We spent 6 days in Marrakesh Morocco between Boxing day and New years eve.
For those who don't know Morocco is in North Africa but is still only a 3 hour flight from London.
Its probably the closest place to find some warm weather near Europe around Christmas time. Most days were clear and warm during the day and crisp at night.
We stayed in a Riad(a traditional Moroccan house) which had a roof top terrace and our room overlooked a central courtyard.
Morocco was a very different experience for us and was both challenging and exciting. We had some nice food, enjoyed shopping and bargaining in the Souks (markets) and had a day trip to some waterfalls in the Atlas Mountains. One highlight was the Djema el Fna (main square) where at night about 100 restaurant stalls are set up and chefs BBQ all kinds of fresh meat and seafood. The square always has something going on and we saw Snake charmers, acrobats, guys with trained monkeys, women doing henna tattoos set to the sounds of drums and music.
Pictures here
