The hotel offers 201 rooms, 47 being bungalows, 3 junior suites, 3 senior suites and 3 ... more
presidential suites. all rooms are equipped with air conditioning, individual free safe, mini-bar, automatic wake up, hairdryer, direct dial phone and satellite tv. ...
Location. The seaside Hotel Riad Salam is located three kilometres from the centre of ... more
Casablanca in Morocco. The Exhibition Centre and the Hassan II Mosque are less than a kilometre from the hotel. Hotel Features. The Hotel Riad Salam is a modern...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. The seaside Hotel Riad Salam is located three kilometres from the centre of ... more
Casablanca in Morocco. The Exhibition Centre and the Hassan II Mosque are less than a kilometre from the hotel. Hotel Features. The Hotel Riad Salam is a modern...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
The hotel offers 201 rooms, 47 being bungalows, 3 junior suites, 3 senior suites and 3 ... more
presidential suites. all rooms are equipped with air conditioning, individual free safe, mini-bar, automatic wake up, hairdryer, direct dial phone and satellite tv. balcony with pool, sea or garden views. facilities include 4 conference and meeting rooms, bar, 4 restaurants, a nightclub, outdoor pool, spa with fitness centre, sauna, solarium, hairdresser\'s and a garden.
Advantages: Rooms and food are great, very relaxing Disadvantages: Location, location, location!
We have just returned from spending the Easter weekend at Riad O2 in Marrakech.
Prior to visiting Marrakech we had good email contact with the riad, and we confirmed with them that we would like to be collected from the airport and have dinner in the riad on our first night. We then arranged to pay the outstanding balance by bank transfer.
We arrived at Menara airport after a really easy three hour flight, and we were quickly met by one of the riad's drivers, Hamid. He helped us to his car with our bags and we set off for the medina. Having read a couple of reviews on other sites before leaving we were a little wary of the area that Riad O2 is situated in, and unfortunately on arriving I have to admit our worries were confirmed. Hamid pulled up at the end of a road near Sidi Ben Slimane, and we then walked for three or four ...
Advantages: Western comforts if that's your thing Disadvantages: Wealth divide, Lack of culture, unfriendly locals
I arrived in Casablanca by train and took a taxi to the city centre where i planned to stay. The taxi driver seemed to drive around in circles even though I'd given him a map in French of where I wanted to go, eventually dropping me off around half a mile away.
I'd spent a bit of time in Morocco in the cities and desert and was wholey disappointed by Casablanca. Travelling on a budget I saw most of what the westerners staying at the beach resorts missed. The dead animals on the side of the streets and plenty of fighting between the locals.
The city itself is trying to be as western as possible. Plenty of boutiques and fast food restaurants and the touristy market in the old town area is overpriced and low quality compared to the other regions in the country.
The hassan II mosque on the coast is something worth going to see ...
Advantages: Classic film given the treatment it deserves Disadvantages: none
This is an indisputable classic, constantly near the top of polls on the best and most loved movies of all time. I got hooked in my early teens and before long a six-foot poster of Bogart in classic snappy suit and cigarette in hand looked down on me from my bedroom wall. Watching the film now and looking back (one or two years later!) it's still easy to see how the mixture of humour, style and heroism won me over then and hopefully this features-laden disc will help introduce the film to a new audience.
The story is set in Casablanca, Morocco in 1941 when the city is a vital point in the escape route for refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. From here planes departed for Lisbon and then the United States but official exit visas were needed to embark the plane. Casablanca itself is allegedly under French control but with the Vichy ...
