DID WE LOVE OR HATE MOROCCO? - Are there Scams? Should you travel to Morocco? Is Morocco Safe?
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Love it or hate it, Morocco is a very interesting place. There are many things to love about Morocco, and to be honest a few things we hated about Morocco. The Moroccan food, the beauty of the country, the scams in the medinas? There is a lot to love and hate about Morocco.
We stayed in Morocco almost 3 months and in this list we give you our honest opinion about what we loved and what we hated about Morocco.
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00:00 - What we Loved and Hated about Morocco
01:17 - The Moroccan Food
02:50 - Beautiful Architecture, Design and Crafts
03:40 - The Landscapes of Morocco
04:31 - Internet in Morocco
05:24 - Is Morocco cheap and affordable?
06:28 - The Moroccan people (good ones)
07:22 - The Moroccan People (not so good ones) - Scams
10:01 - Tips for travelling in Morocco
12:16 - Our Next Country
Many thanks for your comment
As a Moroccan I appreciate your honesty
I hope that Any Moroccan watching your video take onboard your comments seriously and try to improve
Thank you for the kind words. As mentioned in the video we realize it is a small handful of people that created problems and they are in no way a reflection on the overwhelming majority of Moroccans
I have been to New York and I was harassed by some people who knowing we were foreigners tried to get money from us the same way marrakeshies do.
I’m not surprised to hear that, it is unpleasant isn’t it? We know that this kind of thing happens everywhere. Our experience in the Marrakech Medina was just much more pronounced and frequent than in any other place we have visited. Thanks for sharing your experience!
@@PureDetour Annoying indeed even for locals.
Thank you again for sharing your experience 🙏❤️💐.
Moroccan ppl need to change their opinions about ppl coming from the west and don't be naive...there are bad and good ppl everywhere..most ppl don't show their attitudes they smile on your face and gossip about you when you leave...... Sorry for your bad experience in NY city ... New state is now the most dangerous place high rate of crime, robberies, and hate crimes.,homelessness problem...not safe to travel .. Discover your country there are a lot of attractive places to see and good weather and nice people they understand what you mean when you communicate. ..
Thank you @Omayma Montassir !✌️
That happens to even Americans who visit New York. I think that happens in a lot of places and it's too bad because it kind of makes parts of the visit a bummer.
Glad you had some good time in Morocco and sorry for the scammer incident, even us Moroccans get scammed quite often especially in Marrakech
Hi @Bicho ! We did have an amazing time in Morocco. And lol, no need to apologize, every place has both good and bad people (thankfully mostly good 😊) I'm surprised to hear that the scammers target locals too. I guess that's just how it goes. Thanks so much for watching!
Marrakech is just not worth a visit. Matter of fact, none of them big cities. Only northern big cities are okay, but the southern ones are just fully tourism focussed. Small villages are way better to experience Morocco
Regardless of what has been said I still love ❤ Morocco. I will visit it.
ماذا قيل عنه ؟؟
إنه بلد رائع و شعبه كريم
@@fadwafadwa4381 c' est la pure vérité chère Fadwa
And so do we. We had a few bad experiences in the Marrakech medina, but in the video we say that otherwise Morocco is a country of beautiful people and places.
welcome here Zack 💖
أنا أتفق معك تماما
I don't know how your experience was in Morocco, I'm Canadian but surely your trip was not normal, because I went to Morocco 5 years ago, and I didn't really see or experience what you're talking about.
Morocco is a beautiful country and its people are much more friendly than Canadians ( because a large majrity of Canadians are hypocrites)
As we said in the video, the only issue we had was in the Marrakech medina. We visited many cities with no issues at all. Everyone has a different experience.
@@PureDetour Absolutely, it depends on who we meet!
They write in their video shity people..that's rude. I can tell from his language what's his social upbringing.
Thats what I am saying, Its so unreal. I mean, YES ppl will try to hustle you and get money, How do you not expect that going into a 3rd world country lol. Do your homework b4 hand.
Hi Jinn, if me using the word "shitty" is causing you this much emotional distress, the internet may not be for you.
Loved this video, loved the commentary !
@Patrick Grady I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
بلدي الحبيب المغرب❤🇲🇦
ربي يحفظ ملكنا و بلادنا واغلى الناس عندنا آمين يارب العالمين
❤️🇲🇦❤️🙏
Great information, very good video
Sp glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Morocco is the most beautiful country in the world, we love our country🇲🇦❤🇲🇦❤
Morocco is a very beautiful country, we are very glad that we visited to see!
Thank you for a very honest review of your stay in Morocco. My hubby had verbalized his desire to visit Morocco in the near future but I have a lot of reservations. The points (the good and the not so good experiences) you guys brought up in this video are excellent. Again, thank you for a very honest insight.
Hi Rose! Morocco is a very unique place with a lot going for it! And like anywhere there are specific things to look out for when you visit. I hope that you enjoy your travels! ❤️❤️
One more thing. In the coming weeks we will release our first video of the credit card points game. Based on a stay at an amazing hotel that we booked all on points. We know you were interested in learning more about the points/miles game
@@PureDetour Thank you!!!!!
