful moroccan cooking in these lovely riads; especially the famous bastilla.

Morocco tours come in all shapes, lengths, budgets…something for everyone. The Travel Source will be pleased to custom design and create with you a tour that meets your personal needs.