Heading out on a Moroccan retreat is an experience of a lifetime. This beautiful kingdom, at the meeting point of Africa and Europe, is ideal for experiencing the peace and tranquillity that only a true retreat can bring.
If you want to go on a beach retreat, Morocco has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, with sand that varies from golden to pure white. In the south the seemingly endless expanse of the Sahara desert awaits, while you can get away from the sub-tropical heat high in the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. Whether you want to make your own way, or take up with one of the many companies who specialise in organising retreats, you are spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing somewhere in Morocco to recharge mind and body.
Are you a Slow Traveller? Curious about the concept? Never heard about it before? Well this style of travelling is swiftly growing in popularity and Morocco is the ideal destination to practise it. Linking to the concepts of mindfulness and sustainable travel, Slow Travel is the polar opposite of the ‘cram-it-all-in four-cities-in five-days’ style of holidaymaking….
When you’re in this part of the world you must also get to the mountains for a few nights – they’re just 10mins above the coastal towns and the trundle up in an old Renault 4/ Quatre-elle with the gear stick that pulls out of the ‘dashboard’ is all part of the adventure. The air…
You know you’ve arrived in the surfing towns of south Morocco, and not just because of the camper vans and tousle haired surfers. It’s a calmer place here with a gentleness in the air. The people are extraordinarily generous, kind, meditative – perhaps living by the ocean and growing up in the surf has had…
One of the best things about yoga is that it can be practised anywhere: at the gym, in the living room, in the park. It’s almost a case of ‘have mat will travel’. But there’s no denying that your surroundings can affect your session, and stretching next to a building site isn’t going to help…