First of all, I'm so jealous of you who can travel to places like that. When my kids leave the nest me and my wife are planning to travel. Love your channel👍👍
Hi, thanks so much! Hope our vlogs give you and your wife some ideas once you're ready to get going! We'll be checking out some of your tech reviews too! That will be helpful for us! 😊
@@PureDetour it will help, we already watch some together👍. Im soon gonna make some videos around Bergen in Norway. And hope to travel some soon. But not easy with kids, work and a busy day.
Thank you pur detour for all the feedback in regards to tourism in our beloved ❤ Morocco🇲🇦 . Im hoping that the office of the Moroccan tourism takes it in consideration and puts measures to improve it .other than that Morocco 🇲🇦 is a wonderful open cultural experience that travelers shouldn't miss out on .
cheers ,peace & love ❤.
Hi! We absolutely agree. We were lucky to have been able to stay for over 2 months so we had the chance to see the amazing, warm and welcoming side of Morocco and her people.
Glad you enjoyed your stay here! and so sorry you had to go through such bad experiences. Enjoy Egypt!
We had almost 99.9% amazing experience in Morocco, truly a wonderful place to vist. Thank you so much for watching!
We were thinking of moving there but need internet to work. Thanks for the heads up.
Hi. Morocco is a lovely place with a very reasonable cost of living and warm people. BUT we were just very unlucky with internet. We've heard others say that they didn't have issues. But in our almost 3 months there we stayed at 3 (really nice) airbnbs and 4 hotel/riads and all of them had spotty internet. It's a shame really. Maybe we were just unlucky and if you moved there you could arrange a very good internet plan though. Hard for us to say though. Good luck with where ever you choose to settle!
I hope one day the Moroccan understand the feeling of a tourist and stop harassing them and taking the money unfairly without any right from them
As a Moroccan we need to look at ourselves in the mirror and try to minimize this damaging behaviors from a very little fraction of a uneducated people who do more harm to the country and it beautiful people
You’re right. 99.9% of people wouldn’t ever do this , but the small percentage who do leave a bad impression on many tourists. Thank goodness we had enough time to spend in many cities in Morocco to experience the hospitality and warm welcome of the lovely Moroccan people.
These kind of people are everywhere and You are talking about all Moroccans and I think maybe you are one of them so talk about your self ! Moroccans are more honorable than you , and you dont represent us or simply you are just one of the Algerian electronic flies, looking to discredit Moroccans like everytime
Same in Spain.
@@pubgmobileesportsmea8141 عطي لمو على ودنيه.
@@pubgmobileesportsmea8141 He's stating the truth. He literally said "a fraction of the uneducated people" so stop barking and try to read first before opening friendly fire.
Firstly, thank you so much for your honest review of your trip to Morocco, and secondly I want to say that I am sure that we as Moroccans will do our best to force the ministry of tourism to take action on improving the quality of the touristic experience here in the country and on creating solid strategies to defeat anything that might affect the experience negatively directly or indirectly. Lastly I am glad you had a good time in Morocco 🇲🇦♥️.
I'm so glad that you see that our experience was almost all postive and thanks for watching with an open mind. 🥰
here is Bad people and good people anywhere you go worldwide, just you have to be careful anywhere you go.
Overall Morocco 🇲🇦 is a beautiful country to visit.
I agree with you 100%
I'm Moroccan and I'm so glad you enjoyed your stay in Morocco. As you said, to appreciate the real Morocco, we have to avoid tourist cities, that's where we can have bad experiences. In terms of quality of life (good food, cost of living, climate, diversity, proximity to Europe). Morocco remains one of the best. many thanks for your comments. Your videos are amazing. So, what will be the next destination (hummmm surprise lol). many thanks for sharing your experience.
Bro Im upset ngl, cause let them go to Mexico or colombia, or brazil and see what happens. Moroccan ppl are really awsome. you need to know where to go what to say and how to act.
Even in Canada or USA, there are some bad and dangerous areas now. most cities in the US are a high rate of crime and gun violence, robberies, hate crime
Hi @Jad Cyril We did enjoy our stay, and you're correct that that less touristy places were more enjoyable for us. Morocco has a lot going for it! We're so excited to show you what's next. Have an amazing day!
We have been to Mexico multiple times. Mexico, like Morocco, is a very nice country with wonderful people.
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I don't agree too much with the internet part ,I think that was just bad luck, I even have internet in my home better than the one you described, please be aware of scammers in Egypt too , stay safe❤, thx for the honest review😍😍
Thank you Anas for watching with an open mind. Yes, we are being mindful here in Egypt too. And yes, maybe just bad luck with the internet.
I was about to say the same thing about the internet. I've traveled a bit and I can say that the 4G in Morocco is quite good you can even get data in the middle of nowhere. The problem is the type of accommodations you have been at. In the medinas the fiber is almost nowhere to be seen and it's quite normal they have to dig underneath the old structures which takes time. The data on the other hand is there but because the density of the population in the Medina, the buildings being stuck together, and the lack of towers (because of the space issue) makes it difficult to find a strong signal especially at night.
Other than that alot of people have fiber which is extremely fast and as a digital nomad (now established in Morocco for a few years) I can work from cafes and even the beach in taghazout.
