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For me the highlights were the tram ride to the mountaintop, a botanical garden visit, and a toboggan ride back down - like having dogsled drivers wheeling you down the streets in an open sleigh with runners sliding around corners as fast or slow as you like. Residents leave home at their peril. A return ride costs 30 euros and is worth it.
Morocco alaska pre cruise tours is unique and exotic. Two ports, Agadir alaska pre cruise tours and Casablanca, gave me my first taste of this North African country. Had I been in charge of scheduling, an overnight in Casablanca would have replaced the stop in Agadir, mainly a coastal beach resort for northern Europeans.
However, the Souk el Ahad market in Agadir is one of Morocco's largest under cover - reportedly 3,000 stalls - and is much better than the market nearest Casablanca's port, with products ranging from hand-sewn carpets to clothing, leather goods, giant pomegranates and figs.
The palace was off limits but the king seems to live well, as kings do. Most embassies are here, including Canada's. Make sure to see the spectacular mausoleum of Mohammed V and his two sons. Mohammed is the grandfather of the current King Mohammed VI.
Four of the Canary Islands were on our schedule: Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife, but our cruise began and ended in Las Palmas on Gran Canaria. With only a temperature swing of five to eight degrees from winter to summer on average near the water, you will not find weather extremes on any of these islands.
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