Imperial cities, exotic souks, picturesque villages, majestic Atlas Mountains, Saharan dunes, as well as laughing children, rare animals and birds. What are you waiting for? Grab your camera and head for Morocco. Why you ask? To go on a photo Morocco Holiday safari. There, you’ll find multitudinous chances to fill your lens with dramatic and eye-opening pictures. Morocco inherently has irresistible allure and great hospitality. You can customize your Moroccan Photo Safari to capture every thing from ancient buildings, to marvels of modern architecture like King Hassan II Mosque to ancient cities or eye-catching colors and architecture and nature like in Chefchaouen. With history and natural beauty to boot, you’ll make a Morocco holiday an unforgettable photo-tunity experience.
Places for you to point your camera in Morocco
Casablanca comes with some extraordinary photo opportunities. Set your focus:
1. King Hassan II Mosque and 210m minaret. This fabulous building was finished in 1993. It’s built as to appear to be floating over the ocean. Catch it with the sun shining on its gilded spheres on the top of the spires and pale marble facade.
2. Cathedrale du Sacre Coeur. This old magnificent building was built in 1925 in European style with Moroccan influences.
3. Ancient medina. Casablanca’s medina is small compared to other cities. It lacks some of the ancient feel of other medinas. However, you find plenty of places to point your camera and capture some never-before seen architecture.
Essaouira is a photographer’s paradise. Point you camera in any direction and you will have a picture.
Point your camera at:
1. The Coastline. Long stretches of white beaches with lapping waves just beg to be photographed. Plus, the sun sets behind the old prison island or the city wall, due west. Off the coast are rocky islets to add to the texture. You will have a chance to catch windsurfers and camel caravans.
2. White washed houses and colorful shops with blue doors lining narrow winding streets give you plenty of things to put in a frame.
3. Wave lapped ramparts surrounding the medina are just waiting for you to take a picture. Add to that views of the sea, and old cannons. Don’t forget to go to the harbor and catch the fishing fleet on film. They often bring in the catch an hour before dusk.
Marrakech will give you picture taking overload. Once a Berber capital, you will see sight and sounds that make you think you are a time traveler going back to the medieval era. Bring these into the lens:
1. Djemaa el-Fna Square, world’s greatest open-air spectacle, where you’ll can see the colors of Morocco. Catch snake charmers, magicians, and and dancers in the lens of your camera. These are but a few of the sights you will experience.
2. Check out the fabulous souks. You can set your sights on Berber rugs with intricate designs, catch a leather worker making belts or shoes or take pictures of the many spices offered. Think of the textures you will show with dried fruits and spices.
3. Wonderful buildings such as the Koutoubia Mosque with its 70m tall minaret or the fabulous Majorelle Garden will keep you busy clicking that shutter.
Fez is a photographer’s delight. Morocco’s oldest imperial city and center of culture and Islamic learning is considered the heart of country. Picture some these:
1. Fez el-Bali is a city basically unchanged since medieval times. Streets are too narrow for cars giving you many chances to picture the other modes of transportation like donkey carts. Spice markets, dye makers, covered bazaars are among the treats you find in the narrow alley ways.
2. Medersa el Attarine is an annex to the Kairaouine Mosque. It comes with rooms for teaching and a modest masjid around a courtyard. Here are exquisite examples of Merenid artisanship, the zelliji base, stucco work and cedar wood flank the tops of the walls and ceiling.
3. The Mellah or Jewish Quarter is located the Dar el Makhzen, or Royal Palace. Among the things you can photograph here are the Jewish Cemetery and Habarim Synagogue. The old water-clock is fantastic and still not fully understood.
Traveling through the Moroccan countryside will give the chance to observe and photograph small villages bustling with the eclectic life of Morocco. You can visit Berber homes or kabashes. You can even find the ancient world of Rome in Volubilis or Lixus to record.
These are but a few of the places for you to include in your photo taking safari. Talk to your Morocco tour operatorand book a Morocco holiday. Your tour guide will set up an itinerary to include lodgings, transportation and all your other needs to make your Morocco vacation, the one you dreamed about. The prices are cheaper than living on a whim and doing it yourself. You’ll see the real Morocco often missed with other larger tour companies.
by Carole Morris
