Mmorocco

a border town with Algeria OUJDA

a border town with Algeria OUJDA
Oujda is the capital of eastern Morocco. It is a border town with Algeria.

beautiful mountain regions of Morocco: beni-Isnassen. This ideal location makes it a crossroads between Morocco and other countries of the Maghreb and North Africa on the one hand and between Morocco and Europe via Nador other.Itself is the gateway land of Morocco. It is built on the plain of Angad bordered by one of the most beautiful mountain regions of Morocco: beni-Isnassen. This ideal location makes it a crossroads between Morocco and other countries of the Maghreb and North Africa on the one hand and between Morocco and Europe via Nador other.

Founded in 994 by Ziri Ben Attia chief of the tribe of Maghraoua (nomadic group Zéèntes) Oujda remained the capital of his kingdom for 80 years.
Arab historians report that Ziri Ben Attia wanted to Oujda link removal in case of defeat, saying it was safer in the middle of an empty plain traversed by nomadic or Zenetes to Fez to Tlemcen where the urban population was less attached to him.
Through this city Ziri Ben Attia tried to control a crossroads where CROI caravans from the sea and those joining Sijilmassa Tlemcen in Fez.
Oujda was therefore a node from a major commercial traffic at the intersection of two main axes of movement.
Maghraoua domination that lasted eighty years. Oujda then successively host the Almoravids and the Almohads, who, in 1208, there arose a new belt of fortifications.
Later, Meridians of Fez and Tlemcen Abdelouadites made it an issue that led to its complete destruction in 1271 the king Mérinide Abou Youssef rebuilt the city by building a casbah, a palace, a mosque (Jamaa El Kebir) which still exists today.
Oujda was ruined again between 1335 and 1336 by Sultan Abou Hassan.
After 1336, the city was built gradually in 1679 the Alaouite Sultan Moulay Ismail was partially restore the main buildings of Oujda, which fell shortly after the hands of structures which ended in 1795.
Between 1894 and 1896, an enclosure was built to protect the city that had the shape of an irregular polygon with an area of 28 hectares.
No changes should be made to its appearance until 1907, when the occupation of the city by French troops Oujda March 29.
Three main gates gave access to the town to the east:
Bab Sidi Abdelouahab ogival door flanked by two bastions above Maghzen which was hanging severed heads of rebels hence the name "door top"
North Bab El Khemis. Medina consisted of nine different neighborhoods fractions of the population oujda (achegfane - ahl oujda - oulad amrane - ahl el jamel - oulad el gadi - oulad Aissa - the Mellah)
Medina also included the market area (merchant and raking) and the district of the Kasbah (maghzen offices)
Near the Bab Sidi Abdelouahab a souk MMOU market held every Thursday, five hotels fondouk or three mosques Djamaâ El Kebir, Djamaâ Heddada, Djamaa Sidi Uqba) a madrasa or college, three synagogues.
In the gardens, irrigated by seguia, fed by sources Benyounes Sidi Yahia, people were Oujda vegetable crops.
For safety reasons, the French military camp settled on a hill (572m), which at 900 meters south dominated the medina.
1920 construction of common interest appear:
A covered market place of Arab Bab Sidi Abdelouahab
slaughterhouse near the Kasba
Treasury building
the Court of First Instance
high school boys and old college girls.
In 1910 the standard gauge railway was extended from Algeria to Marnia Oujda.
For technical reasons, the station was built three miles north of the medina. (Village koulouche) 1920, appeared constructions of common interest: a covered market place abdelouahab Arab, a slaughterhouse near the Kasbah Treasury building, the court of first instance, the school boy and the old college girls.
The construction of a new station, decided in 1928, due to the remoteness of the station early, helped prevent any extension to the west of the city is stopped by the garden can only grow by a north-south direction.
Indeed, the constraints of topography imposed the location of the station on the right bank of Oued-Nachef.

Ouarzazate: The casbat taourirt

La city of Ouarzazate is home to one of the wonders of this hitoire Morocco is 1.5 km from the center, on the road to the city of Tineghir, this sumptuous residence of the Pasha of Marrakech is the proof that can only make beautiful buildings in the land. Together they form a whole fortified village is served by a network of alleys can visit what remains of the old Glaoui apartments that have retained their decoration painted stucco and cedar ceiling. The Casbah has to be a remarkable restoration.