For the shitty hustlers part, I would say that I do understand about 10% of them because it has been tough this past couple of years, but for the 90% of them they deserve to be jailed because they're just after that quick buck and you'll see them in Egypt too. Some people are finding ways to offer a service in exchange of money as a food guide or a tour guide etc.. but those shitheads makes hard even for the honest people. The government used to punish them but now after two years of strict covid lockdown they're turning a blind eye for the moment. Which socks.
Same here... The internet is very good.. As anas said is only a bad luck
@@johnfrontier5254 Hi! Thanks for your comment. We stayed at apartments (airbnbs) in Rabat & Kenitra with still bad internet results. No telling why, it was just our consistent experience throughout Morocco. Marrakech was the only city we experienced the 'hustle' in, lucky we had the chance to see more of the country and enjoy. Thanks for watching!
@@safaeelarbi6783 Just our bad luck then. Maybe it was balanced out by the exceptionally good luck we had with our guides and airbnb hosts though. You can't win them all i guess 😂
Nice vlog guys
Thanks so much!
yeah. that's breathtaking masterpiece!😲
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Thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching Abdel!
I love how you will get tested from time to time in Morocco.
About internet, there are mainly 4 Internet Service Providers (local and foreign, WIFI or 4G), each one may cover better than the others at a certain location, so maybe you didn't choose the right one at the right region.
And you said the truth, in very touristy places, there may be people who try to scam tourists, and even locals, these people can be severely punished if one complains to the authorities. As Moroccans we don't want such thing happen, apologizes.
Hi @AtlasLion, thanks for watching. We are seeing a lot of comments such as yours, so we are going to chalk up our internet experience of Morocco as simply bad luck. Just seemed very odd at the time that everywhere we went all over the country was this way. We now also think that we should have put more thought into that segment of the video. Thank you for your valuable feedback
The internet is horrible in Morocco. I struggle to video chat with family everytime 😅 ur feedback abt the country is very practical and 90% accurate (10% inaccurate cuz i love tajines 🤣🤣). So glad u had fun (except the Marrakech experience). And Now Egypt 👏👏👏. I like how u declared the name of ur next destination when u are actually there. Great idea. Tuesday is around the corner so looking forward to the upcoming upload 🙂✌
Hey Dan, as always thanks for watching. We knew when we put this out that there would be those that would ignore the vast majority of the video and only focus on the couple of negatives we discussed. It’s ok, we have thick skins😁
@@PureDetour what matters is the overall experience. And from what i been watching, u enjoyed urselves there and experienced many things and collected great stories to tell. A little criticism never killed anyone and is certainly needed so that those who watch ur videos will learn from them. But I still like Tajine 🤣🤣 and dont u try talking me out of it 🤣 Enjoy Egypt ✌🙂👍
We love watching your movies 💚
Hi Veronica! Thank you so much ❤ Egypt movies coming soon!
Liked the video at the begining of the video 😅😅
Haha! Glad you liked it! 🙏🥰
I definitely agree with what you said about the people. there are many, many sweet caring people then you have some that just aren't good. it's normal with any country, but it still sucks to hear. you're not going to like everything you eat it's normal don't feel bad! I've been to places where the food wasn't all that. it's okay I'll still go back lol can't wait to see what yall do in Egypt !
Hi! Thanks for watching this video with an open mind. We feel like many people only saw the negatives, while we feel mostly positive about it! Thanks for following along!
Loved your honest review about Morocco. Sorry you had to learn the hard way that hiring a tour guide was the way to go. I hope you don't get half the hassle you went through in Marrakech while in Egypt, though I heard some pretty bad stories (no offense to the good people of Egypt). Good luck on your next trips and stay safe out there.
Hi! Thanks so much! We had also heard that some spots in Egypt had a lot of touts and hassle so we did hire some guides to show us around a few spots and give us a bit more local insights. And you're right, the people in both Morocco and Egypt are lovely and hospitable. It's just small group that make it rough for everyone. Plus we are in Egypt for a much shorter time than we spent in Morocco so we needed a guide to learn as much as we could as fast as we could! Some cool Egypt vids coming up soon, let us know what you think & thanks for watching! 🙏
@@PureDetour how much was the morocco tour guide and did they inflate the price? I'm going to alicante and camping around andalucia.
@@andym28 I don't remember exactly how much it was, but remember that for 2 people with food and overnight accommodations it was really reasonable. Plus he had a comfortable nice car. Look up Mahjoub at Berber Dream Tours. It was honestly the highlight of our trip. We got to see so many things we would never have seen and he will customize your itinerary however you like. Honestly he was an amazing guide, we loved him. And if you haven't seen the tour videos, check out day 2. He's funny too!
Amazing couple ❤️
Thank you! ❤
i'm sad to hear about your experience. As a moroccan it trully saddens me. Hopefully things get better.
Hi! As we said in the video, our experience in Morocco was wonderful. We didn't let one bad guy ruin our experience of this beautiful country with such warm and wonderful people. 🇲🇦❤️ Thanks for watching!
@@PureDetour good for you! happy to hear that :)
As a Moroccan, I am so sorry for all the bad things that happened to you
Hi @Said Hamid Please don't be sorry 🥰 We hope that you saw that our experience in Morocco was overwhelmingly positive and that the Moroccan people were so kind and welcoming. 🇲🇦❤️
These are normal things. They can be found in any tourist country. I love Morocco and visit it every year, especially in the winter. The weather is wonderful.
