Hotel and Casino Movenpick, Tangier, Morocco

Advantages: Looks lovely and decor great
Disadvantages: poor food and service in restaurant

...About Movenpic hotels: The Movenpic hotels are part of a multi national group of exclusive 5* hotels which began in Swizerland that state their aim as: "Thirteen thousand people, over one hundred professions, and one shared goal: to pamper guests and to live authentic hospitality. Each and every day. " The Movenpic Tangier: From the outside this hotel is quite modern and looks very imposing . It is on the outskirts of Tangier right down the beachfront it is about 10 minutes drive from the main town so it is not really handy for getting to the town for awalk, you would need a taxi. However the setting offers lovely views of the coast, harbour and out to sea.I would think that the way the hotel is built that there would ot be many rooms without a good view. Inside the hotel; It is a very luxurious and expensive hotel...

catsholiday 17.07.2008 (20.08.2008) · Read review
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Review of Hotel & Casino Mövenpick Tanger, Tanger Nord

Two weeks in Central Morocco

Advantages: It's cheap, fascinating, beautiful and not even that far.
Disadvantages: The hassle.....

...the whole if Northern Africa; baguette bread, pastries, fries, omelettes and wonderful coffee are everywhere. What's more it is very cheap. Western food is also easy to come by, at least in the cities anyway. There are pizzeria's galore in Marrakech. Vegetarians also won't have a hard time despite what the guide book might tell you. Be aware that Morocco is a dry country; alcohol is forbidden to Muslims. That doesn't mean it isn't available but you can't just have a glass of wine or a beer with your meal. Many of the large hotels in Marrakech will have a bar, accessible to all, but you can expect to pay a similar price to that in the UK. The merchandise available in Morocco is wonderful and it is extremely cheap in comparison to Western prices. Cast iron lamps, jewellery, carpets (really rugs), fantastic ceramics, spices...

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hotel Le Tivoli, Agadir, Morocco

Advantages: lovely clean hotel, friendly, english speaking
Disadvantages: none

.... The maid came every day to throughly clean the room and our sheets were changed three times during our week long stay. The restaurant was very clean and well decorated, and there were always plenty of tables to choose from. Meals were all buffet style, and there was always plenty to choose from. The breakfasts were of a good standard, but were fairly repetitive and the scrambled eggs were to die for! Dinners were always great, something for everyone - and a different theme every night, even my fussy 4 and 7 year olds found plenty to eat with the large choice of dishes available. The cost of drinks to accompany our meals added up over the week,so leave aide plenty of money for this. Buy water outside the hotel as it is quite expensive from the bar, and there is a supermarket within shouting didtance of the hotel. The swimming pool...

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Review of Tivoli Hotel, Agadir

Morocco: Unique and fascinating country

Advantages: cheap and so many fascinating things to see
Disadvantages: can get alot of hassel of stall owners in marrakesh

...I went backpacking in June 2007 with a freind and the first place we started was in Morocco, which is in North Africa and it very different to anywhere else I visited on the trip. Every city had something unique about it and the people changed alot between each city. For example In Cassablance the dress code for women is much more relaxed than in Marrakesh. The first place we went to was Marrakesh. We landed here on a flight from Luton with Ryanir. The flight went smoothly and ran on time, but as soon as we enetered the airport you could tell that you were no longer in Western Europe where everything had to run smoothly and quickly! We waited for about 30 minutes to get through passport control, got our bags only to join another que for about 45 minutes to get some money changed over. They had no money exchange open and everyone from...

crazyfishUK 30.09.2007 · Read review
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Essouira Morocco

Advantages: Small, chilled-out, friendly, pretty,place
Disadvantages: Not exactly the party capital of the world, if you do manage to find a bar serving alcohol, as a woman you will feel pretty uncomfortable in there.

