Dear Hassan,

In August of this year my wife and I decided we had enough of the rat race and needed an adventure. Many years ago she fell in love with the Moorish architecture in Spain, so we immediately thought of the country of its origin - Morocco. Like many Americans we knew only where Morocco was but little of the country itself,  so we began an Internet search to learn more and to discover the types of trips offered. During that search we came across Casablanca Travel and Tours a number of times. As our search
expanded and we became more excited about the possibility of really going, our instincts kept returning us to your website. The Imperial City and South tour seemed to us perfect as an introduction to the beauties of your country but more importantly to us was the fact that your agency is owned and operated by natives of Morocco who are rightly proud of their heritage
and who have a vested interest in displaying its charms.
 My wife and I opted for a private ten day tour from Fez to Marrakech with an overnight in a Berber tent in the Dunes of Merzouga. We chose to spend a little more for the private tour because we felt that the freedom offered by a loose itinerary, private driver/guide, and the ability to spend more or less time at any location at our own whim was well worth the slight additional expense.  I have to admit that I was a little nervous about
arranging such an exotic trip over the Internet and I am sure I bugged you with my continual requests for confirmations and updates, but you handled everything very professionally even putting my mind at ease concerning traveling in a Muslim country during the unsettling Mid East crisis (even offering me the cell phone number of Americans traveling in Morocco at that
time). Let me add here that at no time during the trip was this ever an issue, the Mid- East was very far away and Americans are treated with friendship.
How do we do justice in words to the beauty and exotic charm of Morocco? How can we truly impress upon the uncertain  that Morocco offers sights and changes in scenery to impress even the most jaded of travelers? From the snow capped High Atlas mountains to the Desert Sea of Merzouga, to Cedar
Forests and Mesas and Valleys and Gorges,  it is a dramatic country of continual and unexpected visual delights. And while you stare in wonder at the natural beauty of the landscape you are continually reminded that you are no longer in Kansas as you see veiled women and Jalabied (sp?) men walking along the roads, or donkeys laden with mysterious goods, or camels silently watching your passing in the desert. The silence of the country is so impressive that at times you will stop walking when you realize that the only sound you have heard is the shuffling of your own feet. And the Souks!! Step into the Medina at Fez or Marrakech and you step back centuries, and you feel touched in knowing that the bustling commerce and life you are experiencing has been going on, uninterrupted, for countless generations. Be prepared to be the target of the hardest of hard sell techniques but also understand that this too is ancient and custom . When our guide asked us where we liked best we both would name the last place visited, it seemed each new stop exceeded in wonder the last!  Moulay Idris was unexpectedly delightful, Volubilis silent and majestic, Risanni
wholly mysterious and unique, Ouarzazate hip and desert Hollywood, and Tinghir slightly wild west. In Erfoud we met a wonderful gentleman, the owner of an art gallery, who sipped tea with us and discussed life in general. In the desert we were the only guests at a Berber tent site but were treated with kindness and patience as we took camel treks into the magnificent dunes to watch the sun set and rise over the Sahara. We learned that night that the wind in the desert sounds like the ocean and that the
stars at night are so dense that one can see the edge of the Milky Way. I also learned that I can bang a drum with the best of the Berbers. In all honesty, after our days of wonder we were relieved to bask in the
Western luxury of the 5 star Hotels offered during our trip. Palais Jamai in Fez, the Berbere Palace in Ouarzazate, and La Mamounia in Marrakech were all outstanding and lovely and the restaurants were great, both Moroccan and International. Our favorite meals, however,  were roadside stops along the way especially a bar in the mountains and an Inn at the Gorges that
were recommended by our guide, Abdellah.  Abdellah, bye the way, is a thirty something, friendly, delightful young man who quickly became our friend during the trip and is very responsible for having made this trip as memorable as it is. He has the knack of knowing how to give people space when needed and he simply made some of the best suggestions for pictures,
food, or side trips imaginable. Traveling as the only tourists with a guide was a little intimidating to us when we started but Abdul made it easy and in fact the only way to travel in a country as different to Americans as Morocco. If you are lucky to get him as your guide trust him and say hello to him for us. We are hoping he visits us in the States someday. My wife and I would like to thank you Hassan for making all the arrangements for this, our trip of a lifetime. There was not one glitch during our visit and the flexibility the private tour offered us was a joy (as was Abdul) I hope I have described sufficiently. We have become lifetime fans of Morocco and we offer this letter to you to do with as you please, and to offer ourselves as references for your agency and services
in particular and travel in Morocco in general. We hope to return someday, Inch Allah!!

Leo and Marianne (or Miriam as the Moroccans preferred) Tracy