I disagree. We have been to many countries and not experienced anything close to what we saw specifically in the medina of Marrakech. We did not have any problems outside of of that and we visited many cities in Morocco and had a lovely time
@@PureDetour Whatt LOl they are in every country. and thats facts.
Someone trying to rip you off every two minutes is facts in every country? We have been to over 30 countries between us. NEVER have either of us been in a country where every two minutes someone is trying to scam you. Definitely a first for both of us.
@@PureDetour Its what happens when you look rich, and go to a country that is pretty much a " 3rd world country" What did you expect lol
@@PureDetour and Yes it so is, Here in Boston, ppl try to rip ppl off left and right, and plz dont say that isn't true.
As a colleague of Moroccans i have to say they are one of the handiest craftmen in the world
I'm not surprised to hear that! All of the beautiful things we saw there, and the history of the beautiful things they've built. So gorgeous 😍
Love your honest opinion
Thanks so much, we appreciate that!
I will be using your expert advise when I am visiting Rabat and Fes.
You should Plan to visit Pakistan at some point ( Oct is good weather)
Hi Shabir! Thanks so much for watching! We would love to visit Pakistan one day!
You are welcome🇲🇦❤
Thank you so much!
thank you for both of you, you are superb. continue like that, I would like to say one thing, Morocco is excellent in cooking, agriculture. and crafts, only I want Morocco to touch industry a little, thank you friends.
Thank you @Mezzo !
You guys need to hire me to edit your vids. The content is great. Im a Moroccan American, and would love to help you guys.
Thanks! We’re not looking for editing help at this time though.
Possibly one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
We visit it a couple of times each year with our van.
We are lucky to live in Spain and we are separated from it by just 45 minutes by ferry.
The ferries were closed when we made the trip in February, we really wanted to take that way rather than flying. Would be so cool to do a van road trip!
Hey, come to Nador
Hi! We have heard that Nador is beautiful. We didn't have the time this trip to explore much of the northern part of Morocco, so maybe next time.🥰
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I was twice to Morocco and I did have a really good experience so your feedback seems a bit bizarre to me maybe because I live in Europe … and I came to Morocco without any expectations 🤔 I wanted just to have fun and it was real fun…
Hi Sofia! As we said in the video, we very much enjoyed Morocco, it's people and had an amazing time. If you see all of the videos we made in Morocco we did fun things, met amazing people, saw beautiful sights and ate delicious food. We mention one or two negative experiences we had in over 2 months and it's the only thing many viewers are seeing in this video. It's very strange to us. Also to expect every person who travels to a country to have the exact same experience is bizarre.
Appreciate your comments. You have to look out for the scammers and people especcialy as a foreigner and tourist, Marekech is famous with the scammers. But i suppose any big tourist city/land has that kind of problems.
Hi! Thanks for watching, and yes all places with many tourists have issues, we travel extensively and Marrakech had by far the most aggressive fake 'guides' we've ever experienced though, but only inside the medina. Outside the medina is a very different and more relaxed place.
I live in Tangier and Casablanca, the LTE is always fast and the optical fiber in my home is constant 150mb/s download and 80mb upload. You just had bad luck with the places you stayed in.
Seriously bad luck 😢
hello have a nice trip my friends
Thank you so much!
Soo nice 👍👍
Thank you!
حد يشرح لينا مادا قالوا عن المغرب شكرا
I have some friends in Kenitra so I won't have problems finding places. It's a good thing too because I'm going to Morocco by myself.
Hi Samara! I'm sure you won't have problems finding places. Enjoy your time there!
If you go to New York or Paris or London, you will definitely find bad people, but on the other hand there are the majority of wonderful people and the Moroccan people in particular consider the Internet the most wonderful people in the world
You're absolutely correct, there are certainly both good and bad people everywhere but most people everywhere we've gone are kind and generous and welcoming. We found almost every moroccan we met to be so hospitable and sweet.
شكرا 🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤❤
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Tourism in Morocco is full of potential - and Morocco is a great destination - but it is still an informal sector and there are a lot if scammers around, but you should know that these people are incapable of doing anything physical because they'll be in a great trouble. Appart from loosing some money and time you should be doing fine. And yes internet is still shitty otherwise there are some very expensive options... hope u had a good time and good luck for the rest of your trip. Be careful in Egypt...
Thanks so much! You're right, Morocco certainly has so much to offer visitors. And we never felt in physical danger, but it is a nuisance. Thanks so much for the kind wishes!
I didn't catch the tour guide name?
Hi! For the Sahara tour our guide was Mahjoub at Berber Dream Tours. For the Fes tour it was Fatima @majestictourguide on instagram. They were both absolutely amazing!
watch simon wilson guys, see how he goes about his travels. Even when shits bad, he just finds the beauty in humanity. Its what travel is really about.
Hi! We think that this video shows many positive things about our time here. We presented our honest experience and I hope you appreciate that we are open and honest what we experienced
For thé internet thé best way is to get a 4g phone cell and share it with your phone and laptop … cellular is best than adsl
We tried that but still kept cutting out. Not sure what the problem was 😕
@@PureDetour itisalat almaghreb operator is thé best one if you choose orange or Inwi it can be good in town but out of cities its little bad
We typical moroccans, are also suffering massively from what you've mentioned plus what you didn't mentioned are beggars they are everywhere most of them are professional and they sucks, the problem is that the gouvernment doesn't want to fix the multiple problems of the society they care only for there pockets from moroccan taxpayers...
