Rabat – overlooked but worthwhile….

What a difference a little recognition makes. Travellers have long overlooked Morocco’s low-key capital of Rabat, instead being seduced by the heady sights and sounds of Marrakech, the beauty of the Atlas mountains or the adventures awaiting in the dunes of the Sahara, but now that is beginning to change with Rabat beginning to gain awareness amongst international travellers.

Last year the city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which means the word is just starting to get out about what the UNESCO folks call Rabat’s “fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past and Western modernism.”

The city is home to an historic old town featuring the magnificent twelfth-century Hassan Mosque and a picturesque medina overlooking the Atlantic with largely hassle-free shopping. And just a short distance from there is Rabat’s charming French-built new town with its wide boulevards and lovely cafes. A shiny new tramway links the capital to its sister city Salé, while a new airport terminal means the city has become much more accessible. Rabat is hitting the proverbial travel radar, but it’s far from overrun – which means now is the time to go!

For more details on travel possibilities to Rabat, or other still undiscovered gems in Morocco, please give us a call or take a look at the Moroccan tourism board’s excellent website at www.visitmorocco.com