Country Archive
How One U.S. Woman Recreated Rick’s Café in Morocco
Date: 09/11/2008 Author: Leigh FergusThursday, Sept. 11, 2008
Read more about Morocco in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Dear International Living Reader,
In the movie Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart’s café was a fantasy.
But Leigh Fergus found a new Rick's Café—an exact replica of the movie version—in Morocco’s largest city.
She also found local property prices so low that you could easily make the real Rick’s Café your neighborhood hangout. Get the whole story below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
Tangerine dream: Your house on Morocco’s unspoiled Atlantic coast for less than $80,000
Date: 06/30/2008
Author:
Leigh Fergus
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Discover Asilah’s Charm Before Property Prices Rise
Date: 06/09/2008 Author: Leigh Fergus
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Asilah, Morocco
Read more about Morocco in International Living Postcards —your daily escape
“This morning, I woke up to sunshine, a brilliant blue sky, the sound of birdsong, and, best of all, a beautiful view of the azure Atlantic…”
That was a March entry in my journal, from my first day in the ancient Phoenician port of Asilah. This is Morocco’s Atlantic coast. The place feels like Western Europe, looks like it, but is even easier on the wallet.
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Your New Mediterranean Home: Double the Size, Half the Price
Date: 06/08/2008 Author: Leigh Fergus
Monday, June 9, 2008
Northern Morocco
Read more about Morocco in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Sparkling blue water and an unbroken stretch of soft, sandy beach stretched out before me as I looked south from the new complex of vacation apartments on the Mediterranean.
If, like me, you’ve always dreamed of having a place of your own close to the Med with a view of the famous sapphire waters, you’ve probably been put off by the high property prices. But earlier this year I discovered a coastal region where prices are less than half what you’d pay for similar properties elsewhere...
Read OnA Place in the Sun for $40,000
Date: 02/10/2008Monday, Feb. 11, 2008
Read more about Morocco in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
I’ve found somewhere that offers year-round sunshine and a warm, dry climate as well as affordable housing, stunning landscapes, extensive coastline—more than 2,000 miles long—and a low cost of living. I’m talking about Morocco—just a 35-minute ferry ride from the south of Spain.
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The Youth Potion of Agadir
Date: 08/28/2007I didn’t believe goats could climb trees…until I saw it for myself: half a dozen of them, some quite high, silhouetted against the misty clouds in the sky.
Read OnIn Your IL Magazine This Month--Morocco…Backpacker's Haven Turned World-class Resort
Date: 07/31/2007The formerly free-camping cliffs north of Agadir have been turned into world-class resorts to match the Mexican, Spanish, and French Rivieras.
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In Your IL Magazine This Month--Morocco…Backpacker's Haven Turned World-class Resort
Date: 07/31/2007
Morocco, when I visited it some 12 years ago, in the winter of '95, was a beggar's paradise crammed with touts eager to harass all and sundry foreigners. I had piloted an RV over practically every road in Morocco and thought, right, I've been there, done that. I could not have been more wrong; in the last decade Morocco, with more than 100,000 visitors a year, has morphed into Europe-with no beggars or touts on offer, and, fortunately, without Europe's stunningly inflated price tags.
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