Morocco is an extremely beautiful country it's a pity that the most are suffering instead of enjoying all the beauties that our country hast to offer.
We loved almost everything about Morocco, but there were some things that can always be better, right? It is extremely beautiful place with wonderful people.
Hello. You did a great job exploring the country, I really did like how you describe details and pros and cons. But sometimes the bad things that happened in your trip turn to be the best story to tell after the experience, it's boring to have everything everywhere evertime that (OK). this is why movies and documentary look for the surprises. Why? Because your viewers will love them. It's the charming parts and pieces of cakes that people miss and they will fellow your steps to explore them.... so always do not focus on good things, but bad moments will rise your vlogs up to the level...
Keep up doing good job.
Moroccan in NYS
Hi Kari! Of course things don't always go as planned, that's part of the fun of travel right? Thanks so much for the reminder that it's better to be real than to present only the good things, many in the comments here would disagree with you, but we agree! 🤣
I wish you happiness and success in your life
Internetverbinding is normaal gesproken zeer snel en goedkoop. Bovendien kun je in elke café freewifi ontvangen. Dat was mijn ervaring in het noorden. Als je midden in de woestijn of in de bergen ben in VS heb je ook geen verbinding.
Dat is helemaal waar. We waren in veel steden en plaatsen in Marokko en het was voor ons overal behoorlijk onbetrouwbaar. Misschien gewoon pech
Started watching your videos ,i really understand your experience and i agree there is many of street people who are not well educated that cause you this bad experience,but you guys should really know where to go and with who you talked with and as a plus there is police who can jump on and help you or arrest who is disturbing you...hope you go back morocco and visit more cities since this experience it helps you..just a heads up to be careful at egypte i visited it twice and you should be very careful visiting old places and crowded souks such as (al hussain, Giza,dougi....) I can provide a totally free consultation in regards of Morocco and egypte or any other country in the middle east or africa 🌍 enjoy and please choose a proper words to describe ( only or just the shitty ones ) instead of what was been written
Hi Essaid, thanks for your comment! We did travel to many places in Morocco and it is a lovely country with Kind and welcoming people. The only problem we had was in the Marrakech medina. We are, of course, careful wherever we travel and we thank you kindly for your suggestions and advice. ✌️
@@PureDetour appreciate your fast response ,yes you mention clearly it was at marrakech medina ..have a safe trip
Thank you so much! 🙏
I used to go ( 4 times) to Marrakech my favourite place in the world!! My absolutely time is between end of May,beginning of June!! The wifi was excellent in the Riad that I always stay in de middle of the Medina in Marrakech! There was a film and music festival around late May so they had these huge stalls in the Jenma El Fna square and it was the best food ever!! I don’t really talk to people there after my first time and first day there, I got stalked and harassed by people trying to sell me things, but as an African, I know how to deal with them! I just simply ignore them and give them down looks and they eventually leave me alone!! And I travel solo! The henna ladies tried to charge me €100 for it, I gave her €20 and left her screaming there!! But it’s still my favourite place ever
I'm so glad you had lovely visits to Marrakech, we also found it to be a very interesting and exhilarating city! And lol, I stayed away from the henna ladies for this exact reason 🤣
In marakech I guess as you mentioned is that you didn’t was with a tour guide so it is normal you will face such things so it is better hiring a tour guide or get ready to be bothered by these kind of people and it is not even that big issue specially if it happening during day not at night at the end thanks a lot for saying the negative points for more development
Hi! Yes, we learned that in some places it is best to have a local guide. Thank you so much for watching!
There is a big difference between restaurant food and home-cooked food
Very true!
as a moroccan, i'm very sorry for what happened to you in marrakesh, my advice to you next time you're lost, try to ask people in small shops, they will more likely help you without asking for any money. And the Internet problem depends on what company you signed for, maroc telecom has much more stable data, and never rely on public WiFi, it's pure garbage.
Thanks so much for watching and for your reply. We had Maroc telecom sims and they weren't great, but I guess we had bad luck with internet. That is excellent advice, thanks so much for your kind words ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you guys and you allways welcomm to morocco don't go to marakech if u comm back its bad ❤❤
Thanks, we loved Morocco, but maybe think we've seen enough of Marrakech 😂
The next time you comme back Morocco will be better... For sure.thank you for coming
Overall the trip was amazing. There is so much to love about Morocco!
Marrakech needs more policing, it's the first touristic destination in the country and hence full of scammers who make people think that this is what Morocco looks like, in a place like that there should be 24/7 patrols all around the city to help when needed, even the Moroccan tourists go through what you have experienced, i'm sorry for that.
We are very lucky to have seen much more of Morocco and meet so many amazing Moroccan people.
As a moroccan I 💯 agreed with you, authorities doesn't do nothing to protect tourists from scammers
Thanks so much for watching with an open mind. Morocco has so much going for it, great food, lovely people, beautiful architecture and a unique and beautiful culture. Shame a small amount of people make it difficult for some when they visit.
Bad peaple are Everyware, and good People are alsof Everyware.
