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Morocco (Country Guide) |  | Author: Paul Clammer
Brand: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Edition: 9
Pages: 528
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ISBN: 1741049717
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Roam Morocco's labyrinthine souqs, scrunch your toes into the sunset sand and let our guide take you to the cafs and hammams only the locals know...
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 Excellent and detailed information April 17, 2009
K. Noble (Maryland, USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I particularly like the approach this book has about the special cultural concerns and attitudes of Morocco. I bought this book because I borrowed it from the library and really liked it; I didn't want to return it, so I got my own! I will take it when I go to Morocco--high praise, indeed, as I prefer to travel light.
 Just a little bit outdated January 28, 2005
deipnosophist (Alexandria, VA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Despite all the bad things that people say about LP, they're still one of the best books out there. They're not totally full of glossy pictures, and not just a bland reem of text. The maps are very useful, and highly detailed, and the recommendations for restaurants help you weed through all the tourist traps. That said, I've often followed their suggestions to restuarants or cafes that don't exist anymore. If LP could find a way to update their books every year, I'd be a bigger fan than I am right now. In this book, for instance, they tell you that the Morora is the only train station in Tanier, when the new Tanger Ville station was just recently opened. It could be a confusing moment if a cabby were to refuse to take you to a station that you don't know is nonexistent. But they do cover almost everything that you could think of in terms of transportation and navigating your way around. I like that with each city they put the population, so that you know what kind of a place you're going to. The overview maps also give you a way of figuring out where you are in relation to other places. It has its faults for sure, but I've not been able to find a much better series.
Helpful, But Not As Much As It Once Was April 29, 2010
Jedidiah Palosaari (Fes, Morocco)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I travel, in any country, I use Lonely Planet- including the country I live in, Morocco. It is a good book, very helpful, and very popular. Perhaps a little too popular.
This is now my third Lonely Planet Morocco. I've used this particular edition to travel to Melilla, Shoofshowen, Meknes, Walili, Mulay Idriss, Shalalat d'Uzud, Marraksh, Warzazat, Ait Benhadu, Sfru, Bhalil, Taza, Ifrane, Gouffre de Friwato, and my hometown of Fes. And I have found that it helped me find some decent hotels, figure out travel plans, and where to eat. But not as much as it once did.
Others online have remarked on this- the Lonely Planet Effect. It seems to be in full force in Morocco. As soon as a transportation method, hotel, or restaurant is mentioned in Lonely Planet, the proprietor will cut out the bit where he is mentioned to post on his wall, and jack up the prices- significantly. So though the book just came out, and was only a few months old when I began using it, nearly every place I go the prices are no longer what is listed. Now, this isn't LP's fault, certainly. But it does make the book less helpful than it once was.
I've now taken to using LP just for the maps and travel suggestions. When I arrive in a new town, I look for any hotel that is *not* listed in Lonely Planet, and try to find someplace clean. Those are usually the affordable hotels. Any place mentioned in LP is far out of my price range.
One of the Better Morocco Guides June 24, 2009
T.D. Hollowell
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Lonely Planet's newest Morocco Travel Guide does a nice job of condensing the best places to see in Morocco; it even outlines some of the better places to go trekking, such as Mgoun National Park. I live and work in Morocco with an eco-travel company and we recommend this particular guide on Amazon.com to those who want to research the country and places to see. From Fez to Marrakesh and even highlighting some places of interest in Western Sahara (see Allah's Garden, a nonfiction account set in the region), Lonely Planet is unparalleled in their in-country research, facts, and even some off-the-beaten-path locales.
 Good for suggestions and general info but terrible maps! September 5, 2010
travelmonster
This book has been really useful for suggesting accommodations- if you can find them! The maps are absolutely terrible. My wife and I travel for a living, navigating through cities every day, and these maps were misleading and incorrect at best. The book was published in Feb 2009, and we traveled in late August 2010 so it seems impossible that roadwork has changed the cities this much in 18 months. We went to about 8 different cities and had problems in all of them, climaxing with a 2 1/2 hour search for our hotel in Fes, which we never did find. In defense of the book, google maps had a lot of trouble in Fes as well- so lonely planet isn't alone- but there are basic mapping errors, like right turns when you actually need to make a left to get to a hotel. To close, giving credit where credit is due, I found a lot of useful advice and info, and write-ups about the hotels, riads, and restaurants were pretty spot on- we just never made it to half of them!
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