When planning a vacation, if you’re anything like me, the final choice usually hinges on four factors: familiarity, affordability, accessibility (especially if visas are a hassle), and popularity. But by sticking to these criteria, you might miss out on some of the world’s most enchanting destina…
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First Time In Morocco? Here are Some Must-See Destinations and Activities to Consider
If you live outside of Africa and casually mention that you were visiting, the first remark would probably be, “Oh, you’re going on a safari?” But, as most Africans will tell you, there’s so much more to see and experience on the continent than our unique animal life in southern and eastern Afric…
Fashion Show & Floating Candles: Dior Lights up Marrakech for Cruise 2020 Launch
The world of haute-couture rejoiced this week at the launch of Christian Dior’s ‘Cruise’ 2020 collection in Morocco’s most vibrant and sprawling city, Marrakech. The collection marked a pivotal change for the label, featuring a new multicultural vision led by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: An Insider’s Travel Guide To Marrakech!
When you think of Marrakech, you might not immediately dub it a fashion capital. But the subtlety of its beauty—the regal architecture, the energy of the medina at dusk, the terracotta-hued buildings and expansive palm desert before the backdrop of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains—creates a poetic…
Morocco’s Kenzi Menara Awarded ‘Luxury Hotel & Spa of the Year in Africa and Middle East’
The Kenzi Menara Palace in Marrakech has recently been presented with the 2018 “Luxury Hotel & Spa of the Year in Africa and Middle East” award at the prestigious Luxury Travel Guide Awards for the “quality and service of the establishment,” the group’s management announced in a statement. Lo…
Marrakech, Morocco is Turning Into A City for Seeing – and Buying – Art
Marrakech isn’t quite the centre of the contemporary art world – but it was for a moment this weekend. The tireless Princess Alia Al-Senussi, who sits on boards from the Tate to the Guggenheim, had arranged a series of sparkling parties around town. Glen Lowry, the director of New York’s MOMA, le…