Stay save and don't Trust nobody.
God bless you.
That's very true Emanuel, there are good and bad everywhere. But we do want to trust people because we know that most people are good. 🙏❤️
I like your opinion & hard criticism is the best way to any changes
Many times I lived the same things because they think I am not Moroccan
Mostly when I was with my kids
After many times I learned to rent an equipped house or pasillo what is a Riad
In Marrakech most the road have been bought by rich Frensh from Frensh as Angela said the architecture the decor the culture everywhere is amazing
As authentic as what the Moroccans left in Spain 🇪🇸
Thanks 🙏 for waking up
Some hassles and the suspicions young kids running after tourists
For the food next time you
Should know
That most Moroccans food are a bit different in every province
I mentioned it when I told about the contrast m
You can live the four seasons in moving from one province to another
Myself inchallah
If God will I will jump there
To see the south province
Have a nice next trip
Good luck
More good than the worse
Thank you Lakbir for watching with an open mind. We had many amazing experiences in Morocco and made sure to talk about that. We had a few bad experiences, specifically in the Marrakech medina and wanted to share our experiences, good and bad, with honestly. I appreciate your balanced response. Much love to you and all the wonderful Moroccans who have supported us. ❤️
@@PureDetour usually all guides tours pass throughout the professional guides school
One most important thing
The country kingdom of Morocco 🇲🇦 is great exemple for the world in Architecture irrigation Gardens
La savoir vivre avec différentes religions dialectiques est unique
In hospitality loving people
Marrakech is the Jets sat from all over the world
The richest & the famous
All they have villas castles
Or five stars hotel
I teaches in Marrakech until 1973
Big change
Agadir is better for the globe trotters & with a sharp Mediterranean taste Ciao
Arriva dirtche Roma
Internet itisalat in my opinion is the best which is like the vodaphone in uk but you have to buy a small device for 500 moroccan dhs that you plug on your laptop then you just charge it whenever your data finishes. All business people that need Internet on the go have one in Morocco. Airbnb should have good Internet as not expensive when i visit my mom we all use her Internet and we watch netflix have conference calls my kids play games online with friends no problem. So they must have very cheap providers.
I wish we had known about that while we were there, because every place we went had very bad internet. Maybe we just had very bad luck?
I live in casablanca and idk about the other regions but the internet is amazing here
Hmmm, I'm hearing this a lot. I think maybe we just had bad luck, but over 2 and a half months and multiple airbnbs, cafes, hotels, riads and Maroc Telecom sims, were all bad. We must have had really bad luck 🤣
@@PureDetour who uses maroc telecome anymore lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have no idea! I'm just a visitor here, and my research said they have the best coverage? Guess I was wrong 🤣🤣🤣
@@PureDetour dide their ads all over the place but they are the worst
Maroc telecome is like bing
Inwi is like google
So i dont think a company that has the name of the country is enough to say Moroccan internet is trash im litterally playing fortnite rn with 30ms
you need to use 3 smartphones with 3 different sim cards depending on areas
3 phones and 3 sim cards? 🤣 You can't be serious, can you? We don't have that many phones 🤣
Are u serious they just had a bad luck usually it works I don’t know what did happened to them
I'm from casablanca and I'm a big fan of the buccaneers
Hi Abdallah, I grew up in Tampa and love all of my Tampa sports teams. Go Bucs, Bolts, and Rays
I have been to Morocco and Tunisia.
and I found Tunisia much more better, nicer people, the sellers were more civilized and not pushy like I saw in Marrakesh. the Internet was really goid and cheap.. had no problems in Tunisia.!
Am moroccan and I get harassed in Marakech and casablanca these 2 cities i won't trust anyone. Did you try bni melal region eljadida assfi and the North of Morocco is so nice chefchouan also east oujda and Rif elhoussima a different Morocco places where we go when we come back on visit to Morocco.
we love our morocco OK
if you dont love you are free ok
We visited many cities in Morocco and 99.9% of the people we met were so lovely and hospitable and welcoming. It was only in the Marrakech medina that we had problems, and those were non-stop. I'm suprised to hear that you get harassed as a Moroccan! I thought that was only the tourists that had a target on them 🤣
We also loved Morocco, but every place has good and bad. We are simply and honestly telling of our experience and almost all was good, with only Marrakech Medina being bad experience.
I am trying to write in english!!!.....We love our country but we should stay a good people we shouldn't change to the bad like this agressive people who wants money only .
welcome
Thank you!
I lived there for three years from 2013 to 2016 in Casa and Mara. Its not just Morocco its whole North Africa. North Africa is a really beautiful and warm, there is no question about that. However, yes... Social infrastructure and conservative religion etc is still rampant there. As well as it is poor. Moroccoans were always proud of their "tea"... With minth i remember..
Would i recommend ppl go there.... Hmm.. Yes and no. If you are interested and want to see old history and take part of really good ancient culture for sure by all means go there. The Hassan II Mosque is a sight to see and visit on the Atlantic in Casa. But for general life with the busses and and street life its horrible. Its a poor islamic country that still has ways to go.
But that is my experience. Yours might be different than mine. Go there yourself and find out. Live and let live.
I will say this. Morocco is a good developing nation, but perhaps it is not for everyone.
Peace.
