Wednesday 6 June 2012

Spain and Morocco 2012

Looking out at the hotel's own beach at Benalmadena!

The Rock of Gibraltar

On the ferry to Tangiers

Meknes

Meknes

Inside the Tomb of Moulay Ismail, Meknes

Monumental gateway of Bab Mansour, Meknes

The Medina at Fez

Ian contemplating his visit to the Medina

Tanners' Quarter, Fez
Be thankful this blog isn't smellovision!
Carpet Cooperative, Fez
We bought a nice one.
Weavers workshop, Fez

Ifrane in the Middle Atlas Mountains

Nesting crane at Ifrane

Berber horsemen in Marrakech

Camels in Marrakech

The Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech


The Grand Mosque of Hassan II, Casablanca

Casablanca from the Grand Mosque

Inside the Grand Mosque

The Ablution Hall inside the Grand Mosque

More ablutions!

Hammam (Turkish bath)

Outside Rabat

Guarding the King's Mausoleum

Mausoleum

The Mausoleum of Mohammed V

The Hassan Tower, Rabat
A 12th-century minaret. The rest was destroyed in an earthquake.
Peter on the coach - Sandra is busy working!

Gibraltar from the Straits

The Bernabeu Stadium

It was smaller than we expected!


L'arc de Triomphe

Champs-Elysees

Avenue Gustave Eiffel

Nesta - somewhere in Paris?

Cleopatra's Needle and L'arc in the background.