Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat Book

	Introduction	vii
	Travel	1
	Getting There	2
	Travel Agents and Specialist Holidays	7
	Entry Formalities	10
	Getting Around	12
	Disabled Travellers	16
	Practical A-Z	17
	Bargaining	18
	Beggars and Alms	18
	Children	18
	Climate	19
	Electricity and Gas	20
	Embassies and Consulates	20
	Food and Drink	20
	Guides	23
	Hammams	24
	Health	25
	Holidays and Festivals	25
	The Internet	27
	Kif	27
	Maps	28
	Media	29
	Money	29
	Opening Hours	30
	Packing	30
	Photography	31
	Police	31
	Sexual Attitudes	32
	Shopping	33
	Sports	37
	Study Resources	39
	Telephones	39
	Time	40
	Tipping	40
	Toilets	40
	Tourist Offices	40
	Where to Stay	41
	History	43
	Berber Roots	44
	Roman Influence	45
	Vandals and Byzantines	46
	The Arab Conquest	46
	The Spread of Islam	47
	The Almoravids	47
	The Almohads	48
	The Merenids	49
	The Saadians and the Battle of the Three Kings	49
	The First Alaouite Sultans	50
	Decline and Isolationism	50
	The Growth of European Influence	51
	The Imposition of French Rule	52
	The Achievements of the French Protectorate	53
	The Struggle for Independence	54
	King Mohammed V	55
	The Early Years of King Hassan II	56
	The Later Years of King Hassan II	57
	King Mohammed VI	60
	Moroccan Themes	63
	Architecture	64
	Flowers, Trees and Gardens	67
	Islam	69
	Jewish Morocco	72
	Moorish Decorative Arts	74
	Music	75
	Sufi Brotherhoods	80
	Wildlife	81
	Marrakesh	83
	History	85
	Orientation	88
	Getting Around	89
	Tourist Information	91
	The Medina	92
	Imperial Marrakesh	106
	A Tour of the Ramparts	114
	The Gardens of Marrakesh	118
	New Town	120
	Where to Stay	120
	Eating Out	124
	Day Trips from Marrakesh	133
	The Tizi-n-Test	134
	The Ourika Valley and Oukaimeden	140
	The Tizi-n-Tichka	143
	Essaouira	147
	Fez	155
	History	158
	Orientation	161
	Getting Around	161
	Tourist Information	162
	Fez Jdid	163
	Fez-el-Bali	168
	A Tour of the Ramparts	181
	Where to Stay	185
	Eating Out	187
	Day Trips from Fez	190
	Moulay-Yakoub	190
	Meknes	191
	Moulay Idriss and Volubilis	205
	Rabat	215
	History	216
	Orientation	219
	Getting Around	220
	Tourist Information	221
	Rabat	222
	Sale	236
	Where to Stay	241
	Eating Out	243
	Day Trips from Rabat	246
	Bouknadel Jardins Exotiques and Plage des Nations	246
	Mohammedia	247
	Casablanca	248
	Chronology	259
	Islamic and Moroccan Terms	260
	Further Reading	266
	Language	270
	Index	272
	Maps
	Marrakesh: Medina and New Town	84
	The Jemaa el Fna	94
	The Medina: North of Jemaa el Fna	97
	The Medina: South of Jemaa el Fna	109
	Marrakesh and the High Atlas	134
	Essaouira	150
	Fez	156
	Fez Jdid	165
	Fez-el-Bali	171
	Fez Medina	175
	Fez and Around	191
	Meknes	194
	Volubilis	209
	Rabat-Sale	218
	Central Rabat	223
	The Oudaia Kasbah	226
	Chellah: The Merenid Sanctuary	235
	Sale	237
	Rabat and Around	247
	Casablanca	250
	Grand Mosque	253