It is certainly a place that we are so glad we experienced. There was a lot to love about Morocco and it's people. And you're right, everyone will have a different experience and everyone has different tastes so that's great, there is something for everyone!
No where is perfect . ,😉😉😉 .. good luck in the rest of your journey
Very true Rashid! Thanks so much ☺
Nice
Thanks!
SORRY OF HAVING BAD INTERNET MAYBY NEXT TIME WILL BE BETTER IN MOROCCO ,WE ARE POOR CONTRY WE CAN't afford the wifi and the fiber optic it's so expensive and sometime we just pay some dirhams for the internet for several minutes ,the real question is that u gonna comme back ,please comme back please
Hi Sami! Of course we would come back, there are still so many amazing places we haven't seen! We have heard that we must see Tangier and Chefchaouen especially. And we made some amazing Moroccan friends that we must see again. There is a lot to see and it's a big world, but the wonderful, warm Moroccan people made an impression on us.
@@PureDetour wow thanks for coming back back here we love foreigners and to see them here and it will be better next time
Good luck and wish you a million subscribers and more How many in the mirror your beauty is charming even though I am much younger you charmed me with your beauty I hope your husband is not jealous of me even though you are older than me you are at the top of beauty and elegance I love you🌹🌹
Wow Khalid. This is a very nice compliment. Thank you. And good that Geoff is not the jealous type 🤣
@@PureDetour Thank you very much, it is good that he is not jealous, how lucky he is to have a beautiful and elegant girl like you. Greetings from me to you❤️
Dude , I lived in New York I saw too much Hustling and even stilling Tourists by outing Guns on their heads ,what I mean doing biz it’s ok but Stilling people pockets and wallets in 42 streets and 32 and 8 close to Madison square Garden by guns is the worst thing I ever see , in Morocco there is no Guns ,
At no point in the video did we say that crime didn't exist elsewhere in the world(especially the US). We simply stated what our experience was within the Marrakech Medina during a few days of our stay there and how it was non stop. We even put the blame on ourselves for our reactions to that experience. Of course scams and hustles happen everywhere. Marrakech just happened to be magnified by how often it happened. Overall Morocco was an amazing country and we would love to return one day. We just know that if we want to do the Marrakech Medina again it would be with a local tour guide and not on our own.
حبنا لبلدنا لا يمنع من ان نضع الاصبع على مناطق الخلل فيها.عقلية بعض المغاربة عليها ان تتغير ونظرتهم للسائح على أنه مصدر سهل للنقوذ عليها ان تتوقف.المغرب بلد جميل وتاريخي وهذا الشئ على المغاربة ان يستغلوه بشكل إيجابي.......مرحب بكم دائما على أرض المملكة المغربية الشريفة♥️🇲🇦♥️
أرجو المعذرة من أي أخطاء ، أنا أستخدم مترجم جوجل. يا له من تعليق جميل! إنه لطفاء ومرحب بالشعب المغربي مثلك الذي جعل وقتنا في هذا البلد التاريخي الجميل لا يُنسى. 🇲🇦✌❤
@@PureDetour لا بأس وصلت الفكرة😃 شكرا لكم♥️
As a Moroccan, ever since Marrakech made it to international status as a top tourist destination, it kind of ruined it for everyone. When top travel blogs started their pump campaign of the city, it signaled the start of the fall from grace. It’s now just a typical tourist trap. My family owns property in Marrakech that we hardly visit. Jamaa Lefna is just an open circus where everyone is screaming for money. The city lost its charm!
I'm so sorry you feel that way. We visited Marrakech twice and know that there are many interesting things about the city and many kind and wonderful people who live there. But you're right about certain parts of the Medina, they are filled with tourists and those that prey on tourists. Too much tourism can be a bad thing for a city as many other cities around the world are seeing too.
We are pleased with these valuable and useful tapes that you publish, but if you want to see more of them on UA-cam, you have to translate them into Arabic for a people in the world whose number is more than a billion people. Thank you.
Hi @brahim karamani ! We do have translation turned on for captions or subtitles. When you are watching the video, choose the subtitles/closed captioning button at the bottom of the video. Then press the settings gear icon and choose auto-translate, then the language you wish to have the captions in. Thanks so much for your comment and I hope that helps! 😊
I am interested in going to Morocco and want to work. Bangladesh is my country
We wish you the best of luck! 🇲🇦
The 4g in Morocco is a little bit not pleasant ! sometimes it works great ! and sometimes No ! it depends on where you are and what carrier you have ! generally Maroc Telecom is best for network coverage !! wifi is Good but again it depends on where you are !
We had Maroc Telecom sim cards. And the connection turned off and on many times. But we did just have bad luck with internet in general in Morocco. Thanks for watching!
Hello what you have said about morrocan food Washington not true especialy what you said about tajine.because morrocan was known bye their delecious tajine. Any way thanks for visiting.
Hi Aicha! We absolutely loved the Moroccan food. In the video we talk about all of the amazing food we ate there! And we did several food tours in Essaouira, Fes, Kenitra where we talk about how much great food we tried in Morocco. We just weren't fans of the tajines we had, but it's a matter of personal taste, no right or wrong I think. thanks for watching!
