Morocco

This is my closer look at a Moroccan riad, and why staying in one is unlike staying anywhere else. Behind the old wooden doors of Morocco’s medinas hides one of the country’s most beautiful architectural traditions. The riad. Not just a house or a hotel, a riad is a story of privacy, beauty, craftsmanship, hospitality, and a way of living that has been shaped by centuries of culture. Moroccan Riad is a Garden Many of us today live in apartment blocks...

What really happens inside a Moroccan hammam? In Morocco when you walk among the Roman ruins of Volubilis, the stones still remember the heat of the old Roman public and private baths. Romans carried their love for water, for cleansing and communal ritual, wherever their empire reached. Meaning even into the dust of North Africa. Centuries later, soon after the Arabs brought Islam, they brought the Arabic ritual of hammam with them. In a desert world where stubborn dust clings to...