Destination Morocco Podcast

Updated: 15 Mar 2025 • 96 episodes
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Destination Morocco Travel Agency offers customized tours to Morocco, including private tours and small group tours, complete with private guides and drivers.  Our goal is for you to experience Morocco like a native, while providing personal service and customized itineraries at an affordable price. On our podcast, join Destination Morocco's Azdean Elmoustaquim as he takes you on an exploration of his country's distinct culture, vibrant history and stunning attractions. Azdean prepares you for the real Morocco, with suggestions of places to see, exciting activities and attractions, what to expect and what to include on your itinerary. We meet locals and guides, fellow travellers, learn about costs and prices, safety, especially for female travellers, the kinds of scams to look out for in the bazaars, useful phrases in local languages, and so much more.  Our podcast unpacks the mystery, opening up discovery of an amazing land.  We invite you along for the journey.

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Azdean Elmoustaquim & Cathy Nesbitt 15 Mar 2025 • EN

What Travel in Morocco Was Like in 1989, with Cathy Nesbitt

This episode also appears as a video episode on our YouTube channel, you can find it here:   "What Travel in Morocco Was Like in 1989" ---- World traveller Cathy Nesbitt joins Azdean on today"s episode with a special story of visiting Morocco way back in 1989. Cathy and her future husband arrived off the boat in Ceuta,

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This episode also appears as a video episode on our YouTube channel, you can find it here:   How do Moroccans Celebrate Ramadan? ---- Ramadan in 2025 starts on the evening of Friday, February 28th and goes until Saturday, March 29th, followed by the feast of Eid al-Fitr, or the ‘Feast of Fast-Breaking."  Despite its pe

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We recommend watching the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel, you can find it here:   "Buy a Moroccan Rug and Support the Work of Local Women" Today"s episode features the Akhnif Lglaoui Carpet Co-Operative, located just south of Aït Benhaddou and Ouarzazate, about 150 miles south of Marrakech. Akhnif

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We recommend watching the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel, you can find it here:   "Exploring Hiking & Berber Culture in Telouet, the High Atlas mountains of Morocco" Combine outstanding hiking and trekking with authentic Amazigh (Berber) cultural experiences by visiting the town of Telouet, in the

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This episode also has a video version on our YouTube channel, you can find it here: "Travel to Morocco in 2025: Travel Highlights to Help Your Planning" Or stay here for the audio version - your choice! --- Morocco had a banner year in 2024, with tourist numbers reaching over 17 million, a number predicted for 2026 and

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Palm trees and snow? T-shirts in the afternoon, winter coats in the evening? This is Morocco in winter, and it"s a fun time to explore! As we head into 2025, if you are thinking of putting together a quick winter trip to Morocco, especially for those of our listeners in Europe, this replay episode gives you some useful

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