You may have coffee for 2.5$ in a prestigious cafe in a prestigious spot but tastes terrible or You can have coffee for 0.70$ in a regular cafe in a regular area that tastes like heaven!
my best advice is to get to know some Moroccans who can help You out, not those who do it for money, or virtue signaling but real and genuine good people who would love guests and care about their country's reputation more than any personal gains (except friendship which is a great personal gain i guess lol)!
Good advice. We were lucky enough to find some of those lovely people and made some amazing friends in Morocco who showed us a beautiful side to this country!
Tagine and couscous are history for morrocans and are among the best in the world it's not a normal food or just a vegetebles used in cooking but it's eaten in morocco in many century's that is why it must be respected
What we stated regarding tagine and couscous is only our opinion and our personal tastes. I would hope that nobody watching a youtube video is going to mistake us or any other UA-camr for culinary masters. I also think some are missing the bigger picture of what we were saying. The Moroccan cuisine is so diverse and delicious on so many levels. We just preferred many of the other dishes instead of tagine or couscous which we really didn't care for. Thank you for the valuable feed back
@@PureDetour when you said tagine is used for kids it's not great whay to describe it and that is not respect for the food.for that im gonna leave this channel. And about the internet it's working great it's just you did'nt pay for the internet because you bought the sim card without doing any subscrition for the internet. About 100 dirham a month
(10 dollars per month)
@Chems Shop. You need to rewatch the video then. We NEVER said it was for kids. We said the vegetables in a tagine had a baby food consistency. We expressed our OPINION on tagine, nothing more and never claimed that we are the answer to all things food. We also clearly stated in the video that we felt the Moroccan cuisine was extremely diverse with many great dishes that we preferred over a tagine.
Internet, cell data was not the only issue. We had wifi in Riads, AirBnb's and hotels that were all bad. In Rabat we supposedly had fibre internet that was also awful. There have been many comments from both foreigners and Moroccans suggesting that we simply had bad luck, and we are thinking they are correct. It is not the first country where we experienced bad internet, but it is the first country where we experienced it throughout the entire country which would lead one to believe that it is just bad everywhere.
As to you leaving, we did not intend to offend anybody and would love for everybody to follow our journey. But by all means if you are that offended unsubscribe. We thank you for watching and wish you nothing but the best in life
Welcome to Morocco, Morocco is your second country. If you need any information, you are welcome🎉
Thank you so much!
There is an important thing about Egypt In Egypt, it is not allowed to use a camera or take pictures of anything without a photography license, and even if you get a license, you will be stopped by the police over and over again
Note: I do not try to distort the image of Egypt no at all I have visited Egypt, and it is a beautiful country but this is the only problem I faced
Thanks so much for your advice! We have been in Egypt a few weeks now and have found that the photographs and video are mostly OK as long as we are careful to avoid sensitive subjects (police, security, etc) and we have never been asked for a license. But our cameras are small, and just the usual tourist size, maybe if they were bigger we would have more problems. One thing is that the security at many famous sites won't allow us to have our microphone on our camera, and we don't understand why.
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Welcome To Morocco🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
Thank you so much!
Welcome to our country 🇲🇦 ❤️
Thank you so much! 🙏🇲🇦❤️
unfortunately some tourists do not emphasize the history of Morocco because the first university in the world is in fes that Moroccans built a model of peaceful government in Andalusia in which Jewish Christians and Muslims lived in harmony for eight centuries and the list goes on to take stock of history we should not forget that some tourists sexually abuse poor children in Morocco Moroccans don't rob people and the local culture is specific and different from one city to another and you always have to negotiate the prices by concluding a sales contract and if we don't agree we don't get robbed either ..Moroccans do not burn churches or synagogues as extremists did in the West morocco did not massacre the indians to build its state .. because in some countries the children of the natives were killed within the church to replace the population and since then the indians have become a minority on their own territories Thank God we are not givers of moral lessons but as they say when the rabbit is hunted it is the hunter who tells the story
bka takdab 3la rassak , jma3 abba
dont rely on hotels and cafes wifi
Thanks for the tip. We didn't rely on hotels or cafes. We had sim cards as well as wifi at our airbnbs, and none were great.
Weird cuz my internet is allowing me to watch your video on 1080 but the quality of your cameras are really garbage 😂
You sound mad, lol. Sorry we didn't like the internet?
The hustlers in Marrakech, the scammers...well, they harass us, Moroccans, when they smell that we are visiting from a different town. One of the reasons I have avoided that city, in all honesty...
They hassle domestic visitors as well? That sucks. It would really be an interesting and fun place to visit, if it weren't for the hustlers. I would have really enjoyed my stay, as it's a fascinating place. We are thinking if we ever come back to Morocco we might visit the North. Do you have any similar experiences there? Tangier, Chefchaouen, etc? We had no issues in Essaouira, Fes, Meknes, Kenitra or Rabat. Only Marrakech.
@@PureDetour None that I could think of when it comes to the North, in all honesty. I am not going to tell you, in good conscience, that the population over there is absolutely, totally angelic; but compared to Marrakech? Chalk and cheese. Yeah, I would advise you to visit Tangier, Chechaouen, Tetouan...etc...Beautiful cities, with excellent food (fast food joints are terrific)!
@@khalidamajoud4114 Thanks so much! I love that figure of speech, Chalk & cheese 😅