A journey across Morocco

The Moroccan landscape knows how to captivate travellers. When the muezzin calls for prayer in the morning and the warm African sun rises in Morocco, it becomes clear how far Europe lies behind you. The mountainous landscapes vary from the Rif over the high Atlas to the dunes of Erg Chegaga.
Across the country, we visited many places far away from tourism and got to know some old traditions, ancient architecture and Moroccan handicrafts.

An ancient colourful handicraft
Splendid mosaics, which decorate walls and floors in all colours. Zellij is the name of the traditional Moroccan ceramic art. Then as now, Zellij tiles are created by hand with precision. The glazed clay tiles are beaten into small sample stones. Especially the exact cutting and hammering with a hammer as well as the laying of the complex mosaics requires a lot of perfection and skill. If you wander through the alleys of Marrakech, it is worthwhile to take the step from the street into the courtyard when it comes to hotels, restaurants and public buildings. In Arabic architecture, houses are like fortresses: From the outside, they like to appear robust, defensive, even a little dismissive. But if you visit the inner courtyards you will experience the radiance of this unique ceramic art. In them the Moroccans show their love of detail.