Each spring, for a week, a folk festival takes place in the unique setting of the casbah.
At the crossroads between the valleys of the Draa, Dades and Ziz, Ouarzazate marks the beginning of the journey by dazzling the traveler with two magnificent kasbahs. Taourirt the former residence of the Glaoui, is staggering beauty. Towers emerging from a mass of houses close to each other, grow their slots to the blue sky and compete for first place in the sun.
That of Aït Benhaddou, located 30 kilometers from the city, is one of the most beautiful. Imagine a beautiful sand castle magically placed in a field of blossoming almond trees. So beautiful, so playing with the light that was the scene of numerous films, including "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Tea in the Sahara". Title of nobility, this is casbah Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Kasbah Tifoultoute, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Starting point of the road oasis, Ouarzazate is also the point of arrival of the cultures and crafts. In the souk on Sunday, are profusely henna, roses, cumin, sage distilled off Berber pottery, carved stone objects, blankets and carpets deemed Ouzguita, blue, or yellow gold, drawings geometric.
An ideal, Ouarzazate provides a wonderful relaxation in the hotels, all splendid. Generous, hospitable, exotic, she prepares to smooth sensations extreme desert.

Oualidia: The charm of a seaside resort

Cooperating and Moroccans especially enjoy this charming resort. The city is also known for its seafood, especially oysters famous Oualidia. Its good hotels are a nice step on the coast.

Around Oualidia

Oualidia is a few miles a part from Safi, the largest fishing port in Morocco known for its sardines, it also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. The traditional Moroccan Market in medina is good place to shop for Moroccan pottery, decorated vases and tiles, Moroccan tajines, plates and other traditional Moroccan artifacts that are cheap compared with destinations like Marrakesh.
National ceramics museum has a collection of traditional sculpted, molded and engraved Moroccan ceramics and It is located in the 16th century Kechla Citadel built by the Portuguese, who occupied Safi from 1508 to 1541.

Oualidia Accommodation

Riad Dar Beldi, douar moulay adessalam, Oualidia, +( 212) 6 62 06 18 65
This Riad is a charming family owned Moroccan guest house with an interior gardens and courtyards, owner lives in premise.

La Sultana Oualidia, Parc a huitre 3, Oualidia, +(212) 5 24 38 80 08
La Sultana is a small luxury hotel, it is a bit expensive, and it is situated in a good location surrounded by the most breathtaking natural beauty, and offer views over the lagone.

According to the New York Times: “It’s just about communing with nature: fishing, surfing, kayaking or birdwatching,” said James von Leyden, a British expatriate who built a house overlooking Oualidia’s lagoon, which is filled with pink flamingoes, migrating herons and the occasional surfer.

Mr. Von Leyden and his family spend about four months a year at Villa La Diouana, their charming riad on the sea; the rest of the year it is rented by savvy Morocco insiders, like the French handbag designer Laetitia Trouillet.

The British writer Danny Moynihan and his wife, Katrina Boorman, an actress, fell so in love with the area that they bought property in 2004. This year they are completing an eight bedroom eco-property. (It will also be available to rent.)

The kasbah of El Walid. This seaside village is named after its founder, Sultan Walid El saadien. There he built in 1634, a kasbah designed to defend the access port located in the harbor.
Swimming. Two half-moon shaped dunes with a rock in the middle, close the lagoon. The beach is particularly safe even if the two inlets communicating with the ocean are dangerous.
Step cuisine. On weekends, the hotels are often fully booked. Apart from its site, the city is indeed famous for its oysters whose culture has developed in the fifties. Here you can enjoy many other shellfish such as clams or sea urchins.

- The old city walls are the remains that can be seen hanging on the cliff there.

Oualidia is a small coastal village located between the Moroccan cities of El Jadida and Safi and only two hours from both the pink city of Marrakesh and the economical capital of Morocco Casablanca.

The seaside Moroccan village of Oualidia is known for its bird watching, blue water beaches, farmed oysters, and distinctive village quietness. That’s exactly what’s so special about the town. Oualidia is a great place for beach sports lovers, kayaking, fishing, surfers and windsurfing will not be disappointed, the village gets a bit busier during summer months, but for the rest of the year, it is very much quit. Several type of birds can be found in the sea side village of Oualidia and it includes: avocets, cormorants, flamingos, redshanks, godwits. Birds are usually migrating from sub Sahara Africa and Europe.

For a great seafood meal, head to the the seaside fish restaurant L’Ostrea which serves Oualidia’s famous oysters. L’Araignee Gourmande is a great seafood restaurants as well, several types of oysters are farmed in Oualidia including French, Japanese oysters, and cupped oysters. Oysters were brought under the French protectorate in 1950s.