...Having lived in Essouira for two months, I may be biased, but I can't recommend visiting Essouira enough. Having spent 5 months in Morocco as part of my gap year, I travelled extensively and didn't find anywhere in Morocco I liked as much as Essouira. As a young blonde white girl I had grown used to being hassled in the street, it's part of Morocco's charm, but if you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of places like Fez and Marrakesh, Essouira is definately the place to head for. It is a small white-washed chilled out market town on Morocco's West coast. It's definately a tourist town, but somehow it doesn't feel that way. In contrast to the built up concrete tourist trap that is Agadir, staying in Essouira will give you a taste of the real Morocco. Cafe culture is strong and the ancient walls and the fortress overlooking...

helenfeane 10.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of Essaouira (Morocco)

MOROCCO FOR ME

Advantages: friendly hot cheap
Disadvantages: none

...Up to now I can honestly say I enjoyed my holiday in Morocco more than any other, I have been twice now. The first time we went was in September 2001,it wasn?t a direct choice we where just looking for a cheap deal to somewhere hot, we found our holiday on teletext it cost us £200 half board for one week We stayed at the hotel Kamal, which although one of the cheapest off the tourist hotels , was clean, warm and friendly, our room had twin beds a nice spacious sitting area with a sofa coffee table and small dining table and a small balcony overlooking the pool. The pool is not very big but seemed ample for the hotel as it never got overcrowded, it had a poolside snack bar and the chips from there are really nice and made a good lunchtime snack. All in all the food was pretty good. Breakfast was a croissant and a selection...

maureenhastie 22.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of Agadir (Morocco)

The Strand Palace Hotel

Advantages: Central location, clean
Disadvantages: Food, rooms

...We stayed at this hotel in London a little over a month ago now for two nights, we chose this hotel mainly because of the central location and because it was only a ten minuite walk from the show we had booked to go too. Check in was very quick - About ten minuites and the staff at the reception seemed very friendly. My first thoughts on the hotel was that it looked really clean and that it was nicely decorated and it looked modern. I was a little dissapointed with our room as it was very small and basic, our room had a double bed, tea and coffee making facilities, a tv with satellite and a small, basic en suite bathroom with a shower. The views from our room very very poor - A block of offices which made our room dark as they were so close. The hotel has two bars and two resturaunts, the bars were again nicely decorated...

kate44 03.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Strand Palace Hotel, London

Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

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Travelling in Morocco

Advantages: Great places to visit, very scenic and picturesque
Disadvantages: Prices for taxi fares are expensive, guides just want to take advantage by charging over the top prices for giving useless information

...sitting on the beach, using towels to cover ourselves for warmth. With Dean's brilliant insight -- "It's just not hot. That's the bottom line" -- we went inside. That night, Jon, another student, flew in and met us. The next morning, the five of us took an early bus to Algeciras, then a ferry to Tanger, Morocco. Immediately upon stepping off of the ferry, we were surrounded by a crowd of about 20 "guides." Guides in Morocco practice a naked form of extortion -- what you're really paying them for is to keep the other potential guides away from you. It's quite unpleasant, they try to rip you off at every turn, they're incredibly pushy, and everything they recommend is suspect because they get kickbacks from customers to certain taxis, restaurants, hotels, etc. Jason and I got money from a cash machine and recommended that the others do...

Laura_Elliott 08.09.2002 · Read review
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Review of General: Morocco

A holiday resort built on a great human tragedy

Advantages: A different type of holiday destintation
Disadvantages: None for me

..., cornes de gazelles, almond feqqas, raisins, and ghoriba with almonds or sesame... DELICIOUS. ACCOMODATION Agadir has a lot of hotels that range from lousy places that double as brothels to five star hotels with more than one swimming pool. Agadir is steadily getting more and more popular as a tourist destination, and anyone coming here during European or Muslim holidays as well as weekends should try to make reservations ahead. I would certainly recommend our hotel, the Caribbean Village Agadir. CLIMATE Morocco is a country where you easily could start the day with a walk around a true oasis, then go skiing in the mountains and end the day with a swim in the ocean. Being a country right on the border to Sahara, on the ocean and with some of the highest mountains of Africa, Morocco has several climatic...

oldchem 09.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Agadir (Morocco)