Two stunning but overlooked destinations just a couple of hours from the UK are slated for a huge tourist boom, after a major ...

Rabat's 12th-century Oudaias Kasbah. Alamy We cross the square to the opulent mausoleum of King Mohammed V, who died in 1961.

Tucked away in the Kasbah des Oudayas, in Rabat, Morocco’s capital city by the sea, I bite into a pastilla (a delicious mix of shredded chicken, almonds, cinnamon, saffron and honey encased in ...

Established by the Almahad Empire on an enticing stretch of Atlantic coastline, Rabat’s 1,000-year history ripples out from the Kasbah of the Oudaïa, the founding fortress or “Ribāṭ ...

As I reminisce, we wander the Kasbah des Oudaias, overlooking the estuary. At the café near the Andalusian gardens, we sip mint tea and I think of the family I met on my first trip to Rabat ...