Economic Heart of a City

Casablanca – is the largest in port in Morocco and third largest port of all Africa. Those who stayed on board enjoyed the vessel and loading activities around Fram’s berth.

Highlight of the city tour was the Hassan II Mosque. The tallest religious structure in the world, taking thousands of craftsmen only six years to build, the interior is finished with sumptuous marble and Venetian chandeliers.

Those who journeyed along the coast to the capital were shown around different parts of Rabat. The city centre is UNESCO listed as much for its 20th century urban planning under a French Protectorate as its early buildings. Some date back to the 12th Century including the mosque commissioned by Sultan Yacoub al-Mansour but unfinished due to his death. Close to the Royal Palace complex and passing through the mighty entrance to Fortress of Chellah a colony of storks has taken to nesting amongst the Roman ruins.

Close to the Royal Palace complex and passing through the mighty entrance to Fortress of Chellah a colony of storks has taken to nesting amongst the Roman ruins.