Morocco is one of the most popular destination in Africa for those who enjoy culture, adventure, water sports such as surfing and diving.
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Morocco Gap Year and Backpacking Guide
These are the things that backpackers may also enjoy doing while exploring the highlights of the country.
Morocco is one of the most liberal North African countries with a booming tourist industry attracting over 7 million visitors a year. In the walled city of Marrakech, due to its importance both historically and as a centre of tourism. Most people will consider themselves Muslim although don’t assume everyone goes to the Mosque or prays every day in the same way there are many shades of Catholicism in Ireland. For any practising Christians visiting Marrakech or just for the curious, there is a small Catholic church, the Holy Martyrs.
Not many people know that The King of Morocco provides a strong plain clothed tourist police force, so you could not be safer. They are also to keep an eye out for pushy salesmen in the walled city to keep the visitor’s stay a positive and hassle-free one.
The walled city, or the Medina, is where the volunteer houses are located. There is a real community feeling here, helped by the lack of cars and only the occasional donkey or moped passing through the alleyways.
And if you understand Arabic or Berber you will here adults calling out to children passing by why they aren’t home yet or asking teenagers if their mother knows they are out, everyone knows everyone here!
Best Gap Year Programs in Morocco
Among the programs options you may take part include studying Arabic at a local language school, volunteering helping people and children, teaching, and adventure tours to the desert and mountains.