If only they’d taught me Moroccan cookin’ then I might have avoided being up all night star-gazing in the Sahara Desert.
But then I hadn’t been introduced to the vibrant Medina of Marrakech, Hotel La Maison Arabe by then.
Or the good services of Tropical Sky.
I can recommend a riad which is far more preferable to a makeshift loo.
In the Sahara with a corrugated roof which was missing when I got there.
Maison around

La Maison offers traditional cooking classes in the hotel restaurant which will come in useful later (believe me)!
At the half-day classes participants can learn the secrets of Moroccan cuisine.
The workshops are run by a dada (a traditional Moroccan chef).
And they include a visit to a nearby spice market and communal bread oven.
The rest of us of course, in the Western World, were taught at a stove by a mama…
Worth remembering with Mother’s Day around the corner.
A little local knowledge



Knowing your way around a tajine will come in handy during your stay in Morocco.
Particularly if you stop for one in a roadside cafe on the Atlas Mountains.
You’ll know what to look out for.
And you’ll avoid Marakech revenge from the rumbles and the tumbles down the dunes.
Even though your camel will try and make it as smooth as possible.
A little local knowledge to know how to avoid false guides and hawksters will also come in useful.
A seven-night stay at Hotel La Maison Arabe is priced from £825pps on a B&B basis, including flights and transfers.
And you can become a tajine genie and learn Moroccan cooking.